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The bill extends authorization so youth can continue to participate in and state partners can run the Junior Duck Stamp Program, supporting conservation education, while increasing potential federal spending and leaving actual funding dependent on future appropriations.
Children and students can continue participating in the Junior Duck Stamp Program through FY2025–FY2031, preserving access to environmental education, hands-on conservation learning, and youth art/contest opportunities.
State wildlife agencies and partner nonprofits retain eligibility for federal support to run contests and conservation education programs, helping sustain program delivery at the state level.
Maintains federal financial support for conservation education initiatives, which helps foster future conservation workforce development and stewardship values among youth.
Taxpayers may face increased federal spending because the authorization raises potential program outlays, adding to budgetary pressure or requiring offsets elsewhere.
Students and state programs are not guaranteed continued funding because the bill only authorizes spending; actual resources depend on future appropriations decisions.
Federal employees implementing the program may face minor administrative or interpretive burdens due to slight statutory edits to the definition of 'State'.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Renews authorization to appropriate funds for the Junior Duck Stamp Program for FY2025–FY2031 and makes minor definitional edits.
Extends federal authorization to fund the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program for fiscal years 2025 through 2031 and makes two very minor edits to the program's statutory definition of “State.” The change continues the existing annual funding structure for the program under a new 7-year authorization window, replacing the prior authorization that covered FY2006–FY2010. The bill does not change program operations, funding levels, or eligibility; it simply renews the statutory authorization to receive appropriations and fixes two small pieces of statutory punctuation/formatting in the definition section.
Official title: To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.
Introduced February 6, 2025 by Hillary Scholten · Last progress December 16, 2025