[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 113 (Thursday, July 29, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S6537]
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 MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUNDS SEMIPOSTAL STAMP ACT OF 2009

  Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 486, H.R. 1454.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will state the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 1454) to provide for the issuance of a 
     Multinational Species Conservation Fund Semipostal Stamp.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, with an amendment to strike all after the 
enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Multinational Species 
     Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010''.

     SEC. 2. MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUNDS SEMIPOSTAL 
                   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 Multinational Species 
     Conservation Funds, the United States Postal Service shall 
     issue a semipostal stamp (hereinafter in this Act referred to 
     as the ``Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal 
     Stamp'') in accordance with succeeding provisions of this 
     section.
       (b) Cost and Use.--
       (1) In general.--The Multinational Species Conservation 
     Funds 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 
     15 percent.
       (2) Voluntary use.--The use of any semipostal issued under 
     this section shall be voluntary on the part of postal 
     patrons.
       (3) Special rate.--The special rate of postage of an 
     individual stamp under this section shall be an amount that 
     is evenly divisible by 5.
       (c) Other Terms and Conditions.--The issuance and sale of 
     the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 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 Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
     Semipostal Stamp (as determined under section 416(d) of such 
     title 39) shall be transferred to the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service, for the purpose described in subsection 
     (a), through payments which shall be made at least twice a 
     year, with the proceeds to be divided equally among the 
     African Elephant Conservation Fund, the Asian Elephant 
     Conservation Fund, the Great Ape Conservation Fund, the 
     Marine Turtle Conservation Fund, the Rhinoceros and Tiger 
     Conservation Fund, and other international wildlife 
     conservation funds authorized by the Congress after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act and administered by the Service 
     as part of the Multinational Species Conservation Fund.
       (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 Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
     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 United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or
       (ii) any of the funds identified in subparagraph (A).
       (2) Duration.--The Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
     Semipostal Stamp shall be made available to the public for a 
     period of at least 2 years, beginning no later than 12 months 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (3) Limitation.--The Multinational Species Conservation 
     Funds 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.
       (4) Restriction on use of funds.--Amounts transferred under 
     paragraph (1) shall not be used to fund or support the 
     Wildlife Without Borders Program or to supplement funds made 
     available for the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation 
     Fund.
       (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.

  Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee-reported substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill, as 
amended, be read the third time and passed, the motions to reconsider 
be laid upon the table, without any intervening action or debate, and 
that any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The bill (H.R. 1454), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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