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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3380 

To provide for the issuance of a Victory for Veterans stamp, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 12, 2012 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. ISAKSON, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. 

RUBIO, and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To provide for the issuance of a Victory for Veterans stamp, 

and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Victory for Veterans 

5 Stamp Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. VICTORY FOR VETERANS STAMP. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title 39, United States Code, is 

8 amended by inserting after section 414 the following: 


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1 ‘‘§ 414a. Victory for Veterans stamp 

2 ‘‘(a) In order to provide members of the public an 

3 opportunity to honor their veterans by supporting vet4 erans’ employment programs, to reduce the deficit, and 

5 to preserve the vital role of the United States Postal Serv6 ice, the Postal Service shall issue a special stamp (referred 

7 to in this section as the ‘Victory for Veterans Stamp’) in 

8 accordance with the provisions of this section. 

9 ‘‘(b) The Victory for Veterans Stamp— 

10 ‘‘(1) shall not be valid for purposes of postage; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(2) shall be offered at a cost equal to 25 cents. 

13 ‘‘(c)(1) The amounts becoming available from the 

14 sale of the Victory for Veterans Stamp shall be used as 

15 follows: 

16 ‘‘(A) One-third of such amounts shall be trans17 ferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs for 

18 purposes of funding vocational rehabilitation pro19 grams for veterans under chapter 31 of title 38. 

20 ‘‘(B) One-third of such amounts shall be trans21 ferred to the general fund of the Treasury for pur22 poses of deficit reduction. 

23 ‘‘(C) One-third of such amounts shall be used 

24 by the Postal Service to satisfy obligations incurred 

25 under section 2005. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Amounts transferred under this subsection to an 

2 agency under paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) shall be made 

3 under such arrangements as the Postal Service shall by 

4 mutual agreement with such agency establish in order to 

5 carry out the purposes of this section. 

6 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this section, the term ‘amounts 

7 becoming available from the sale of the Victory for Vet8 erans Stamp’ means— 

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

10 Service that it would not have received but for the 

11 enactment of this section, reduced by 

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

13 costs incurred by the Postal Service in carrying out 

14 this section, including those attributable to the 

15 printing, sale, and distribution of the Victory for 

16 Veterans Stamp under this section, as determined by 

17 the Postal Service under regulations that it shall 

18 prescribe. 

19 ‘‘(d) Amounts transferred under subsection (c)(1)(A) 

20 to the Department of Veterans Affairs shall not be taken 

21 into account in any decision relating to the level of appro22 priations or other Federal funding to be furnished in any 

23 year to the Department. 

24 ‘‘(e) The Victory for Veterans Stamp shall be made 

25 available to the public beginning on such date as the PostVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:49 Jul 12, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3380.IS S3380

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1 al Service shall by regulation prescribe, but in no event 

2 later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of 

3 this section. 

4 ‘‘(f) The Postmaster General shall include in each re5 port rendered under section 2402 information concerning 

6 the operation of this section.’’. 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec8 tions for title 39, United States Code, is amended by in9 serting after the item relating to section 414 the following: 

‘‘414a. Victory for Veterans stamp.’’. 

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