[105th Congress Public Law 41]
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Public Law 105-41
105th Congress
An Act
To allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for breast cancer
research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued
United States postage stamps, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Aug. 13,
1997 - [H.R. 1585]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Stamp Out Breast
Cancer Act.>>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. <<NOTE: 39 USC 101 note.>>
This Act may be cited as the ``Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act''.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMPS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 414. Special postage stamps
``(a) In order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute
to funding for breast cancer research, the Postal Service shall
establish a special rate of postage for first-class mail under this
section.
``(b) The rate of postage established under this section--
``(1) shall be equal to the regular first-class rate of
postage, plus a differential of not to exceed 25 percent;
``(2) shall be set by the Governors in accordance with such
procedures as the Governors shall by regulation prescribe (in
lieu of the procedures under chapter 36); and
``(3) shall be offered as an alternative to the regular
first-class rate of postage.
The use of the special rate of postage established under this section
shall be voluntary on the part of postal patrons.
``(c)(1) Of the amounts becoming available for breast cancer
research pursuant to this section, the Postal Service shall pay--
``(A) 70 percent to the National Institutes of Health; and
``(B) the remainder to the Department of Defense.
Payments under this paragraph to an agency 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,
except that, under those arrangements, payments to such agency shall be
made at least twice a year.
``(2) For purposes of this section, the term `amounts becoming
available for breast cancer research pursuant to this section' 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
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``(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 stamps under this section,
as determined by the Postal Service under regulations that it shall
prescribe.
``(d) It is the sense of the Congress that nothing in this section
should--
``(1) directly or indirectly cause a net decrease in total
funds received by the National Institutes of Health, the
Department of Defense, or any other agency of the Government (or
any component or program thereof ) below the level that would
otherwise have been received but for the enactment of this
section; or
``(2) affect regular first-class rates of postage or any
other regular rates of postage.
``(e) <<NOTE: Regulations.>> Special postage stamps under this
section 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 12 months after the date of the enactment of this section.
``(f) <<NOTE: Reports.>> The Postmaster General shall include in
each report rendered under section 2402 with respect to any period
during any portion of which this section is in effect information
concerning the operation of this section, except that, at a minimum,
each shall include--
``(1) the total amount described in subsection (c)(2)(A)
which was received by the Postal Service during the period
covered by such report; and
``(2) of the amount under paragraph (1), how much (in the
aggregate and by category) was required for the purposes
described in subsection (c)(2)(B).
``(g) <<NOTE: Termination date.>> This section shall cease to be
effective at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date on which
special postage stamps under this section are first made available to
the public.''.
(b) <<NOTE: 39 USC 404 note.>> Report by the Comptroller General of
the United States.--No later than 3 months (but no earlier than 6
months) before the end of the 2-year period referred to in section
414(g) of title 39, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)),
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
Congress a report on the operation of such section. Such report shall
include--
(1) an evaluation of the effectiveness and the
appropriateness of the authority provided by such section as a
means of fund-raising; and
(2) a description of the monetary and other resources
required of the Postal Service in carrying out such section.
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(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 4 of
title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``414. Special postage stamps.''.
Approved August 13, 1997.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1585:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 143 (1997):
July 22, considered and passed House.
July 24, considered and passed Senate.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 33 (1997):
Aug. 13, Presidential statement.
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