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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3640 
To provide for the issuance of a Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 
Mr. CURBELO of Florida (for himself, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. FARENTHOLD, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, 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 Mental Health Awareness 
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 ‘‘Mental Health Aware-
ness Semipostal Stamp Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS SEMIPOSTAL STAMP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to afford a convenient 
way for members of the public to contribute to funding 
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for mental illness research and suicide prevention pro-
grams within the National Institute of Mental Health, the 
United States Postal Service shall issue a semipostal 
stamp (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Mental 
Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp’’) in accordance with 
succeeding provisions of this section. 
(b) COST AND USE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Mental Health Aware-
ness 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 15 percent. 
(2) 
VOLUNTARY
USE.—The 
use 
of 
any 
semipostal issued under this section shall be vol-
untary on the part of postal patrons. 
(3) SPECIAL RATE.—The special rate of postage 
of an individual stamp under this section shall be an 
amount that is evenly divisible by 5. 
(c) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The issuance 
and sale of the Mental Health Awareness 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: 
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(1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—All amounts becoming 
available from the sale of the Mental Health 
Awareness Semipostal Stamp (as determined 
under section 416(d) of such title 39) shall be 
transferred to the National Institute of Mental 
Health, for the purpose described in subsection 
(a), through payments which shall be made at 
least twice a year, to fund the Brain Research 
Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnolo-
gies (BRAIN) Initiative. 
(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 Mental Health Awareness 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 the National Insti-
tute of Mental Health. 
(2) DURATION.—The Mental Health Awareness 
Semipostal Stamp shall be made available to the 
public for a period of at least 6 years, beginning no 
later than 12 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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(3) LIMITATION.—The Mental Health Aware-
ness Semipostal Stamp shall not be subject to, or 
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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