[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 1585 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1585

  To allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for breast-cancer 
  research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued 
                     United States postage stamps.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 1997

 Ms. Molinari (for herself, Mr. Fazio of California, and Mr. Norwood) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the Committees on 
   Commerce, and National Security, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for breast-cancer 
  research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued 
                     United States postage stamps.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMPS.

    (a) In General.--In order to afford the public a convenient way to 
contribute to funding for breast-cancer research, the United States 
Postal Service shall establish a special rate of postage for first 
class mail under this section.
    (b) Higher Rate.--The rate of postage established under this 
section--
            (1) shall be 1 cent higher than the rate that would 
        otherwise apply;
            (2) may be established without regard to any procedures 
        under chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, and 
        notwithstanding any other provision of law; and
            (3) shall be offered as an alternative to the rate that 
        would otherwise apply.
The use of the rate of postage established under this section shall be 
voluntary on the part of postal patrons.
    (c) Use of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Of the total amounts attributable to the 
        1-cent differential established under this Act, the United 
        States Postal Service shall pay--
                    (A) 70 percent to the National Institutes of 
                Health, and
                    (B) the remainder to the Department of Defense.
        Payments under this paragraph to an agency shall be made under 
        such arrangements as the United States Postal Service shall by 
        mutual agreement with such agency establish in order to carry 
        out the purposes of this Act, except that, under those 
        arrangements, payments to each agency shall be made at least 
        twice a year.
            (2) Amounts attributable to the 1-cent differential.--For 
        purposes of this subsection, the term ``amounts attributable to 
        the 1-cent differential established under this Act'' means, as 
        determined by the United States Postal Service under 
        regulations that it shall prescribe--
                    (A) the total amount of revenues received by the 
                United States Postal Service that it would not have 
                received but for the enactment of this Act, reduced by
                    (B) an amount sufficient to cover reasonable 
                administrative and other costs of the United States 
                Postal Service attributable to carrying out this Act.
    (d) Special Postage Stamps.--The United States Postal Service may 
provide for the design and sale of special postage stamps to carry out 
this Act.
    (e) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) nothing in this Act should directly or indirectly cause 
        a net decrease in total funds received by the National 
        Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, or any other 
        agency or instrumentality of the Government (or any component 
        or other aspect thereof) below the level that would otherwise 
        have been anticipated absent this Act; and
            (2) nothing in this Act should affect regular first-class 
        rates or any other regular rate of postage.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORTS.

    The Postmaster General shall include in each annual report rendered 
under section 2402 of title 39, United States Code, information 
concerning the operation of this Act.
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