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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2907
To provide for the issuance of a semipostal for the benefit of victims of
the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 20, 2001
Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. DICKS, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. ANDREWS,
Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. SANDERS, Mr.
JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. REYES, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr.
RADANOVICH, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LARSEN of Wash-
ington, Mr. GRUCCI, Mr. ISSA, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr.
HINOJOSA, Mr. PAUL, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr.
WYNN, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. PHELPS, Mr.
SCOTT, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. OWENS, Ms.
RIVERS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FRANK, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr.
DOGGETT, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MENENDEZ,
Mr. MARKEY, Mr. CLAY, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. BECERRA, Mrs. MCCARTHY
of New York, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. KIRK, Mr. MASCARA,
Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. GARY G.
MILLER of California, Ms. NORTON, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. SHERMAN,
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. WAMP, Mr. UDALL of Colorado,
Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. HOLT, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. FROST,
and Mr. KING) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide for the issuance of a semipostal for the benefit
of victims of the terrorist attacks against the United
States on September 11, 2001, 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 ‘‘September 11th Fami-
lies Stamp Act’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT A SEMIPOSTAL BE ISSUED
FOR THE BENEFIT OF VICTIMS OF THE TER-
RORIST 
ATTACKS 
AGAINST 
THE 
UNITED
STATES ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to afford the public a di-
rect and tangible way to provide assistance to the families
of individuals who were killed in the terrorist attacks
against the United States on September 11, 2001, the
United States Postal Service shall issue a semipostal in
accordance with subsection (b).
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The provisions of section 416
of title 39, United States Code, shall apply with respect
to the semipostal described in subsection (a), subject to
the following:
(1) PRICE.—The price of the semipostal shall
be equal to the price of a regular first-class postage
stamp plus an additional 6 cents.
(2) DISPOSITION
OF
AMOUNTS
BECOMING
AVAILABLE.—All amounts becoming available from
the sale of the semipostal (as determined under such
section 416 after taking into account any amounts
appropriated pursuant to subsection (c)) shall be
transferred to the Office for Victims of Crime, De-
partment of Justice, under such arrangements as
the Postal Service shall by mutual agreement with
that office establish in order to carry out the pur-
poses of this Act.
(3) DURATION.—Stamps under this section
shall be issued during the 2-year period beginning
on December 1, 2001 (or such earlier date as the
Postal Service may determine).
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Postal Service
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section
(including reasonable costs attributable to the printing,
sale, and distribution of the semipostal).
SEC. 3. SEPTEMBER 11TH FAMILIES FUND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established
on the books of the Treasury a fund to be known as the
‘‘September 11th Families Fund’’ (hereinafter in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’), to be administered by
the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the
Office for Victims of Crime.
(b) AMOUNTS.—The Fund shall consist of the
amounts transferred to the Office for Victims of Crime
pursuant to section 2(b)(2).
(c) USE.—Subject to subsection (d), amounts in the
Fund shall be used to provide assistance to the families
of individuals who were killed in the terrorist attacks
against the United States on September 11, 2001.
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—No cost incurred in
providing assistance under subsection (c), or in admin-
istering the Fund, shall be paid from the Fund or set off
against or otherwise deducted from any assistance to any
individual.
(e) INVESTMENT.—Amounts in the Fund shall be in-
vested in accordance with section 9702 of title 31, United
States Code, and any interest on, and proceeds from, any
such investment shall be credited to and become a part
of the Fund.
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
SEC. 4. DEFINITION.
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘semipostal’’ has
the meaning given such term by section 416 of title 39,
United States Code.
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