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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2739

To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of

a semipostal stamp in order to afford the public a convenient way

to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II

Memorial.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 15, 2000

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. HELMS, Mr. MOYNIHAN, Mr. ROTH, Mr.

THURMOND, and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following bill; which was

read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide for the

issuance of a semipostal stamp in order to afford the

public a convenient way to contribute to funding for

the establishment of the World War II Memorial.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SEMIPOSTAL STAMP FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT

4 OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 39, United

6 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 414 the

7 following:
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1 ‘‘§ 414a. Special postage stamp for the establishment

2 of the World War II Memorial

3 ‘‘(a) In order to afford the public a convenient way

4 to contribute to funding for the establishment of the

5 World War II Memorial, the Postal Service shall establish

6 a special rate of postage for first-class mail under this sec7 tion.

8 ‘‘(b) The rate of postage established under this

9 section—

10 ‘‘(1) shall be equal to the regular first-class rate

11 of postage, plus a differential of not to exceed 25

12 percent;

13 ‘‘(2) shall be set by the Governors in accord14 ance with such procedures as the Governors shall by

15 regulation prescribe (in lieu of the procedures under

16 chapter 36); and

17 ‘‘(3) shall be offered as an alternative to the

18 regular first-class rate of postage.

19 The use of the special rate of postage established under

20 this section shall be voluntary on the part of postal pa21 trons.

22 ‘‘(c)(1) Amounts becoming available for the establish23 ment of the World War II Memorial under this section

24 shall be paid to the American Battle Monuments Commis25 sion. Payments under this section shall be made under

26 such arrangements as the Postal Service shall by mutual
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1 agreement with the American Battle Monuments Commis2 sion establish in order to carry out the purposes of this

3 section, except that, under those arrangements, payments

4 to such Commission shall be made at least twice a year.

5 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘amounts

6 becoming available for the establishment of the World War

7 II Memorial under this section’ means—

8 ‘‘(A) the total amounts received by the Postal

9 Service that it would not have received but for the

10 enactment of this section, reduced by

11 ‘‘(B) an amount sufficient to cover reasonable

12 costs incurred by the Postal Service in carrying out

13 this section, including those attributable to the

14 printing, sale, and distribution of stamps under this

15 section,

16 as determined by the Postal Service under regulations that

17 it shall prescribe.

18 ‘‘(d) It is the sense of the Congress that nothing in

19 this section should—

20 ‘‘(1) directly or indirectly cause a net decrease

21 in total Federal funding received by the American

22 Battle Monuments Commission below the level that

23 would otherwise have been received but for the en24 actment of this section; or
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1 ‘‘(2) affect regular first-class rates of postage

2 or any other regular rates of postage.

3 ‘‘(e) Special postage stamps under this section shall

4 be made available to the public beginning on such date

5 as the Postal Service shall by regulation prescribe, but in

6 no event later than 90 days after the date of the enact7 ment of this section or, if earlier, November 11, 2000

8 (Veterans Day).

9 ‘‘(f) The Postmaster General shall include in each re10 port rendered under section 2402 with respect to any pe11 riod during any portion of which this section is in effect

12 information concerning the operation of this section, ex13 cept that, at a minimum, each shall include—

14 ‘‘(1) the total amount described in subsection

15 (c)(2)(A) which was received by the Postal Service

16 during the period covered by such report; and

17 ‘‘(2) of the amount under paragraph (1), how

18 much (in the aggregate and by category) was re19 quired for the purposes described in subsection

20 (c)(2)(B).

21 ‘‘(g) This section shall cease to be effective upon the

22 determination of the Postmaster General (in consultation

23 with the American Battle Monuments Commission) that

24 the Commission has or will have the funds necessary to

25 pay all expenses of the establishment of the World War
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1 II Memorial. Any excess funds shall be deposited in the

2 fund within the Treasury of the United States created by

3 section 2113 of title 36 and may be used for any of the

4 purposes allowable under such section.

5 ‘‘(h) As used in this section, the term ‘World War

6 II Memorial’ refers to the memorial the construction of

7 which is authorized by Public Law 103–32.’’.

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) The analysis

9 for chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended

10 by striking the item relating to section 414 and inserting

11 the following:

‘‘414. Special postage stamps to benefit breast cancer research.

‘‘414a. Special postage stamps for the establishment of the World War II Memorial.’’.

12 (2) The heading for section 414 of title 39, United

13 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

14 ‘‘§ 414. Special postage stamps to benefit breast can15 cer research’’.

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