Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1254
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2015-05-07
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Child safety and welfare

Postal service
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Requires the United States Postal Service, for a period of at least four years, to provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal in order to increase funding for effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care.</p> <p>Requires any amounts becoming available from the sale of the semipostal to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for programs and activities under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 that specifically target improvement in permanency outcomes for youth in foster care through adoption, guardianship, or kinship care. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1254 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 7, 2015 Mr. Grassley (for himself and Ms. Stabenow ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service to support effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2015 . 2. Families for foster youth semipostal (a) In general In order to increase funding for effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care, the United States Postal Service shall, for a period of not less than 4 years, provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal, in accordance with section 416 of title 39, United States Code, subject to subsection (b) of this section. (b) Disposition of amounts Any amounts becoming available from the sale of the semipostal under this Act shall be transferred to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for programs and activities authorized under section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 ( 42 U.S.C. 5113 ) that specifically target improvement in permanency outcomes for youth in foster care through adoption, guardianship, or kinship care. (c) Definition In this Act, the term semipostal has the meaning given that term in section 416 of title 39, United States Code. (d) Limitation For purposes of section 416 of title 39, United States Code (including any regulation prescribed under subsection (e)(1)(C) of that section), the semipostal issued under this Act shall not apply to any limitation relating to whether more than 1 semipostal may be offered for sale at the same time.