PUBLIC LAW 106-253^TULY 28, 2000 114 STAT. 635 " (2) IDENTIFICATION OF APPROPRIATE CAUSES AND AGEN- CIES. — Decisions concerning the identification of appropriate causes and agencies to receive amounts becoming available from the sale of a semipostal under this section shall be made in accordance with applicable regulations under subsection (e). " (3) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNTS.— "(A) IN GENERAL. — The amounts becoming available from the sale of a semipostal under this section shall be determined in a manner similar to that provided for under section 414(c)(2) (as in effect on July 1, 2000). "(B) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. — Regulations under subsection (e) shall specifically address how the costs incurred by the Postal Service in carrying out this section shall be computed, recovered, and kept to a minimum. "(4) OTHER FUNDING NOT TO BE AFFECTED. —Amounts which have or may become available from the sale of a semipostal under this section shall not be taken into account in any decision relating to the level of appropriations or other Federal funding to be furnished to an agency in any year. "(5) RECOVERY OF COSTS.—Before transferring to an agency in accordance with paragraph (1) any amounts becoming available from the sale of a semipostal over any period, the Postal Service shall ensure that it has recovered the full costs incurred by the Postal Service in connection with such semipostal through the end of such period, " (e) REGULATIONS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —Except as provided in subsection (c), the Postal Service shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this section, including provisions relating to— "(A) which office or other authority within the Postal Service shall be responsible for making the decisions described in subsection (d)(2); "(B) what criteria and procedures shall be applied in making those decisions; and "(C) what limitations shall apply, if any, relating to the issuance of semipostals (such as whether more than one semipostal may be offered for sale at the same time). "(2) NOTICE AND COMMENT.— Before any regulation is issued under this section, a copy of the proposed regulation shall be published in the Federal Register, and an opportunity shall be provided for interested parties to present written and, where practicable, oral comment. All regulations necessary to carry out this section shall be issued not later than 30 days before the date on which semipostals are first made available to the public under this section. "(f) ANNUAL REPORTS. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Postmaster General shall include in each report rendered under section 2402, with respect to any period during any portion of which this section is in effect, information concerning the operation of any program established under this section. "(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT.— I f any semipostal ceases to be offered during the period covered by such a report, the information contained in that report shall also include— "(A) the commencement and termination dates for the s£de of such semipostal; Federal Register, publication. Deadline.
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