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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6200 
To provide for the issuance of a Puget Sound Restoration Semipostal Stamp. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 
Mr. HECK of Washington (for himself, Mr. KILMER, and Ms. DELBENE) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently deter-
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 Puget Sound Restoration 
Semipostal Stamp. 
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 ‘‘Ongoing Recovery and 
Conservation Awareness Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. PUGET SOUND RESTORATION STAMP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to afford a convenient 
way for members of the public to contribute to funding 
for the operations supported by the Puget Sound Action 
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Agenda, as described under the heading ‘‘Environmental 
Programs and Management’’ in the conference report ac-
companying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 
(Public Law 112–74), the United States Postal Service 
shall issue a semipostal stamp (referred to in this Act as 
the ‘‘Puget Sound Restoration Semipostal Stamp’’) in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this section. 
(b) COST.—The Puget Sound Restoration Semipostal 
Stamp shall be offered at a cost equal to the cost of mail-
ing a letter weighing 1 ounce or less at the nonautomation 
single-piece first-ounce letter rate, in effect at the time 
of purchase, plus a differential of not less than 25 percent. 
(c) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The issuance 
and sale of the Puget Sound Restoration Semipostal 
Stamp shall be governed by the provisions of section 416 
of title 39, United States Code, and regulations issued 
under such section, subject to subsection (b) and the fol-
lowing: 
(1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—All amounts becoming 
available from the sale of the Puget Sound Res-
toration Semipostal Stamp shall be transferred 
to the Environmental Protection Agency for the 
purpose of funding the operations of the Agen-
da described in subsection (a), through pay-
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ments which shall be made at least twice a 
year. 
(B) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In 
accordance with section 416(d)(4) of such title 
39, amounts becoming available from the sale 
of the Puget Sound Restoration Semipostal 
Stamp (as so determined) shall not be taken 
into account in any decision relating to the level 
of appropriations or other Federal funding to 
be furnished in any year to— 
(i) 
the 
Environmental 
Protection 
Agency; or 
(ii) the Agenda identified in sub-
section (a). 
(2) DURATION.—The Puget Sound Restoration 
Semipostal Stamp shall be made available to the 
public for a period of at least 5 years, beginning no 
later than 12 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(3) STAMP DEPICTIONS.—Stamps issued under 
this Act shall depict images of the Puget Sound and 
marine life native to the Sound. 
(4) LIMITATION.—The Puget Sound Restora-
tion Semipostal Stamp shall not be subject to, or 
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taken into account for purposes of applying, any lim-
itation under section 416(e)(1)(C) of such title 39. 
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘semipostal stamp’’ refers to a stamp described in section 
416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code. 
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