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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 688 
To provide for the issuance of a PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial 
Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2019 
Mr. ZELDIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the issuance of a PFC Garfield M. Langhorn 
Memorial Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial Semipostal Stamp 
to Benefit our Veterans Act of 2019’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) PFC Garfield M. Langhorn was deployed to 
Vietnam as a private first class and radio operator 
with Troop C, 7th Squadron (Airmobile), 17th Cav-
alry Regiment, 1st Aviation Brigade. 
(2) On January 15, 1969, PFC Langhorn and 
his unit responded to a downed American helicopter 
near Plei Djereng in Pleiku Province, South Viet-
nam. After PFC Langhorn and his unit responded 
to the downed helicopter, they were attacked by en-
trenched North Vietnamese forces. 
(3) During the battle, PFC Langhorn threw 
himself on an active enemy hand grenade that had 
been thrown near several wounded soldiers. PFC 
Langhorn was killed during the explosion but saved 
the lives of the rest of his platoon. 
(4) On April 7, 1970, the President of the 
United States of America, in the name of Congress, 
awarded PFC Garfield Langhorn the Congressional 
Medal of Honor posthumously to commemorate his 
conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at 
the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. 
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SEC. 
2. 
PFC 
GARFIELD 
M. 
LANGHORN 
MEMORIAL 
SEMIPOSTAL STAMP TO BENEFIT OUR VET-
ERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to afford a convenient 
way for members of the public to contribute to funding 
for the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs under section 2044 
of title 38, United States Code, the United States Postal 
Service shall issue a semipostal stamp (referred to in this 
Act as the ‘‘PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial 
Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans’’) in accord-
ance with the provisions of this section. 
(b) COST.—The PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memo-
rial Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans 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 PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial 
Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans shall be gov-
erned 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.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—All amounts becoming 
available from the sale of the PFC Garfield M. 
Langhorn Memorial Semipostal Stamp to Ben-
efit our Veterans shall be transferred to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of 
funding the operations of the program de-
scribed in subsection (a), through payments 
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 PFC Garfield M. Langhorn Memorial 
Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans (as 
so determined) shall not be taken into account 
in any decision relating to the level of appro-
priations or other Federal funding to be fur-
nished in any year to the program described in 
subsection (a) or to the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs. 
(2) 
DURATION.—The 
PFC 
Garfield 
M. 
Langhorn Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans 
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. 
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(3) STAMP DEPICTIONS.—Stamps issued under 
this Act shall depict PFC Garfield M. Langhorn. 
(4) 
LIMITATION.—The 
PFC 
Garfield 
M. 
Langhorn Semipostal Stamp to Benefit our Veterans 
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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