Semipostal Stamp to support multinational wildlife conservation

H. R. 1454
One Hundred Eleventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten
An Act
To provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species Conservation Funds
Semipostal Stamp.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Multinational Species Conservation
Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010’’.
SEC. 2. MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUNDS SEMIPOSTAL
STAMP.
(a) IN GENERAL.---In order to afford a convenient way for members
of the public to contribute to funding for the operations supported
by the Multinational Species Conservation Funds, the United
States Postal Service shall issue a semipostal stamp (hereinafter
in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Multinational Species Conservation
Funds Semipostal Stamp’’) in accordance with succeeding provisions
of this section.
(b) COST AND USE.---
(1) IN GENERAL.---The Multinational Species Conservation
Funds Semipostal Stamp shall be offered at a cost equal to
the cost of mailing a letter weighing 1 ounce or less at the
nonautomation single-piece first-ounce letter rate, in effect at
the time of purchase, plus a differential of not less than 15
percent.
(2) VOLUNTARY USE.---The use of any semipostal issued
under this section shall be voluntary on the part of postal
patrons.
(3) SPECIAL RATE.---The special rate of postage of an individual
stamp under this section shall be an amount that is
evenly divisible by 5.
(c) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.---The issuance and sale
of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp
shall be governed by the provisions of section 416 of title 39,
United States Code, and regulations issued under such section,
subject to subsection (b) and the following:
(1) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.---
(A) IN GENERAL.---All amounts becoming available from
the sale of the Multinational Species Conservation Funds
Semipostal Stamp (as determined under section 416(d) of
such title 39) shall be transferred to the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service, for the purpose described in
subsection (a), through payments which shall be made at
least twice a year, with the proceeds to be divided equally
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among the African Elephant Conservation Fund, the Asian
Elephant Conservation Fund, the Great Ape Conservation
Fund, the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund, the Rhinoceros
and Tiger Conservation Fund, and other international
wildlife conservation funds authorized by the Congress
after the date of the enactment of this Act and administered
by the Service as part of the Multinational Species Conservation
Fund.
(B) PROCEEDS NOT TO BE OFFSET.---In accordance with
section 416(d)(4) of such title 39, amounts becoming available
from the sale of the Multinational Species Conservation
Funds 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---
(i) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
or
(ii) any of the funds identified in subparagraph
(A).
(2) DURATION.---The Multinational Species Conservation
Funds 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.
(3) LIMITATION.---The Multinational Species Conservation
Funds Semipostal Stamp shall not be subject to, or taken
into account for purposes of applying, any limitation under
section 416(e)(1)(C) of such title 39.
(4) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.---Amounts transferred
under paragraph (1) shall not be used to fund or support
the Wildlife Without Borders Program or to supplement funds
made available for the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation
Fund.
(d) 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.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

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