[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 264 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 264

To provide for the issuance of a semipostal to benefit the Peace Corps, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2015

   Ms. Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 semipostal to benefit the Peace Corps, 
                        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 ``Peace Stamp for the Peace Corps 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PEACE CORPS SEMIPOSTAL.

    (a) In General.--The United States Postal Service shall, for a 2-
year period beginning no later than 12 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, issue a semipostal to benefit the Peace Corps.
    (b) Requirements and Authorities.--The issuance of such semipostal 
and the disposition of the amounts becoming available from the issuance 
of such semipostal shall be governed by section 416 of title 39, United 
States Code, subject to the following:
            (1) The differential included in the rate of postage 
        established for such semipostal under section 416(c) of such 
        title may not exceed 25 percent.
            (2) The Peace Corps shall be the sole agency to which any 
        amounts becoming available from the sale of such semipostal may 
        be transferred under section 416(d)(1) of such title.
    (c) Semipostal Defined.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``semipostal'' has the meaning given such term by section 416(a)(1) of 
such title.
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