Peace Corps Stamp Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 325 To provide for the issuance of the Peace Corps Semipostal Stamp. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 8, 2019 Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. LOEBSACK, and Mr. HAS- TINGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 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 jurisdic- tion of the committee concerned A BILL To provide for the issuance of the Peace Corps Semipostal Stamp. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Peace Corps Stamp 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PEACE CORPS SEMIPOSTAL STAMP. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to afford a convenient 7 way for members of the public to contribute to funding 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:49 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H325.IH H325 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 325 IH the Peace Corps’ Global Fund, the United States Postal 1 Service shall issue a semipostal (in this Act referred to 2 as the ‘‘Peace Corps Semipostal Stamp’’) in accordance 3 with this section. 4 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The issuance and sale of the 6 Peace Corps Semipostal Stamp shall be governed by 7 the provisions of section 416 of title 39, United 8 States Code, and regulations issued under such sec- 9 tion, subject to the requirements of this subsection. 10 (2) DURATION.—The Peace Corps Semipostal 11 Stamp shall be made available to the public for a pe- 12 riod of 10 years, beginning no later than 12 months 13 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 14 (3) COST.—The Peace Corps Semipostal Stamp 15 shall be offered at a cost equal to the cost of mailing 16 a letter weighing 1 ounce or less at the nonautoma- 17 tion single-piece first-ounce letter rate, in effect at 18 the time of purchase, plus a differential of not less 19 than 25 percent. 20 (4) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—All amounts 21 becoming available from the sale of the Peace Corps 22 Semipostal Stamp (as determined under section 23 416(d) of such title) shall be transferred to the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:49 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H325.IH H325 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 325 IH Peace Corps’ Global Fund through payments which 1 shall be made at least twice a year. 2 (5) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In accord- 3 ance with section 416(d)(4) of such title, amounts 4 becoming available from the sale of the Peace Corps 5 Semipostal Stamp shall not be taken into account in 6 any decision relating to the level of appropriations or 7 other Federal funding to be furnished in any year to 8 the Peace Corps. 9 (c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the term 10 ‘‘semipostal’’ refers to a postage stamp described in sec- 11 tion 416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:49 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H325.IH H325 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS