[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3119 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3119

       To provide for the issuance of a Manatee Semipostal Stamp.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 2023

Mr. Soto (for himself and Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Accountability, 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.--
            (1) In general.--All amounts becoming available from the 
        sale of the Manatee Semipostal Stamp (as determined under 
        section 416(d) of such title 39) shall be transferred to the 
        United States Fish and Wildlife Service, for purposes of 
        conserving manatees and manatee habitat in the United States, 
        through payments which shall be made at least twice a year.
            (2) Proceeds not to be offset.--In accordance with section 
        416(d)(4) of such title 39, amounts becoming available from the 
        sale of the Manatee Semipostal Stamp (as so determined) shall 
        not be taken into account in any decision relating to the level 
        of appropriations or other Federal funding to be furnished in 
        any year to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
    (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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