[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15541]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            VANISHING WILDLIFE STAMP ACT OF 2000--H.R. 4872

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                        HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 19, 2000

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce H.R. 4872, the 
Vanishing Wildlife Stamp Act of 2000. This important legislation calls 
upon the U.S. Postal Service to issue a commemorative wildlife semi-
postal stamp.
  Such a stamp would have broad appeal to the public, would supplement 
the modest appropriations for U.S. Government recovery programs, and 
would assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in filing the gap 
between congressional authorization and appropriations.
  By providing this convenient vehicle for members of the public to 
``vote with their pocketbooks'' for a federal program that they 
support, the vanishing wildlife stamp will help relieve pressure and 
complete reliance on federal appropriations and shift wildlife 
conservation away from big government solutions and toward a first-hand 
example of public-private cooperation to achieve a common goal.
  I urge my colleagues to co-sponsor this important legislation.

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