Ambassador Ebenezer D. Bassett Commemorative Stamp Act

Bill: 113-hr-5702
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2014-11-13
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Postal service

Racial and ethnic relations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-11-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Ambassador Ebenezer D. Bassett Commemorative Stamp Act - Directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Ebenezer D. Bassett.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5702 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 13, 2014 Ms. DeLauro introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Ebenezer D. Bassett, the first African-American diplomat.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ambassador Ebenezer D. Bassett Commemorative Stamp Act . 2. Ebenezer D. Bassett commemorative postage stamp (a) Issuance The Postmaster General shall issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Ebenezer D. Bassett. (b) Requirements Such stamp shall— (1) be issued in the denomination used for first class mail up to one ounce in weight; (2) bear such designs as the Postmaster General shall determine; and (3) be placed on sale as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this section and shall be sold for such period thereafter as the Postmaster General shall determine.