[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3740 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3740

  To provide for the issuance of a special postage stamp in order to 
afford a convenient means by which members of the public may contribute 
                 to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2005

  Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the 
 Committee on International Relations, 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 provide for the issuance of a special postage stamp in order to 
afford a convenient means by which members of the public may contribute 
                 to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief.

    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 ``Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief 
Stamp Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMP.

    In order to afford the public a convenient means by which to 
contribute to disaster relief for residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, 
and Alabama who were affected by Hurricane Katrina, the United States 
Postal Service shall provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal 
in accordance with section 416 of title 39, United States Code, subject 
to the following:
            (1) Disposition of amounts received.--All amounts becoming 
        available from the sale of the semipostal shall be transferred 
        by the Postal Service to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief 
        Fund for Hurricane Katrina under such arrangements as the 
        Postal Service and the American Red Cross shall by mutual 
        agreement establish in order to carry out the purposes of this 
        Act.
            (2) No effect on authority to issue other stamps.--No 
        semipostal issued pursuant to this Act shall be taken into 
        account for purposes of applying any numerical limitation 
        established under section 416(e)(1)(C) of such title 39.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``semipostal'' has the meaning given such term 
        by section 416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code;
            (2) any determination of the ``amounts becoming available'' 
        from the sale of the semipostal shall be made in accordance 
        with section 416(d) of such title 39; and
            (3) the term ``American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund for 
        Hurricane Katrina'' refers to the fund or funds of the American 
        Red Cross--
                    (A) used to provide disaster relief to the victims 
                of Hurricane Katrina; and
                    (B) specifically identified under the terms of the 
                agreement under section 2(1).
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