Title: Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp, with all proceeds being transferred to the National Diabetes Prevention Program.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4914 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4914

   To provide for the issuance of the Diabetes Prevention Semipostal 
                     Stamp, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2019

  Mr. Rush (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Cohen, Mr. King of New 
   York, Ms. Bass, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mrs. Brooks of 
  Indiana, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Clarke of New 
    York, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Danny K. Davis of 
Illinois, Ms. Gabbard, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, 
Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lipinski, 
 Ms. Moore, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Rouda, Ms. Roybal-
Allard, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Sires, 
 and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 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 the Diabetes Prevention Semipostal 
                     Stamp, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DIABETES PREVENTION SEMIPOSTAL STAMP.

    (a) In General.--In order to afford a convenient way for members of 
the public to contribute to funding diabetes prevention activities, the 
United States Postal Service shall issue a semipostal (in this Act 
referred to as the ``Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp'') in 
accordance with this section.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--
            (1) In general.--The issuance and sale of the Diabetes 
        Prevention 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 the requirements of this 
        subsection.
            (2) Duration.--The Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp 
        shall be made available to the public for a period of 10 years, 
        beginning no later than 12 months after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (3) Cost.--The Diabetes Prevention 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 25 percent.
            (4) Disposition of proceeds.--All amounts becoming 
        available from the sale of the Diabetes Prevention Semipostal 
        Stamp (as determined under section 416(d) of such title) shall 
        be transferred to the National Diabetes Prevention Program of 
        the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through payments 
        which shall be made at least twice a year.
            (5) Proceeds not to be offset.--In accordance with section 
        416(d)(4) of such title, amounts becoming available from the 
        sale of the Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the 
        National Diabetes Prevention Program.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this Act, the term ``semipostal'' 
refers to a postage stamp described in section 416(a)(1) of title 39, 
United States Code.
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