SEC. 2. POSTAL BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the United States Postal Service, shall pro-
vide for a program under which postal benefits shall be 
provided to qualified individuals in accordance with suc-
ceeding provisions of this Act. 
(b) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 
Act, the term ‘‘qualified individual’’ means an individual 
who is— 
(1) a member of the Armed Forces of the 
United States on active duty (as defined in section 
101 of title 10, United States Code); and 
(2)(A) serving in Iraq or Afghanistan; or 
(B) hospitalized at a facility under the jurisdic-
tion of the Armed Forces of the United States as a 
result of a disease or injury incurred as a result of 
service in Iraq or Afghanistan. 
(c) POSTAL BENEFITS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The postal benefits provided 
under this Act shall consist of such coupons or other 
similar evidence of credit (whether in printed, elec-
tronic, or other format, and hereinafter in this Act 
referred to as ‘‘vouchers’’) as the Secretary of De-
fense (in consultation with the Postal Service) shall 
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determine, entitling the bearer or user to make 
qualified mailings free of postage. 
(2) QUALIFIED MAILING.—For purposes of this 
Act, the term ‘‘qualified mailing’’ means the mailing 
of a single mail piece which— 
(A) is described in subparagraph (A) or 
(B) of paragraph (3); 
(B) is sent from within an area served by 
a United States post office; and 
(C) is addressed to a qualified individual. 
(3) MAIL DESCRIBED.—Mail described in this 
paragraph is— 
(A) any first-class mail (including any 
sound- or video-recorded communication) not 
exceeding 13 ounces in weight and having the 
character of personal correspondence; and 
(B) parcel post not exceeding 15 pounds in 
weight. 
(4) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) NUMBER.—An individual shall be eligi-
ble for 1 voucher for each month in which such 
individual is a qualified individual. 
(B) USE.—Any such voucher may not be 
used— 
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(i) for more than a single qualified 
mailing; or 
(ii) the expiration date of such vouch-
er, as designated by the Secretary of De-
fense. 
(5) 
COORDINATION
RULE.—Postal 
benefits 
under this Act shall be in addition to, and not in lieu 
of, any reduced rates of postage or other similar 
benefits which might otherwise be available by or 
under law, including any rates of postage resulting 
from the application of section 3401(b) of title 39, 
United States Code. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
(in consultation with the Postal Service) shall prescribe 
any regulations necessary to carry out this Act, includ-
ing— 
(1) procedures by which vouchers will be pro-
vided or made available in timely manner to persons 
duly identified by qualified individuals to receive 
those vouchers; and 
(2) procedures to ensure that the number of 
vouchers provided or made available with respect to 
any qualified individual complies with subsection 
(c)(4)(A). 
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SEC. 3. FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of Defense, for fiscal years 
2014 through 2019, a sum determined by the Department 
of Defense to be equal to the expenses incurred by the 
Department in providing the benefits described in sub-
section (b)(3) for such fiscal years. Such sum shall be de-
rived from amounts appropriated in each such fiscal for 
the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, for the Of-
fice of the Secretary of Defense, and shall not to exceed 
$75 million for the total period beginning with fiscal year 
2014 and ending with fiscal year 2019. 
(b) TRANSFERS TO POSTAL SERVICE.— 
(1) BASED ON ESTIMATES.—The Department 
of Defense shall transfer to the Postal Service, out 
of any amount so appropriated and in advance of 
each calendar quarter during which postal benefits 
under this Act may be used, an amount equal to the 
amount of postal benefits that the Department of 
Defense estimates will be used during such quarter, 
reduced or increased (as the case may be) by any 
amounts by which the Department finds that a de-
termination under this section for a prior quarter 
was greater than or less than the amount finally de-
termined for such quarter. 
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(2) BASED ON ANNUAL DETERMINATION.—For 
each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2018, an an-
nual determination of the amount necessary to cor-
rect any previous determination under this section 
during such fiscal year, and any transfer of amounts 
between the Postal Service and the Department of 
Defense based on that annual determination, shall 
be made not later than 6 months after the end of 
such fiscal year. 
(3) BASED
ON
FINAL
DETERMINATION.—A 
final determination of the amount necessary to cor-
rect any previous determination under this section, 
and any transfer of amounts between the Postal 
Service and the Department of Defense based on 
that final determination, shall be made not later 
than 6 months after the end of fiscal year 2019. 
(c) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—All estimates and 
determinations under this section of the amount of postal 
benefits under this Act used in any period shall be made 
by the Department of Defense in consultation with the 
Postal Service. 
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