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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 342 

To provide for the issuance of a PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial 

Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 15, 2021 

Mr. ZELDIN (for himself, Miss RICE of New York, and Ms. MENG) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 

Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 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 PFC Garfield M. Langhorn 

Memorial Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans, 

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; FINDINGS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial Semipostal Stamp 

6 to Benefit our Veterans Act of 2021’’. 

7 (b) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) PFC Garfield M. Langhorn was deployed to 

2 Vietnam as a private first class and radio operator 

3 with Troop C, 7th Squadron (Airmobile), 17th Cav4 alry Regiment, 1st Aviation Brigade. 

5 (2) On January 15, 1969, PFC Langhorn and 

6 his unit responded to a downed American helicopter 

7 near Plei Djereng in Pleiku Province, South Viet8 nam. After PFC Langhorn and his unit responded 

9 to the downed helicopter, they were attacked by en10 trenched North Vietnamese forces. 

11 (3) During the battle, PFC Langhorn threw 

12 himself on an active enemy hand grenade that had 

13 been thrown near several wounded soldiers. PFC 

14 Langhorn was killed during the explosion but saved 

15 the lives of the rest of his platoon. 

16 (4) On April 7, 1970, the President of the 

17 United States of America, in the name of Congress, 

18 awarded PFC Garfield Langhorn the Congressional 

19 Medal of Honor posthumously to commemorate his 

20 conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at 

21 the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. 


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1 SEC. 2. PFC GARFIELD M. LANGHORN MEMORIAL 

2 SEMIPOSTAL STAMP TO BENEFIT OUR VET3 ERANS. 

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

5 way for members of the public to contribute to funding 

6 for the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program 

7 of the Department of Veterans Affairs under section 2044 

8 of title 38, United States Code, the United States Postal 

9 Service shall issue a semipostal stamp (referred to in this 

10 Act as the ‘‘PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial 

11 Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans’’) in accord12 ance with the provisions of this section. 

13 (b) COST.—The PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memo14 rial Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans shall be 

15 offered at a cost equal to the cost of mailing a letter 

16 weighing 1 ounce or less at the nonautomation single-piece 

17 first-ounce letter rate, in effect at the time of purchase, 

18 plus a differential of not less than 25 percent. 

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

20 and sale of the PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial 

21 Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans shall be gov22 erned by the provisions of section 416 of title 39, United 

23 States Code, and regulations issued under such section, 

24 subject to subsection (b) and the following: 

25 (1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—All amounts becoming 

2 available from the sale of the PFC Garfield M. 

3 Langhorn Memorial Semipostal Stamp to Ben4 efit our Veterans shall be transferred to the De5 partment of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of 

6 funding the operations of the program de7 scribed in subsection (a), through payments 

8 which shall be made at least twice a year. 

9 (B) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In 

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

11 39, amounts becoming available from the sale 

12 of the PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial 

13 Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans (as 

14 so determined) shall not be taken into account 

15 in any decision relating to the level of appro16 priations or other Federal funding to be fur17 nished in any year to the program described in 

18 subsection (a) or to the Department of Vet19 erans Affairs. 

20 (2) DURATION.—The PFC Garfield M. 

21 Langhorn Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans 

22 shall be made available to the public for a period of 

23 at least 5 years, beginning no later than 12 months 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 (3) STAMP DEPICTIONS.—Stamps issued under 

2 this Act shall depict PFC Garfield M. Langhorn. 

3 (4) LIMITATION.—The PFC Garfield M. 

4 Langhorn Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans 

5 shall not be subject to, or taken into account for 

6 purposes of applying, any limitation under section 

7 416(e)(1)(C) of such title 39. 

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

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

10 416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code. 

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