§ 718d.
(a)
In general
All funds received for stamps sold under this subchapter shall be—
(1)
accounted for by the Postal Service or the Secretary, as appropriate;
(2)
paid into the Treasury of the United States; and
(3)
reserved and set aside as a special fund, to be known as the “Migratory Bird Conservation Fund” (referred to in this section as the “fund”), to be administered by the Secretary, in which there shall be a subaccount to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer all amounts in excess of $15 that are received from the sale of each stamp sold for each hunting year after hunting year 2013.
(d)
Annual report
The Secretary shall include in each annual report of the Commission under section 3 of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (
16 U.S.C. 715b)—
(1)
a description of activities conducted under subsection (c) in the year covered by the report;
(2)
an annual assessment of the status of wetlands conservation projects for migratory bird conservation purposes, including a clear and accurate accounting of—
(A)
all expenditures by Federal and State agencies under this section; and
(B)
all expenditures made for fee-simple acquisition of Federal lands in the United States, including the amount paid and acreage of each parcel acquired in each acquisition;
(3)
an analysis of the refuge lands opened, and refuge lands closed, for hunting and fishing in the year covered by the report, including—
(A)
identification of the specific areas in each refuge and the reasons for the closure or opening; and
(B)
a detailed description of each closure including detailed justification for such closure;
(4)
the total number of acres of refuge land open for hunting and fishing, and the total number of acres of refuge land closed for hunting and fishing, in the year covered by the report; and
(5)
a separate report on the hunting and fishing status of those lands added to the system in the year covered by the report.
([Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 4], [48 Stat. 451]; [June 15, 1935, ch. 261], title I, §§ 3, 4, [49 Stat. 379], 380; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, [53 Stat. 1433]; [Aug. 12, 1949, ch. 421, § 2], [63 Stat. 600]; [Oct. 20, 1951, ch. 520], [65 Stat. 451]; [Pub. L. 85–585], §§ 2, 3, Aug. 1, 1958, [72 Stat. 486], 487; [Pub. L. 89–669, § 6], Oct. 15, 1966, [80 Stat. 929]; [Pub. L. 92–214, § 2], Dec. 22, 1971, [85 Stat. 777]; [Pub. L. 94–215, § 3(d)], Feb. 17, 1976, [90 Stat. 190]; [Pub. L. 105–269, § 2], Oct. 19, 1998, [112 Stat. 2381]; [Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(e)], Aug. 3, 2006, [120 Stat. 676]; [Pub. L. 113–264], §§ 2(3), 3, Dec. 18, 2014, [128 Stat. 2939], 2940.)