Breast Cancer Research Stamp Act of 2001

Breast Cancer Research Stamp Act of 2001 - Amends Federal postal law to provide that any limitation in the Semipostal Authorization Act relating to whether more than one semipostal (a postage stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service, at a premium, in order to help provide funding for a national public interest) may be offered for sale at the same time, shall not apply to the breast cancer research special stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Extends the Service's authority to issue such stamps through July 29, 2008.

Revises the differential amount of the special rate of postage for the breast cancer research stamp to not less than 15 percent of the regular first-class rate (currently, not to exceed 25 percent of first-class). Requires the special rate to be evenly divisible by five.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1256 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1256

   To provide for the reauthorization of the breast cancer research 
             special postage stamp, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 2001

Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
Bennett, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Mr. 
  Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burns, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. 
   Carnahan, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Cleland, Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Craig, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Dayton, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Domenici, Mr. 
Durbin, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Grassley, 
   Mr. Gregg, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Helms, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. 
    Inhofe, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Ms. 
Landrieu, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lott, Mr. Lugar, Mr. McCain, Ms. Mikulski, 
  Mr. Miller, Mr. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
    Roberts, Mr. Reid, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
Sessions, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Smith of Oregon, 
  Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thompson, Mr. 
Thurmond, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. 
Wyden, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, and Mr. Carper) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the reauthorization of the breast cancer research 
             special postage stamp, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF BREAST CANCER RESEARCH SPECIAL POSTAGE 
              STAMP.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Breast Cancer 
Research Stamp Act of 2001''.
    (b) Reauthorization and Inapplicability of Limitation.--
            (1) In general.--Section 414 of title 39, United States 
        Code, is amended by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(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 July 29, 
2008.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
        shall take effect on the earlier of--
                    (A) the date of enactment of this Act; or
                    (B) July 29, 2002.
    (c) Rate of Postage.--Section 414(b) of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``of not to exceed 25 
        percent'' and inserting ``of not less than 15 percent''; and
            (2) by adding after the sentence following paragraph (3) 
        the following: ``The special rate of postage of an individual 
        stamp under this section shall be an amount that is evenly 
        divisible by 5.''.
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