P.L. 109-266, The Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2005 (2 comments ↓)

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S. 1496 would authorize the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to conduct a three-year pilot program to distribute federal duck stamps electronically. The act would authorize the USFWS to allow up to 15 states to sell electronic versions of federal duck stamps, which serve as annual hunting permits for federal lands. Nearly all states use their own versions of duck stamps as hunting permits, and most of these states also have electronic licensing or online sales systems. The pilot program authorized by S. 1496 would help to coordinate the sale of federal and state permits using the state systems.