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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1454 

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 

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 

4 way for members of the public to contribute to funding 

5 for the operations supported by the Multinational Species 

6 Conservation Funds, the United States Postal Service 

7 shall issue a semipostal stamp (hereinafter in this Act re8 ferred to as the ‘‘Multinational Species Conservation 

9 Funds Semipostal Stamp’’) in accordance with succeeding 

10 provisions 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 

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

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

16 not less 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 regula21 tions issued under such section, subject to subsection (b) 

22 and the following: 

23 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—All amounts becoming 

25 available from the sale of the Multinational 

26 Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp 


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

2 title 39) shall be transferred to the United 

3 States Fish and Wildlife Service, for the pur4 pose described in subsection (a), through pay5 ments which shall be made at least twice a 

6 year, with the proceeds to be divided equally 

7 among the African Elephant Conservation 

8 Fund, the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund, 

9 the Great Ape Conservation Fund, the Marine 

10 Turtle Conservation Fund, and the Rhinoceros 

11 and Tiger Conservation Fund. 

12 (B) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In 

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

14 39, amounts becoming available from the sale 

15 of the Multinational Species Conservation 

16 Funds Semipostal Stamp (as so determined) 

17 shall not be taken into account in any decision 

18 relating to the level of appropriations or other 

19 Federal funding to be furnished in any year 

20 to— 

21 (i) the United States Fish and Wild22 life Service; or 

23 (ii) any of the funds identified in sub24 paragraph (A). 


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1 (2) DURATION.—The Multinational Species 

2 Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp shall be 

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

4 5 years, beginning no later than 12 months after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act. 

6 (3) STAMP DEPICTIONS.—Stamps issued under 

7 this Act shall depict images of flagship multinational 

8 species, such as African and Asian elephants, rhinoc9 eros and tigers, marine turtles, and certain species 

10 of great apes. 

11 (4) LIMITATION.—The Multinational Species 

12 Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp shall not be 

13 subject to, or taken into account for purposes of ap14 plying, any limitation under section 416(e)(1)(C) of 

15 such title 39. 

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

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

18 416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code. 

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