[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3137 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3137


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 16, 2009

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide clarification 
relating to the authority of the United States Postal Service to accept 
donations as an additional source of funding for commemorative plaques.

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

SECTION 1. DONATIONS FOR COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES.

    (a) In General.--Section 401(7) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``business;'' and inserting ``business, including 
monetary donations made (in such manner as the Postal Service may 
prescribe) for the funding of plaques in connection with the 
commemorative designation of postal facilities;''.
    (b) Designations.--The donor of a monetary donation described in 
the amendment made by subsection (a) may specify the postal facility 
with respect to which such donation is to be used.
    (c) Requirement.--The United States Postal Service shall provide 
for a suitable plaque, in the case of any postal facility which has 
been designated by law to commemorate a particular individual, no later 
than 120 days after the date as of which--
            (1) a law has been enacted providing for the designation of 
        the postal facility involved; and
            (2) sufficient amounts have been received, in the manner 
        described in subsection (b), to provide for such plaque.
Any donations received by the Postal Service under subsection (b) in 
excess of the total amount needed in order to provide for a suitable 
plaque may, with the consent of the donors involved, be used for the 
funding of a plaque in the case of any other postal facility as to 
which a law (as described in paragraph (1)) has been enacted.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
considered--
            (1) to affect the authority of the United States Postal 
        Service with respect to any requirements concerning the design, 
        placement, and limitation on costs relating to commemorative 
        plaques (as described in the preceding provisions of this 
        section), so long as such requirements are applied in a uniform 
        manner; or
            (2) to limit, supersede, or render inapplicable any other 
        authority or duty which (but for this Act) the United States 
        Postal Service would otherwise have had with respect to the 
        commemorative designation of a facility or the funding, 
        commissioning, or installation of a plaque in connection with 
        such a designation.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.