PUBLIC LAW 105-41 —AUG. 13, 1997 111 STAT. 1119 Public Law 105-41 105th Congress An Act To allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for breast cancer research through . „ ^ Q_„ the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage stamps, ^" ' 39 USC 101 note. and for other purposes. [H.R. 1585] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Stamp Out Breast Cancer SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Apt This Act may be cited as the "Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act". SEC. 2. SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMPS. (a) IN GENERAL. — Chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
- § 414. Special postage stamps
"(a) In order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for breast cancer research, the Postal Service shall establish a special rate of postage for first-class mail under this section. "(b) The rate of postage established under this section— "(1) shall be equal to the regular first-class rate of postage, plus a differential of not to exceed 25 percent; "(2) shall be set by the Governors in accordance with such procedures as the Governors shall by regulation prescribe (in lieu of the procedures under chapter 36); and "(3) shall be offered as an alternative to the regular firstclass rate of postage. The use of the special rate of postage established under this section shall be voluntary on the part of postal patrons. "(c)(1) Of the amounts becoming available for breast cancer research pursuant to this section, the Postal Service shall pay— "(A) 70 percent to the National Institutes of Health; and "(B) the remainder to the Department of Defense. Payments under this paragraph to an agency shall be made under such arrangements as the Postal Service shall by mutual agreement with such agency establish in order to carry out the purposes of this section, except that, under those arrangements, payments to such agency shall be made at least twice a year. "(2) For purposes of this section, the term 'amounts becoming available for breast cancer research pursuant to this section' means— "(A) the total amounts received by the Postal Service that it would not have received but for the enactment of this section, reduced by
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