I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6121 
To provide for the issuance of a Victory for Veterans stamp, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2012 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 
DOLD, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. CHANDLER, 
Mr. COOPER, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. CRITZ, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. 
WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SIRES, Ms. ZOE 
LOFGREN of California, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. SERRANO, 
Ms. MATSUI, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. DICKS, 
Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. GENE GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. SUTTON, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. 
TIERNEY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. CARSON of In-
diana, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 
ALTMIRE, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. 
ACKERMAN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. BASS of California, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, Mr. REYES, Ms. MOORE, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. 
HAHN, Mr. BACA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. ROSS 
of Arkansas, Mr. MARINO, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. GER-
LACH, Mr. DENT, Mr. WATT, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. HASTINGS of Flor-
ida, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. SHULER, Mr. 
HEINRICH, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. 
FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. MCHENRY, Mrs. BONO MACK, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. 
TURNER of Ohio, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. WELCH, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. BONAMICI, 
Ms. DELAURO, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CAPU-
ANO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. CARNA-
HAN, Mr. COSTA, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. RANGEL, 
Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LARSEN of 
Washington, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 
CONNOLLY of Virginia, Ms. HOCHUL, Ms. CHU, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. STARK, Mr. CICILLINE, 
and Mr. LANCE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently deter-
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mined 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 Victory for Veterans 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘The Victory for Vet-
erans Stamp Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. VICTORY FOR VETERANS STAMP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 414 the following: 
‘‘§ 414a. Victory for Veterans stamp 
‘‘(a) In order to provide members of the public an 
opportunity to honor their veterans by supporting vet-
erans’ employment programs, to reduce the deficit, and 
to preserve the vital role of the United States Postal Serv-
ice, the Postal Service shall issue a special stamp (referred 
to in this section as the ‘Victory for Veterans Stamp’) in 
accordance with the provisions of this section. 
‘‘(b) The Victory for Veterans Stamp— 
‘‘(1) shall not be valid for purposes of postage; 
and 
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‘‘(2) shall be offered at a cost equal to 25 cents. 
‘‘(c)(1) The amounts becoming available from the 
sale of the Victory for Veterans Stamp shall be used as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) One-third of such amounts shall be trans-
ferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
purposes of funding vocational rehabilitation pro-
grams for veterans under chapter 31 of title 38. 
‘‘(B) One-third of such amounts shall be trans-
ferred to the general fund of the Treasury for pur-
poses of deficit reduction. 
‘‘(C) One-third of such amounts shall be used 
by the Postal Service to satisfy obligations incurred 
under section 2005. 
‘‘(2) Amounts transferred under this subsection to an 
agency under paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) shall be made 
under such arrangements as the Postal Service shall by 
mutual agreement with such agency establish in order to 
carry out the purposes of this section. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this section, the term ‘amounts 
becoming available from the sale of the Victory for Vet-
erans Stamp’ means— 
‘‘(A) the total amounts received by the Postal 
Service that it would not have received but for the 
enactment of this section, reduced by 
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‘‘(B) an amount sufficient to cover reasonable 
costs incurred by the Postal Service in carrying out 
this section, including those attributable to the 
printing, sale, and distribution of the Victory for 
Veterans Stamp under this section, as determined by 
the Postal Service under regulations that it shall 
prescribe. 
‘‘(d) Amounts transferred under subsection (c)(1)(A) 
to the Department of Veterans Affairs shall not be taken 
into account in any decision relating to the level of appro-
priations or other Federal funding to be furnished in any 
year to the Department. 
‘‘(e) The Victory for Veterans Stamp shall be made 
available to the public beginning on such date as the Post-
al Service shall by regulation prescribe, but in no event 
later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of 
this section. 
‘‘(f) The Postmaster General shall include in each re-
port rendered under section 2402 information concerning 
the operation of this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for title 39, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 414 the following: 
‘‘414a. Victory for Veterans stamp.’’. 
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