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Union Calendar No. 210 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1454 

[Report No. 111–358, Part I] 

To provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

Semipostal Stamp. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 12, 2009 

Mr. BROWN of South Carolina (for himself, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. YOUNG of 

Alaska, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. KIND, Mrs. BONO MACK, 

Mr. KING of New York, Mr. TANNER, and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 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 

DECEMBER 7, 2009 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CRENSHAW, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, 

Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. KIRK, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SHUSTER, 

Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 

SABLAN, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. 

CASSIDY, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. MACK, Mr. 

WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. COBLE, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. 

REYES, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HOLT, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. POSEY, 

Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. 

LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. KRATOVIL, Mr. DICKS, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. THOMPSON of 

California, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. 

LEE of New York, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. FARR, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. 

BALDWIN, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. STARK, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. 

OBERSTAR, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. JONES, Mr. 

CANTOR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. 


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WOLF, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mrs. LUMMIS, 

Mr. FORBES, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. COLE, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. 

BROUN of Georgia, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. LATHAM, 

Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. HONDA, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. CARTER, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 

SESTAK, Mr. PAULSEN, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. ROSS, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. BOCCIERI, Ms. TITUS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. 

LATTA, Mr. CAO, Mr. NUNES, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. 

RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. ROONEY, Ms. 

GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 

HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. 

FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. CAMP, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, 

Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. 

MICA, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 

ARCURI, Mr. MINNICK, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. MASSA, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 

HINCHEY, Mr. REICHERT, Ms. NORTON, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. 

ENGEL, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. CROWLEY

DECEMBER 7, 2009 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

DECEMBER 7, 2009 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform discharged; committed to 

the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 12, 2009] 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUNDS 

2 SEMIPOSTAL STAMP. 

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

4 for members of the public to contribute to funding for the 

5 operations supported by the Multinational Species Con6 servation Funds, the United States Postal Service shall 

7 issue a semipostal stamp (hereinafter in this Act referred 

8 to as the ‘‘Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

9 Semipostal Stamp’’) in accordance with succeeding provi10 sions of this section. 

11 (b) COST.—The Multinational Species Conservation 

12 Funds Semipostal Stamp shall be offered at a cost equal 

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

14 the nonautomation single-piece first-ounce letter rate, in ef15 fect at the time of purchase, plus a differential of not less 

16 than 25 percent. 

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

18 and sale of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

19 Semipostal Stamp shall be governed by the provisions of 

20 section 416 of title 39, United States Code, and regulations 

21 issued under such section, subject to subsection (b) and the 

22 following: 

23 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—All amounts becoming 

25 available from the sale of the Multinational Spe26 cies Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (as 


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1 determined under section 416(d) of such title 39) 

2 shall be transferred to the United States Fish 

3 and Wildlife Service, for the purpose described in 

4 subsection (a), through payments which shall be 

5 made at least twice a year, with the proceeds to 

6 be divided equally among the African Elephant 

7 Conservation Fund, the Asian Elephant Con8 servation Fund, the Great Ape Conservation 

9 Fund, the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund, the 

10 Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund, and 

11 other international wildlife conservation funds 

12 authorized by the Congress after the date of the 

13 enactment of this Act and administered by the 

14 Service as part of the Multinational Species 

15 Conservation Fund. 

16 (B) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In ac17 cordance with section 416(d)(4) of such title 39, 

18 amounts becoming available from the sale of the 

19 Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

20 Semipostal Stamp (as so determined) shall not 

21 be taken into account in any decision relating to 

22 the level of appropriations or other Federal fund23 ing to be furnished in any year to— 

24 (i) the United States Fish and Wildlife 

25 Service; or 


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1 (ii) any of the funds identified in sub2 paragraph (A). 

3 (2) DURATION.—The Multinational Species Con4 servation Funds Semipostal Stamp shall be made 

5 available to the public for a period of at least 5 years, 

6 beginning no later than 12 months after the date of 

7 the enactment of this Act. 

8 (3) STAMP DEPICTIONS.—Stamps issued under 

9 this Act shall depict images of flagship multinational 

10 species, such as African and Asian elephants, rhinoc11 eros and tigers, marine turtles, and certain species of 

12 great apes. 

13 (4) LIMITATION.—The Multinational Species 

14 Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp shall not be 

15 subject to, or taken into account for purposes of ap16 plying, any limitation under section 416(e)(1)(C) of 

17 such title 39. 

18 (5) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts 

19 transferred under paragraph (1) shall not be used to 

20 fund or support the Wildlife Without Borders Pro21 gram or to supplement funds made available for the 

22 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund. 

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

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

25 416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code. 


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Union Calendar No. 210 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1454 

[Report No. 111–358, Part I] 

A BILL 

To provide for the issuance of a Multinational 

Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp. 

DECEMBER 7, 2009 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

an amendment 

DECEMBER 7, 2009 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform disprinted House on the State of the Union and ordered to be charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 


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