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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1446 

To require the United States Postal Service to continue selling the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp until all remaining stamps are sold, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2019 

Mr. CLAY (for himself and Mr. FORTENBERRY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in 

addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 

such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require the United States Postal Service to continue 

selling the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

Semipostal Stamp until all remaining stamps are sold, 

and for other purposes. 

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 Reauthorization 

6 Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION; REQUIREMENT TO SELL ALL 

2 STAMPS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(c) of the Multinational 

4 Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 

5 2010 (39 U.S.C. 416 note; Public Law 111–241) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘of at least 6 years,’’; and 

9 (B) by inserting before the period at the 

10 end the following: ‘‘and ending not earlier than 

11 the date on which the United States Postal 

12 Service provides notice to Congress under para13 graph (5)’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(5) REQUIREMENT TO SELL ALL STAMPS

16 PRINTED.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The United States 

18 Postal Service shall sell each copy of the Multi19 national Species Conservation Fund Semipostal 

20 Stamp that the United States Postal Service 

21 prints under this Act. 

22 ‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION OF CONGRESS.—The 

23 United States Postal Service shall notify the 

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1 resentatives when all copies of the Multinational 

2 Species Conservation Fund Semipostal Stamp 

3 printed under this Act have been sold.’’. 

4 (b) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

6 subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on the 

7 day after the date of enactment of the Multinational 

8 Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Re9 authorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–165; 

10 128 Stat. 1878). 

11 (2) CONSEQUENCE OF DESTRUCTION OF

12 STAMPS.—If the United States Postal Service de13 stroys 1 or more Multinational Species Conservation 

14 Fund Semipostal Stamps before the date of enact15 ment of this Act, the United States Postal Service 

16 shall print and sell the same number of such stamps 

17 on or after that date of enactment. 

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