114 STAT. 634 PUBLIC LAW 106-253-^JULY 28, 2000 Public Law 106-253 106th Congress An Act July 28, 2000 To grant to the United States Postal Service the authority to issue semipostals, 39 USC 101 note. [H.R. 4437] ^^^ ^°^ other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Semipostal the United States of America in Congress assembled, Authorization Act SECTION 1, SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Semipostal Authorization Act". SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SEMIPOSTALS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
- '§ 416. Authority to issue semipostals
"(a) DEFINITIONS. —For purposes of this section— "(1) the term 'semipostal' means a postage stamp which is issued and sold by the Postal Service, at a premium, in order to help provide funding for a cause described in subsection (b); and "(2) the term 'agency means an Executive agency within the meaning of section 105 of title 5. "(b) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY. —The Postal Service is hereby authorized to issue and sell semipostals under this section in order to advance such causes as the Postal Service considers to be in the national public interest and appropriate. "(c) RATE OF POSTAGE. —The rate of postage on a semipostal issued under this section shall be established by the Governors, in accordance with such procedures as they shall by regulation prescribe (in lieu of the procedures under chapter 36), except that— "(1) the rate established for a semipostal under this section shall be equal to the rate of postage that would otherwise regularly apply, plus a differential of not to exceed 25 percent; and "(2) no regular rates of postage or fees for postal services under chapter 36 shall be any different from what they otherwise would have been if this section had not been enacted. The use of any semipostal issued under this section shall be voluntary on the part of postal patrons. "(d) AMOUNTS BECOMING AVAILABLE.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The amounts becoming available from the sale of a semipostal under this section shall be transferred to the appropriate agency or agencies under such arrangements as the Postal Service shall by mutual agreement with each such agency establish.
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