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106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2062
To amend chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, to allow postal
patrons to contribute to funding for organ and tissue donation
awareness through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued
United States postage stamps.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 10, 2000
Mr. DeWine (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Baucus, Mr.
Cleland, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Sessions) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To amend chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, to allow postal
patrons to contribute to funding for organ and tissue donation
awareness through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued
United States postage stamps.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMPS TO BENEFIT ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION
AWARENESS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 414 the following:
``Sec. 414a. Special postage stamps for organ and tissue donation
awareness
``(a) In order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute
to funding for organ and tissue donation awareness, the Postal Service
shall establish a special rate of postage for first-class mail under
this section.
``(b) The rate of postage established under this section--
``(1) shall be equal to the regular first-class rate of
postage, plus a differential of not to exceed 25 percent;
``(2) shall be set by the Governors in accordance with such
procedures as the Governors shall by regulation prescribe (in
lieu of the procedures under chapter 36); and
``(3) shall be offered as an alternative to the regular
first-class rate of postage.
``(c) The use of the special rate of postage established under this
section shall be voluntary on the part of postal patrons.
``(d)(1) The Postal Service shall pay the amounts becoming
available for organ and tissue donation awareness under this section to
the Department of Health and Human Services for organ and tissue
donation awareness programs. Payments under this paragraph to the
Department of Health and Human Services shall be made under such
arrangements as the Postal Service shall by mutual agreement with the
Department establish in order to carry out the purposes of this
section, except that, under those arrangements, payments to the
Department shall be made at least twice a year. In consultation with
donor organizations and other members of the transplant community, the
Department of Health and Human Services may make any funds paid to the
Department under this section available to donor organizations and
other members of the transplant community for donor awareness programs.
``(2) For purposes of this section, the term `amounts becoming
available for organ and tissue donation awareness under this section'
means--
``(A) the total amounts received by the Postal Service that
it would not have received but for the enactment of this
section, reduced by
``(B) an amount sufficient to cover reasonable costs
incurred by the Postal Service in carrying out this section,
including those attributable to the printing, sale, and
distribution of stamps under this section,
as determined by the Postal Service under regulations that the Postal
Service shall prescribe.
``(e) It is the sense of Congress that nothing in this section
should--
``(1) directly or indirectly cause a net decrease in total
funds received by the Department of Health and Human Services
or any other agency of the Government (or any component or
program thereof) below the level that would otherwise have been
received but for the enactment of this section; or
``(2) affect regular first-class rates of postage or any
other regular rates of postage.
``(f) Special postage stamps under this section shall be made
available to the public beginning on such date as the Postal Service
shall by regulation prescribe, but in no event later than 12 months
after the date of the enactment of this section.
``(g) The Postmaster General shall include in each report rendered
under section 2402 with respect to any period during any portion of
which this section is in effect information concerning the operation of
this section, except that, at a minimum, each shall include--
``(1) the total amount described in subsection (d)(2)(A)
which was received by the Postal Service during the period
covered by such report; and
``(2) of the amount under paragraph (1), how much (in the
aggregate and by category) was required for the purposes
described in subsection (d)(2)(B).
``(h) This section shall cease to be effective at the end of the 2-
year period beginning on the date on which special postage stamps under
this section are first made available to the public.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Table of sections.--The table of sections for chapter 4
of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking the
item relating to section 414 and inserting the following:
``414. Special postage stamps to benefit breast cancer research.
``414a. Special postage stamps to benefit organ and tissue donation
awareness.''.
(2) Section heading.--The heading for section 414 of title
39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 414. Special postage stamps to benefit breast cancer research''.
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