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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1454 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 8, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUNDS 

5 SEMIPOSTAL STAMP. 

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

7 way for members of the public to contribute to funding 

8 for the operations supported by the Multinational Species 

9 Conservation Funds, the United States Postal Service 

10 shall issue a semipostal stamp (hereinafter in this Act re11 ferred to as the ‘‘Multinational Species Conservation 

12 Funds Semipostal Stamp’’) in accordance with succeeding 

13 provisions of this section. 

14 (b) COST.—The Multinational Species Conservation 

15 Funds Semipostal Stamp shall be offered at a cost equal 

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

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

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

19 not less than 25 percent. 

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

21 and sale of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

22 Semipostal Stamp shall be governed by the provisions of 

23 section 416 of title 39, United States Code, and regula24 tions issued under such section, subject to subsection (b) 

25 and the following: 

26 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—All amounts becoming 

2 available from the sale of the Multinational 

3 Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp 

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

5 title 39) shall be transferred to the United 

6 States Fish and Wildlife Service, for the pur7 pose described in subsection (a), through pay8 ments which shall be made at least twice a 

9 year, with the proceeds to be divided equally 

10 among the African Elephant Conservation 

11 Fund, the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund, 

12 the Great Ape Conservation Fund, the Marine 

13 Turtle Conservation Fund, the Rhinoceros and 

14 Tiger Conservation Fund, and other inter15 national wildlife conservation funds authorized 

16 by the Congress after the date of the enactment 

17 of this Act and administered by the Service as 

18 part of the Multinational Species Conservation 

19 Fund. 

20 (B) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In 

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

22 39, amounts becoming available from the sale 

23 of the Multinational Species Conservation 

24 Funds Semipostal Stamp (as so determined) 

25 shall not be taken into account in any decision 


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1 relating to the level of appropriations or other 

2 Federal funding to be furnished in any year 

3 to— 

4 (i) the United States Fish and Wild5 life Service; or 

6 (ii) any of the funds identified in sub7 paragraph (A). 

8 (2) DURATION.—The Multinational Species 

9 Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp shall be 

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

11 5 years, beginning no later than 12 months after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act. 

13 (3) STAMP DEPICTIONS.—Stamps issued under 

14 this Act shall depict images of flagship multinational 

15 species, such as African and Asian elephants, rhinoc16 eros and tigers, marine turtles, and certain species 

17 of great apes. 

18 (4) LIMITATION.—The Multinational Species 

19 Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp shall not be 

20 subject to, or taken into account for purposes of ap21 plying, any limitation under section 416(e)(1)(C) of 

22 such title 39. 

23 (5) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 

24 Amounts transferred under paragraph (1) shall not 

25 be used to fund or support the Wildlife Without 


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1 Borders Program or to supplement funds made 

2 available for the Neotropical Migratory Bird Con3 servation Fund. 

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

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

6 416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 7, 

2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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