Title: Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp Act
This bill directs the United States Postal Service to issue and sell, at a premium, a Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp. Use of this stamp must be voluntary for postal patrons.
Proceeds from the sale of this stamp must be transferred to the National Institute of Mental Health to help fund mental illness research and suicide prevention programs.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3073 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3073

  To provide for the issuance of a Mental Health Awareness Semipostal 
                                 Stamp.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2017

Mr. Curbelo of Florida (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
 Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. O'Rourke, 
Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, and Mr. Blumenauer) 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 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the issuance of a Mental Health Awareness Semipostal 
                                 Stamp.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mental Health Awareness 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 for mental illness research and 
suicide prevention programs 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 Awareness 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 voluntary 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 following:
            (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 Neurotechnologies (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 Institute 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 enactment of this Act.
            (3) Limitation.--The Mental Health Awareness 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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