Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§3 DEFINITIONS.

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMP TAX › § 3

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines what counts as the paper duck stamp, state electronic licensing systems, an electronic duck stamp, and who the "Secretary" is. An actual stamp is the federal migratory‑bird hunting and conservation (duck) stamp printed on paper and sold the way it was before Aug. 3, 2006. An automated licensing system is an electronic system a State fish and wildlife agency uses to sell hunting, fishing, and related licenses; it includes point‑of‑sale, Internet, and phone systems. An electronic stamp is an electronic version of the paper stamp that must be a unique ID for the person, able to be printed, issued by a State automated system that State law and the Secretary allow, compatible with the State’s hunting license system, and match the State application the Secretary approves under section 4(b). "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §3

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“In this Act [see Short Title of 2006 Amendment note above]:

“(1)The term ‘actual stamp’ means a Federal migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamp required under the Act of March 16, 1934 (16 U.S.C. 718a [718] et seq.) (popularly known as the ‘Duck Stamp Act’), that is printed on paper and sold through a means in use immediately before the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 3, 2006].

“(2)“(A)The term ‘automated licensing system’ means an electronic, computerized licensing system used by a State fish and wildlife agency to issue hunting, fishing, and other associated licenses and products.

“(B)The term ‘automated licensing system’ includes a point-of-sale, Internet, or telephonic system used for a purpose described in subparagraph (A).

“(3)The term ‘electronic stamp’ means an electronic version of an actual stamp that—

“(A)is a unique identifier for the individual to whom it is issued;

“(B)can be printed on paper;

“(C)is issued through a State automated licensing system that is authorized, under State law and by the Secretary under this Act, to issue electronic stamps;

“(D)is compatible with the hunting licensing system of the State that issues the electronic stamp; and

“(E)is described in the State application approved by the Secretary under section 4(b).

“(4)The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Interior.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 3

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73