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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4876 

To provide for the issuance of a Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 18, 2010 

Mrs. DAHLKEMPER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 

Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and 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 Great Lakes 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 ‘‘Great Lakes Restora5 tion Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GREAT LAKES RESTORATION STAMP. 

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

8 way for members of the public to contribute to funding 

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1 tion Initiative, as described under the fourth undesignated 

2 paragraph under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions, 

3 Environmental Protection Agency’’ in Public Law 111–88 

4 (123 Stat. 2938; commonly known as the ‘‘Interior De5 partment and Further Continuing Appropriations Act for 

6 Fiscal Year 2010’’), the United States Postal Service shall 

7 issue a semipostal stamp (referred to in this Act as the 

8 ‘‘Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp’’) in accord9 ance with the provisions of this section. 

10 (b) COST.—The Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal 

11 Stamp shall be offered at a cost equal to the cost of mail12 ing a letter weighing 1 ounce or less at the nonautomation 

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

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

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

16 and sale of the Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal 

17 Stamp shall be governed by the provisions of section 416 

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

19 under such section, subject to subsection (b) and the fol20 lowing: 

21 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—All amounts becoming 

23 available from the sale of the Great Lakes Res24 toration Semipostal Stamp shall be transferred 

25 to the Environmental Protection Agency for the 


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1 purpose of funding the operations of the Initia2 tive described in subsection (a), through pay3 ments which shall be made at least twice a 

4 year. 

5 (B) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In 

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

7 39, amounts becoming available from the sale 

8 of the Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal 

9 Stamp (as so determined) shall not be taken 

10 into account in any decision relating to the level 

11 of appropriations or other Federal funding to 

12 be furnished in any year to— 

13 (i) the Environmental Protection 

14 Agency; or 

15 (ii) the Initiative identified in sub16 section (a). 

17 (2) DURATION.—The Great Lakes Restoration 

18 Semipostal Stamp shall be made available to the 

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

20 later than 12 months after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act. 

22 (3) STAMP DEPICTIONS.—Stamps issued under 

23 this Act shall depict images of each of the five Great 

24 Lakes. 


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1 (4) LIMITATION.—The Great Lakes Restoration 

2 Semipostal Stamp shall not be subject to, or taken 

3 into account for purposes of applying, any limitation 

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

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

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

7 416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code. 

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