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Union Calendar No. 210 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1454 
[Report No. 111–358, Part I] 
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 
DECEMBER 7, 2009 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CRENSHAW, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, 
Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. KIRK, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. SHUSTER, 
Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 
SABLAN, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. 
CASSIDY, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. MACK, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. COBLE, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. 
REYES, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. GON-
ZALEZ, Mr. HOLT, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. LEE
of California, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. POSEY, 
Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. 
LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. KRATOVIL, Mr. DICKS, Mr. MIL-
LER of North Carolina, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. THOMPSON of 
California, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. 
LEE of New York, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. FARR, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. 
BALDWIN, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. STARK, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. 
OBERSTAR, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
CANTOR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
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WOLF, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mrs. LUMMIS, 
Mr. FORBES, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. COLE, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. 
BROUN of Georgia, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. LATHAM, 
Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. HONDA, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. CARTER, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 
SESTAK, Mr. PAULSEN, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. ROSS, Mr. SMITH of Ne-
braska, Mr. BOCCIERI, Ms. TITUS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. 
LATTA, Mr. CAO, Mr. NUNES, Mr. COFFMAN
of Colorado, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. ROONEY, Ms. 
GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. CAMP, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, 
Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. 
MICA, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 
ARCURI, Mr. MINNICK, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. MASSA, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. REICHERT, Ms. NORTON, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. CROWLEY 
DECEMBER 7, 2009 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
DECEMBER 7, 2009 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 12, 2009] 
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 Con-
servation Funds, the United States Postal Service shall 
issue a semipostal stamp (hereinafter in this Act referred 
to as the ‘‘Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
Semipostal Stamp’’) in accordance with succeeding provi-
sions 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 ef-
fect 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 regulations 
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 Spe-
cies Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (as 
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determined under section 416(d) of such title 39) 
shall be transferred to the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service, for the purpose described in 
subsection (a), through payments 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 Con-
servation Fund, the Great Ape Conservation 
Fund, the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund, the 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund, and 
other international wildlife conservation funds 
authorized by the Congress after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and administered by the 
Service as part of the Multinational Species 
Conservation Fund. 
(B) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.—In ac-
cordance 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 fund-
ing to be furnished in any year to— 
(i) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; or 
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(ii) any of the funds identified in sub-
paragraph (A). 
(2) DURATION.—The Multinational Species Con-
servation 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. 
(5) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts 
transferred under paragraph (1) shall not be used to 
fund or support the Wildlife Without Borders Pro-
gram or to supplement funds made available for the 
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund. 
(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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Union Calendar No. 210 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1454 
[Report No. 111–358, Part I] 
A BILL 
To provide for the issuance of a Multinational 
Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp. 
DECEMBER 7, 2009 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
an amendment 
DECEMBER 7, 2009 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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