Bill Details
HR.704 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-23 - Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced Date
2025-01-23
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
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This bill would require the U.S. Postal Service to issue a special stamp that helps raise money for manatee conservation. People who buy the stamp would be helping support efforts to protect manatees and the places they live in the United States. The stamp would be sold for at least two years, and the money from its sale would go to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for conservation work.
- The Postal Service must create and sell the special stamp under existing rules for semipostal stamps, which are stamps sold to raise money for a cause.
- All money made from the stamp sales would be sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
- The funds would be used to help conserve manatees and protect manatee habitat in the United States.
- The stamp must be available to the public for at least two years and begin no later than 12 months after the bill becomes law.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 704 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 704
To provide for the issuance of a Manatee Semipostal Stamp.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 23, 2025
Mr. Soto introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the
Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide for the issuance of a Manatee Semipostal Stamp.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MANATEE SEMIPOSTAL STAMP.
(a) In General.--The United States Postal Service shall issue a
semipostal stamp (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``Manatee
Semipostal Stamp'') in accordance with this section.
(b) Terms and Conditions.--The issuance and sale of the Manatee
Semipostal Stamp shall be governed by the provisions of section 416 of
title 39, United States Code, and regulations issued under such
section.
(c) Disposition of Proceeds.--Pursuant to section 416(d) of such
title 39, all amounts becoming available from the sale of the Manatee
Semipostal Stamp shall be transferred to the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service for purposes of conserving manatees and manatee
habitat in the United States.
(d) Duration.--The Manatee Semipostal Stamp shall be made available
to the public for a period of at least 2 years, beginning no later than
12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(e) Definition.--For purposes of this Act, the term ``semipostal
stamp'' refers to a stamp described in section 416(a)(1) of title 39,
United States Code.
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