,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bi1 #bjae
 ,mr4 ,lowenthal introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,migratory     
,bird ,hunting and ,conservation ,stamp 
,act to give the ,secretary of the      
,interior1 with the approval of the     
,migratory ,bird ,conservation          
,commission1 the authority to           
periodically increase the price of      
,migratory ,bird ,hunting and           
,conservation ,stamps to account for    
inflation in funding the acquisition of 
interests in land for the conservation  
of migratory birds1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,federal ,duck      
,stamp ,price ,stability ,act of #bjae4 
#b4 ,periodic increase in price of      
migratory bird hunting and conservation 
stamp to account for inflation ,section 
#b of the ,migratory ,bird ,hunting and 

,conservation ,stamp ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4
 #gah;b7 is amended--  7#a7 in          
subsection 7b71 by striking ,the ,postal
 and inserting ,except as provided in   
subsections 7c7 and 7d71 the ,postal2   
and  7#b7 by adding at the end of the   
following3  7d7 ,increase in price of   
stamp  7#a7 ,increase authorized ,the   
,secretary may1 after notice and public 
comment1 increase the price of each     
stamp sold under this section by an     
amount not to exceed #aj for a hunting  
year if the ,secretary determines the   
increase--  7,a7 is commensurate with   
the level of inflation as determined by 
the adjustments in the ,consumer ,price 
,index since the last increase2 and     
7,b7 is approved unanimously by the     
,migratory ,bird ,conservation          
,commission4  7#b7 ,effective date of   
increase ,an increase in price under    
paragraph 7#a7 shall take effect--  7,a7
 no earlier than #b years after the     
effective date of the last increase in  
price2 and  7,b7 no later than ,january 

#a of the calendar year preceding the   
hunting year4  4