Lame-duck GOP House Approves Tax Hike on Duck Hunters

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Thursday, 20 November 2014

Lame-duck GOP House Approves Tax Hike on Duck Hunters

Written by Michael Tennant

Anyone expecting the upcoming Republican Congress to start hacking away at taxes and unconstitutional laws might want to consider what the already GOP-controlled House of Representatives approved on Monday: a $119-million tax hike.

 

Despite a threat from a conservative group to hold congressmen accountable for voting for the bill, the House passed the Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, which would increase the price of federal migratory waterfowl hunting permits, also known as duck stamps, from $15 to $25. Anyone wishing to hunt migratory waterfowl such as ducks and geese must purchase a duck stamp annually.

 

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the tax will raise $119 million. That revenue would be used to purchase easements for wetlands conservation.