National Parks Preservation Stamp Act

National Parks Preservation Stamp Act - Directs the Postal Service to provide for the issuance of a semipostal (postage stamp sold at a premium) for the National Park Service. Requires amounts from such sales to be used for reducing the backlog of maintenance projects in national parks.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5269 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5269

To require that a semipostal be issued for the benefit of the National 
                             Park Service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2000

Mr. Murtha (for himself and Mr. Regula) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in 
addition to the Committee on 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 require that a semipostal be issued for the benefit of the National 
                             Park Service.

    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 ``National Parks Preservation Stamp 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SEMIPOSTAL FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--The United States Postal Service shall provide for 
the issuance of a semipostal for the National Park Service.
    (b) Requirements.--This section shall be carried out in conformance 
with section 416 of title 39, United States Code (as added by Public 
Law 106-253 (114 Stat. 634)), and all amounts becoming available from 
the sale of the semipostal described in subsection (a) shall be 
transferred to the National Park Service, in conformance with 
applicable provisions of such section 416 (as so added), for the 
purpose of reducing the backlog of maintenance projects (including the 
preservation and rehabilitation of cultural resources) in the national 
parks.
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``semipostal'' has the meaning given such term 
        by such section 416 (as so added); and
            (2) any determination of the amounts becoming available 
        from the sale of the semipostal described in subsection (a) 
        shall be made in accordance with applicable provisions of such 
        section 416 (as so added).
    (d) Date of Issuance.--The semipostal required under this section 
shall be made available to the public beginning not later than July 1, 
2001.
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