H. R. 1454 

One Hundred Eleventh Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 

An Act 

To provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

Semipostal Stamp. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010’’. 

SEC. 2. MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUNDS SEMIPOSTAL 

STAMP. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to afford a convenient way for members of the public to contribute to funding for the operations supported by the Multinational Species Conservation Funds, the United 

States Postal Service shall issue a semipostal stamp (hereinafter 

in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Multinational Species Conservation 

Funds Semipostal Stamp’’) in accordance with succeeding provisions 

of this section. 

(b) COST AND USE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Multinational Species Conservation 

Funds Semipostal Stamp shall be offered at a cost equal to 

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

nonautomation single-piece first-ounce letter rate, in effect at 

the time of purchase, plus a differential of not less than 15 

percent. 

(2) VOLUNTARY USE.—The use of any semipostal issued 

under this section shall be voluntary on the part of postal 

patrons. 

(3) SPECIAL RATE.—The special rate of postage of an individual stamp under this section shall be an amount that is 

evenly divisible by 5. 

(c) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The issuance and sale 

of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp 

shall be governed by the provisions of section 416 of title 39, 

United States Code, and regulations issued under such section, 

subject to subsection (b) and the following: 

(1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—All amounts becoming available from 

the sale of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

Semipostal Stamp (as determined under section 416(d) of 

such title 39) shall be transferred to the United States 

Fish and Wildlife Service, for the purpose described in 

subsection (a), through payments which shall be made at 

least twice a year, with the proceeds to be divided equally 
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among the African Elephant Conservation Fund, the Asian 

Elephant Conservation Fund, the Great Ape Conservation 

Fund, the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund, and other international 

wildlife conservation funds authorized by the Congress 

after the date of the enactment of this Act and administered 

by the Service as part of the Multinational Species Conservation Fund. 

(B) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In accordance with 

section 416(d)(4) of such title 39, amounts becoming available from the sale of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (as so determined) shall not 

be taken into account in any decision relating to the level 

of appropriations or other Federal funding to be furnished 

in any year to— 

(i) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; 

or 

(ii) any of the funds identified in subparagraph 

(A). 

(2) DURATION.—The Multinational Species Conservation 

Funds Semipostal Stamp shall be made available to the public 

for a period of at least 2 years, beginning no later than 12 

months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

(3) LIMITATION.—The Multinational Species Conservation 

Funds Semipostal Stamp shall not be subject to, or taken 

into account for purposes of applying, any limitation under 

section 416(e)(1)(C) of such title 39. 

(4) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts transferred 

under paragraph (1) shall not be used to fund or support 

the Wildlife Without Borders Program or to supplement funds 

made available for the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation 

Fund. 

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

stamp’’ refers to a stamp described in section 416(a)(1) of title 

39, United States Code. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.