[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2725 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2725

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2001

 Mrs. Kelly (for herself Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Davis 
   of Illinois, Mr. Hayworth, Ms. Dunn of Washington, Mr. King, Mr. 
Baldacci, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
 Hinchey, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Bilirakis, 
     Mr. Forbes, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Shows, Mr. Green of 
   Wisconsin, Mr. Baker, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
Fattah, Ms. Harman, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Graham, Mr. Horn, Mr. McInnis, Ms. 
Pelosi, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Oberstar, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Payne, Mr. Tom Davis 
of Virginia, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Sandlin, Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. 
 Biggert, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Levin, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
   Matsui, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. English, Mr. 
 Riley, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Terry, Mr. Bass, Mr. Green of 
 Texas, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Dicks, 
 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Rush, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
of Texas, Mr. Grucci, Ms. Granger, Mr. Weller, Mr. Lampson, Mr. Hoyer, 
 Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mrs. 
    Emerson, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
Skelton, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Jackson 
  of Illinois, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Dingell, Mrs. 
Maloney of New York, Mr. Borski, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Thurman, Ms. McKinney, 
 Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Frost, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Weiner, 
Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Costello, Mr. Frank, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Ms. 
 McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Peterson 
 of Pennsylvania, Mr. Shays, Mr. Clay, Mr. Portman, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. 
     Cardin, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Solis, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Combest, Mr. 
    Greenwood, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Kirk, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Weldon of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Ney, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
    McDermott, Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. Baca) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government 
 Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 
   Armed Services, 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 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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