I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 893 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2011 Mr. Dent introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Armed Services, 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 A BILL To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service for the fight against colorectal cancer.

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Colorectal cancer semipostal

(a)

In general

In order to contribute to the fight against colorectal cancer, 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

Of the amounts becoming available from the sale of the semipostal— (A)40 percent shall be transferred to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program for colorectal cancer research; (B)40 percent shall be transferred to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for colorectal cancer control programs; and (C)the remainder shall be transferred to the National Institutes of Health for colorectal cancer research. (2)

Exclusion from numerical limitation

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 title 39, United States Code. (b)

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; and (2)any determination of the amounts becoming available from the sale of a semipostal shall be made in accordance with section 416(d) of title 39, United States Code.