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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1454 
To provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
Semipostal Stamp. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2009 
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina (for himself, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. YOUNG of 
Alaska, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. KIND, Mrs. BONO MACK, 
Mr. KING of New York, Mr. TANNER, and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species 
Conservation Funds 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 ‘‘Multinational Species 
Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUNDS 
SEMIPOSTAL 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 Multinational Species 
Conservation Funds, the United States Postal Service 
shall issue a semipostal stamp (hereinafter in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Multinational Species Conservation 
Funds Semipostal Stamp’’) in accordance with succeeding 
provisions of this section. 
(b) COST.—The Multinational Species Conservation 
Funds Semipostal 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 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 Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
Semipostal Stamp shall be governed by the provisions of 
section 416 of title 39, United States Code, and regula-
tions issued under such section, subject to subsection (b) 
and the following: 
(1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—All amounts becoming 
available from the sale of the Multinational 
Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp 
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(as determined under section 416(d) of such 
title 39) shall be transferred to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, for the pur-
pose described in subsection (a), through pay-
ments which shall be made at least twice a 
year, with the proceeds to be divided equally 
among the African Elephant Conservation 
Fund, the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund, 
the Great Ape Conservation Fund, the Marine 
Turtle Conservation Fund, and the Rhinoceros 
and Tiger Conservation Fund. 
(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 Multinational Species Conservation 
Funds 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 United States Fish and Wild-
life Service; or 
(ii) any of the funds identified in sub-
paragraph (A). 
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(2) DURATION.—The Multinational Species 
Conservation Funds 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 enactment of this Act. 
(3) STAMP DEPICTIONS.—Stamps issued under 
this Act shall depict images of flagship multinational 
species, such as African and Asian elephants, rhinoc-
eros and tigers, marine turtles, and certain species 
of great apes. 
(4) LIMITATION.—The Multinational Species 
Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp shall not be 
subject to, or taken into account for purposes of ap-
plying, any limitation 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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