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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. House passed The Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2013 (???)
What the heck is that?
Here: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll184.xml
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To everyone that replied down below in the comments - Thanks
dballance
(5,756 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)So instead of the government issuing duck hunting stamps (some of which have become quite valuable), it looks like the duck stamp will go the way of the stock certificate.
MADem
(135,425 posts)I actually read the bill, but it sounds like "inside baseball" to me!
jmowreader
(50,589 posts)Because ducks and geese are in the process of flying south for the wninter when it's legal to hunt them, the government has always held that a hunter needs a federal license to partake in the sport of waterfowl hunting. This is sold at post offices, and is usually called the duck stamp.
The revenue goes strictly to conservation programs, and possession of a hunting license isn't required. And as has been mentioned above, significant works of art have been on them.
I haven't read this act, but if this is a one-time fee deal it will be nothing more or less than another way for the GOP to fuck America...hunters don't mind paying this.
MADem
(135,425 posts)It's a way of getting your federal license electronically if the post office runs out of stamps. They mail you your stamp later.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)The e-Duck Stamp program began as a trial four years ago, allowing hunters 16 and older to purchase temporary duck stamps online until their physical stamps arrived in the mail. Prior to this pilot program, waterfowl hunters were required to buy duck stamps at post offices and sporting good stores, not all of which were readily or adequately supplied with the necessary stamps.
http://www.ducks.org/conservation/public-policy/waterfowl-advocate/e-duck-stamp-program-reaches-senate
MADem
(135,425 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Why GrayWarrior hates ducks
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=9265144&mesg_id=9265144
MADem
(135,425 posts)graywarrior
(59,440 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Not even Duck Tape could hold me back.
And besides, the Psycho gif quacks me up.
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)canoeist52
(2,282 posts)But who needs artists anyway?
Orrex
(63,263 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Glad this finally passed.