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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4914 
To provide for the issuance of the Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 30, 2019 
Mr. RUSH (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. COHEN, Mr. KING of New 
York, Ms. BASS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mrs. BROOKS 
of Indiana, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CLARKE of 
New York, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COX of California, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS 
of Illinois, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HAS-
TINGS, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 
LIPINSKI, Ms. MOORE, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. 
ROUDA, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. 
SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SIRES, and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the issuance of the Diabetes Prevention 
Semipostal Stamp, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Diabetes Prevention 
Semipostal Stamp Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DIABETES PREVENTION SEMIPOSTAL STAMP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to afford a convenient 
way for members of the public to contribute to funding 
diabetes prevention activities, the United States Postal 
Service shall issue a semipostal (in this Act referred to 
as the ‘‘Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp’’) in ac-
cordance with this section. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The issuance and sale of the 
Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp shall be gov-
erned by the provisions of section 416 of title 39, 
United States Code, and regulations issued under 
such section, subject to the requirements of this sub-
section. 
(2) 
DURATION.—The 
Diabetes 
Prevention 
Semipostal Stamp shall be made available to the 
public for a period of 10 years, beginning no later 
than 12 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(3) COST.—The Diabetes Prevention Semipost-
al Stamp shall be offered at a cost equal to the cost 
of mailing a letter weighing 1 ounce or less at the 
nonautomation single-piece first-ounce letter rate, in 
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effect at the time of purchase, plus a differential of 
not less than 25 percent. 
(4) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—All amounts 
becoming available from the sale of the Diabetes 
Prevention Semipostal Stamp (as determined under 
section 416(d) of such title) shall be transferred to 
the National Diabetes Prevention Program of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through 
payments which shall be made at least twice a year. 
(5) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In accord-
ance with section 416(d)(4) of such title, amounts 
becoming available from the sale of the Diabetes 
Prevention Semipostal Stamp shall not be taken into 
account in any decision relating to the level of ap-
propriations or other Federal funding to be fur-
nished in any year to the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention or the National Diabetes Pre-
vention Program. 
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘semipostal’’ refers to a postage stamp described in sec-
tion 416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code. 
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