[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4876 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4876

  To provide for the issuance of a Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal 
                                 Stamp.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2010

 Mrs. Dahlkemper introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to 
    the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Natural 
 Resources, 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 Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal 
                                 Stamp.

    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 ``Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal 
Stamp Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. GREAT LAKES RESTORATION STAMP.

    (a) In General.--In order to afford a convenient way for members of 
the public to contribute to funding for the operations supported by the 
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, as described under the fourth 
undesignated paragraph under the heading ``Administrative Provisions, 
Environmental Protection Agency'' in Public Law 111-88 (123 Stat. 2938; 
commonly known as the ``Interior Department and Further Continuing 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010''), the United States Postal 
Service shall issue a semipostal stamp (referred to in this Act as the 
``Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp'') in accordance with the 
provisions of this section.
    (b) Cost.--The Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp shall be 
offered at a cost equal to the cost of mailing a letter weighing 1 
ounce or less at the nonautomation single-piece first-ounce letter 
rate, in effect at the time of purchase, plus a differential of not 
less than 25 percent.
    (c) Other Terms and Conditions.--The issuance and sale of the Great 
Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp shall be governed by the provisions 
of section 416 of title 39, United States Code, and regulations issued 
under such section, subject to subsection (b) and the following:
            (1) Disposition of proceeds.--
                    (A) In general.--All amounts becoming available 
                from the sale of the Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal 
                Stamp shall be transferred to the Environmental 
                Protection Agency for the purpose of funding the 
                operations of the Initiative described in subsection 
                (a), through payments which shall be made at least 
                twice a year.
                    (B) Proceeds not to be offset.--In accordance with 
                section 416(d)(4) of such title 39, amounts becoming 
                available from the sale of the Great Lakes Restoration 
                Semipostal Stamp (as so determined) shall not be taken 
                into account in any decision relating to the level of 
                appropriations or other Federal funding to be furnished 
                in any year to--
                            (i) the Environmental Protection Agency; or
                            (ii) the Initiative identified in 
                        subsection (a).
            (2) Duration.--The Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp 
        shall be made available to the public for a period of at least 
        5 years, beginning no later than 12 months after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Stamp depictions.--Stamps issued under this Act shall 
        depict images of each of the five Great Lakes.
            (4) Limitation.--The Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal 
        Stamp shall not be subject to, or taken into account for 
        purposes of applying, any limitation under section 416(e)(1)(C) 
        of such title 39.
    (d) Definition.--For purposes of this Act, the term ``semipostal 
stamp'' refers to a stamp described in section 416(a)(1) of title 39, 
United States Code.
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