39 U.S.C. § 414 : US Code - Section 414: Special postage stamps

Search 39 U.S.C. § 414 : US Code - Section 414: Special postage stamps

(a) In order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute
to funding for breast cancer research, 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 less than 15 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.
The use of the special rate of postage established under this
section shall be voluntary on the part of postal patrons. The
special rate of postage of an individual stamp under this section
shall be an amount that is evenly divisible by 5.
(c)(1) Of the amounts becoming available for breast cancer
research pursuant to this section, the Postal Service shall pay -
(A) 70 percent to the National Institutes of Health; and
(B) the remainder to the Department of Defense.
Payments under this paragraph to an agency shall be made under such
arrangements as the Postal Service shall by mutual agreement with
such agency establish in order to carry out the purposes of this
section, except that, under those arrangements, payments to such
agency shall be made at least twice a year.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term "amounts becoming
available for breast cancer research pursuant to 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 it shall
prescribe.
(d) It is the sense of the Congress that nothing in this section
should -
(1) directly or indirectly cause a net decrease in total funds
received by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of
Defense, 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.
(e) 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.
(f) 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 (c)(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 (c)(2)(B).
(g) For purposes of section 416 (including any regulation
prescribed under subsection (e)(1)(C) of that section), the special
postage stamp issued under this section shall not apply to any
limitation relating to whether more than 1 semipostal may be
offered for sale at the same time.
(h) This section shall cease to be effective after December 31,
2007.