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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1567 

To provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

Semipostal Stamp. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 3, 2009 

Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species 

Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Multinational Species 

5 Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUNDS 

7 SEMIPOSTAL STAMP. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to afford a convenient 

9 way for members of the public to contribute to funding 

10 for the operations supported by the Multinational Species 


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1 Conservation Funds, the United States Postal Service 

2 shall issue a semipostal stamp (hereinafter in this Act re3 ferred to as the ‘‘Multinational Species Conservation 

4 Funds Semipostal Stamp’’) in accordance with succeeding 

5 provisions of this section. 

6 (b) COST.—The Multinational Species Conservation 

7 Funds Semipostal Stamp shall be offered at a cost equal 

8 to the cost of mailing a letter weighing 1 ounce or less 

9 at the nonautomation single-piece first-ounce letter rate, 

10 in effect at the time of purchase, plus a differential of 

11 not less than 25 percent. 

12 (c) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The issuance 

13 and sale of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

14 Semipostal Stamp shall be governed by the provisions of 

15 section 416 of title 39, United States Code, and regula16 tions issued under such section, subject to subsection (b) 

17 and the following: 

18 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—All amounts becoming 

20 available from the sale of the Multinational 

21 Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp 

22 (as determined under section 416(d) of such 

23 title 39) shall be transferred to the United 

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1 ments which shall be made at least twice a 

2 year, with the proceeds to be divided equally 

3 among the African Elephant Conservation 

4 Fund, the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund, 

5 the Great Ape Conservation Fund, the Marine 

6 Turtle Conservation Fund, and the Rhinoceros 

7 and Tiger Conservation Fund. 

8 (B) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In 

9 accordance with section 416(d)(4) of such title 

10 39, amounts becoming available from the sale 

11 of the Multinational Species Conservation 

12 Funds Semipostal Stamp (as so determined) 

13 shall not be taken into account in any decision 

14 relating to the level of appropriations or other 

15 Federal funding to be furnished in any year 

16 to— 

17 (i) the United States Fish and Wild18 life Service; or 

19 (ii) any of the funds identified in sub20 paragraph (A). 

21 (2) DURATION.—The Multinational Species 

22 Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp shall be 

23 made available to the public for a period of at least 

24 5 years, beginning no later than 12 months after the 

25 date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 (3) STAMP DEPICTIONS.—Stamps issued under 

2 this Act shall depict images of flagship multinational 

3 species, such as African and Asian elephants, rhinoc4 eros and tigers, marine turtles, and certain species 

5 of great apes. 

6 (4) LIMITATION.—The Multinational Species 

7 Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp shall not be 

8 subject to, or taken into account for purposes of ap9 plying, any limitation under section 416(e)(1)(C) of 

10 such title 39. 

11 (d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the term 

12 ‘‘semipostal stamp’’ refers to a stamp described in section 

13 416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code. 

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