Title: A bill to require the United States Postal Service to sell the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp for 6 additional years.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to continue to sell the Alzheimer's disease semipostal stamp for an additional six years. The USPS must continue to transfer proceeds from the sale of the stamp to the National Institutes of Health to fund medical research relating to Alzheimer's disease.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1728 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1728

  To require the United States Postal Service to sell the Alzheimer's 
                semipostal stamp for 6 additional years.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2019

Mr. Markey (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Van Hollen) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the United States Postal Service to sell the Alzheimer's 
                semipostal stamp for 6 additional years.

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

SECTION 1. ALZHEIMER'S SEMIPOSTAL STAMP.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Alzheimer's semipostal stamp'' means the 
        Alzheimer's semipostal stamp that the Postal Service began 
        offering for sale on November 30, 2017, under the discretionary 
        authority under section 416(b) of title 39, United States Code;
            (2) the term ``Postal Service'' means the United States 
        Postal Service; and
            (3) the term ``semipostal stamp'' has the meaning given the 
        term ``semipostal'' in section 416(a)(1) of title 39, United 
        States Code.
    (b) Continued Sale.--In order to afford a convenient way for 
members of the public to contribute to funding for medical research 
relating to Alzheimer's disease, the Postal Service shall continue to 
sell the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp for a 6-year period beginning on 
the date on which the Postal Service, but for the enactment of this 
Act, would have discontinued sales of the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp.
    (c) Terms and Conditions.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in this subsection, the 
        sale of the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp during the period 
        described in subsection (b) shall be governed by section 416 of 
        title 39, United States Code, and regulations issued under that 
        section.
            (2) Disposition of proceeds.--All amounts becoming 
        available from the sale of the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp (as 
        determined under section 416(d) of title 39, United States 
        Code) during the period described in subsection (b) of this 
        section shall be transferred to the National Institutes of 
        Health, for the purpose described in that subsection, through 
        payments which shall be made not less frequently than 2 times a 
        year.
            (3) Legal authority and effect.--During the period 
        described in subsection (b), the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp 
        shall be considered to be issued under this section and not 
        under subsection (b) of section 416 of title 39, United States 
        Code, including for purposes of any limitation under that 
        section (including any regulation prescribed under subsection 
        (e)(1)(C) of that section) relating to whether more than 1 
        semipostal stamp may be offered for sale at the same time.
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