[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 153 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 153

To provide for the issuance of a forever stamp to honor the work of Dr. 
  Michael Ellis DeBakey, who helped develop the mobile army surgical 
                   hospital, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2017

Mr. Al Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
          to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the issuance of a forever stamp to honor the work of Dr. 
  Michael Ellis DeBakey, who helped develop the mobile army surgical 
                   hospital, 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 ``Michael E. DeBakey Stamp Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) Dr. Michael E. DeBakey was widely considered to be one 
        of the greatest surgeons ever, according to the Journal of the 
        American Medical Association;
            (2) his surgical inventions, such as the roller pump, which 
        is a component of the heart-lung machine used in open-heart 
        surgery, continue to save countless lives;
            (3) Dr. DeBakey's surgical innovations, for example the use 
        of Dacron grafts for damaged arteries, revolutionized the 
        practice of medicine nationally and globally;
            (4) his commitment to military medicine helped shape the 
        creation of the mobile army surgical hospital or MASH unit, and 
        a medical program for returning veterans; and
            (5) Dr. DeBakey was consulted regarding the health of 
        several world leaders, including President Boris N. Yeltsin 
        during the cold war.

SEC. 3. MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY STAMP.

    (a) In General.--In order to honor the work of Dr. Michael Ellis 
DeBakey, who helped develop the mobile army surgical hospital, the 
Postmaster General shall provide for the issuance of a forever stamp 
suitable for that purpose that depicts Dr. Michael E. DeBakey.
    (b) Definition.--For purposes of this Act, the term ``forever 
stamp'' means a definitive stamp which meets the postage required for 
first-class mail up to one ounce in weight, and which retains full 
validity for that purpose even if the rate of that postage is later 
increased.
    (c) Effective Date.--The stamp described in subsection (a) shall be 
issued beginning as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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