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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4876 
To provide for the issuance of a Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2010 
Mrs. DAHLKEMPER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Natural Re-
sources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the issuance of a Great Lakes 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 ‘‘Great Lakes Restora-
tion Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. GREAT LAKES 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 Great Lakes Restora-
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tion Initiative, as described under the fourth undesignated 
paragraph under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions, 
Environmental Protection Agency’’ in Public Law 111–88 
(123 Stat. 2938; commonly known as the ‘‘Interior De-
partment and Further Continuing Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010’’), the United States Postal Service shall 
issue a semipostal stamp (referred to in this Act as the 
‘‘Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp’’) in accord-
ance with the provisions of this section. 
(b) COST.—The Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes Res-
toration Semipostal Stamp shall be transferred 
to the Environmental Protection Agency for the 
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purpose of funding the operations of the Initia-
tive described in subsection (a), through pay-
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 Great Lakes 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 Initiative identified in sub-
section (a). 
(2) DURATION.—The Great Lakes 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 each of the five Great 
Lakes. 
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(4) LIMITATION.—The Great Lakes Restoration 
Semipostal Stamp shall not be subject to, or taken 
into account for purposes of applying, 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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