[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 3380 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3380

 To provide for the issuance of a Victory for Veterans stamp, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2012

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Begich, Mr. Isakson, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
 Rubio, and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the issuance of a Victory for Veterans stamp, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Victory for Veterans Stamp Act of 
2012''.

SEC. 2. VICTORY FOR VETERANS STAMP.

    (a) In General.--Title 39, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after section 414 the following:
``Sec. 414a. Victory for Veterans stamp
    ``(a) In order to provide members of the public an opportunity to 
honor their veterans by supporting veterans' employment programs, to 
reduce the deficit, and to preserve the vital role of the United States 
Postal Service, the Postal Service shall issue a special stamp 
(referred to in this section as the `Victory for Veterans Stamp') in 
accordance with the provisions of this section.
    ``(b) The Victory for Veterans Stamp--
            ``(1) shall not be valid for purposes of postage; and
            ``(2) shall be offered at a cost equal to 25 cents.
    ``(c)(1) The amounts becoming available from the sale of the 
Victory for Veterans Stamp shall be used as follows:
            ``(A) One-third of such amounts shall be transferred to the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs for purposes of funding 
        vocational rehabilitation programs for veterans under chapter 
        31 of title 38.
            ``(B) One-third of such amounts shall be transferred to the 
        general fund of the Treasury for purposes of deficit reduction.
            ``(C) One-third of such amounts shall be used by the Postal 
        Service to satisfy obligations incurred under section 2005.
    ``(2) Amounts transferred under this subsection to an agency under 
paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) shall be made under such arrangements as the 
Postal Service shall by mutual agreement with such agency establish in 
order to carry out the purposes of this section.
    ``(3) For purposes of this section, the term `amounts becoming 
available from the sale of the Victory for Veterans Stamp' means--
            ``(A) the total amounts received by the Postal Service that 
        it would not have received but for the enactment of this 
        section, reduced by
            ``(B) an amount sufficient to cover reasonable costs 
        incurred by the Postal Service in carrying out this section, 
        including those attributable to the printing, sale, and 
        distribution of the Victory for Veterans Stamp under this 
        section, as determined by the Postal Service under regulations 
        that it shall prescribe.
    ``(d) Amounts transferred under subsection (c)(1)(A) to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs 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 the Department.
    ``(e) The Victory for Veterans Stamp shall be made available to the 
public beginning on such date as the Postal Service shall by regulation 
prescribe, but in no event later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this section.
    ``(f) The Postmaster General shall include in each report rendered 
under section 2402 information concerning the operation of this 
section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for title 39, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 414 the following:

``414a. Victory for Veterans stamp.''.
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