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Calendar No. 201
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 712
[Report No. 106-104]
To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to
contribute to funding for highway-rail grade crossing safety through
the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States
postage stamps.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 24, 1999
Mr. Lott (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Wyden, Mr.
McCain, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Feingold, Mr.
Sessions, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Fitzgerald, and
Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
July 8, 1999
Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of June 29, 1999,
by Mr. Thompson, without amendment
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A BILL
To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to
contribute to funding for highway-rail grade crossing safety 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Look, Listen, and Live Stamp Act''.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMPS TO BENEFIT HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSING
SAFETY.
(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 highway-rail grade crossing
safety
``(a) In order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute
to funding for highway-rail grade crossing safety, 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) Amounts becoming available for highway-rail grade crossing
safety under this section shall be paid by the Postal Service to the
Department of Transportation for Operation Lifesaver. Payments under
this section shall be made under such arrangements as the Postal
Service shall by mutual agreement with the Department of Transportation
establish in order to carry out the purposes of this section, except
that, under those arrangements, payments to the Department of
Transportation shall be made at least twice a year.
``(2) For purposes of this section, the term `amounts becoming
available for highway-rail grade crossing safety under this section'
means--
``(A) the total amounts received by the Postal Service that
the Postal Service 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 it 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 Transportation for
Operation Lifesaver 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 report 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) Report by the Comptroller General of the United States.--Not
later than 3 months (but not earlier than 6 months) before the end of
the 2-year period referred to in section 414a(h) of title 39, United
States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), the Comptroller General of
the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the operation of
such section. Such report shall include--
(1) an evaluation of the effectiveness and the
appropriateness of the authority provided by such section as a
means of fundraising; and
(2) a description of the monetary and other resources
required of the Postal Service in carrying out such section.
(c) 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 for breast cancer research.
``414a. Special postage stamps for highway-rail grade crossing
safety.''.
(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 for breast cancer research''.
Calendar No. 201
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 712
[Report No. 106-104]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to
contribute to funding for highway-rail grade crossing safety through
the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States
postage stamps.
_______________________________________________________________________
July 8, 1999
Reported without amendment
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