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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6200 

To provide for the issuance of a Puget Sound Restoration Semipostal Stamp. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 

Mr. HECK of Washington (for himself, Mr. KILMER, and Ms. DELBENE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 Puget Sound Restoration 

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 ‘‘Ongoing Recovery and 

5 Conservation Awareness Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PUGET SOUND RESTORATION STAMP. 

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

8 way for members of the public to contribute to funding 

9 for the operations supported by the Puget Sound Action 

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1 Agenda, as described under the heading ‘‘Environmental 

2 Programs and Management’’ in the conference report ac3 companying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 

4 (Public Law 112–74), the United States Postal Service 

5 shall issue a semipostal stamp (referred to in this Act as 

6 the ‘‘Puget Sound Restoration Semipostal Stamp’’) in ac7 cordance with the provisions of this section. 

8 (b) COST.—The Puget Sound Restoration Semipostal 

9 Stamp shall be offered at a cost equal to the cost of mail10 ing a letter weighing 1 ounce or less at the nonautomation 

11 single-piece first-ounce letter rate, in effect at the time 

12 of purchase, plus a differential of not less than 25 percent. 

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

14 and sale of the Puget Sound Restoration Semipostal 

15 Stamp shall be governed by the provisions of section 416 

16 of title 39, United States Code, and regulations issued 

17 under such section, subject to subsection (b) and the fol18 lowing: 

19 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—All amounts becoming 

21 available from the sale of the Puget Sound Res22 toration Semipostal Stamp shall be transferred 

23 to the Environmental Protection Agency for the 

24 purpose of funding the operations of the Agen25 da described in subsection (a), through paymstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS

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1 ments which shall be made at least twice a 

2 year. 

3 (B) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In 

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

5 39, amounts becoming available from the sale 

6 of the Puget Sound Restoration Semipostal 

7 Stamp (as so determined) shall not be taken 

8 into account in any decision relating to the level 

9 of appropriations or other Federal funding to 

10 be furnished in any year to— 

11 (i) the Environmental Protection 

12 Agency; or 

13 (ii) the Agenda identified in sub14 section (a). 

15 (2) DURATION.—The Puget Sound Restoration 

16 Semipostal Stamp shall be made available to the 

17 public for a period of at least 5 years, beginning no 

18 later than 12 months after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act. 

20 (3) STAMP DEPICTIONS.—Stamps issued under 

21 this Act shall depict images of the Puget Sound and 

22 marine life native to the Sound. 

23 (4) LIMITATION.—The Puget Sound Restora24 tion Semipostal Stamp shall not be subject to, or 

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1 taken into account for purposes of applying, any lim2 itation under section 416(e)(1)(C) of such title 39. 

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

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

5 416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code. 

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