2012 US Code
Title 39 - Postal Service
Part I - GENERAL (§§ 101 - 606)
Chapter 4 - GENERAL AUTHORITY (§§ 401 - 416)
Section 416 - Authority to issue semipostals
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE PART I - GENERAL CHAPTER 4 - GENERAL AUTHORITY Sec. 416 - Authority to issue semipostals |
Contains | section 416 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 106-253, §2(a), July 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 634; amended Pub. L. 107-67, title VI, §652(c)(1), Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 557; Pub. L. 107-117, div. B, §1201, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2335. |
Statutes at Large References | 114 Stat. 634, 636 115 Stat. 557, 2335, 558 118 Stat. 814 124 Stat. 2605 126 Stat. 1624, 1625 |
Public Law References | Public Law 106-253, Public Law 107-67, Public Law 107-117, Public Law 108-271, Public Law 111-241, Public Law 112-234 |
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(a)
(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)
(c)
(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 less than 15 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. The special rate of postage of an individual stamp under this section shall be an amount that is evenly divisible by 5.
(d)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(A)
(B)
(4)
(5)
(e)
(1)
(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)
(f)
(1)
(2)
(A) the commencement and termination dates for the sale of such semipostal;
(B) the total amount that became available from the sale of such semipostal; and
(C) of that total amount, how much was applied toward administrative costs.
For each year before the year in which a semipostal ceases to be offered, any report under this subsection shall include, with respect to that semipostal (for the year covered by such report), the information described in subparagraphs (B) and (C).
(g)
(Added Pub. L. 106–253, §2(a), July 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 634; amended Pub. L. 107–67, title VI, §652(c)(1), Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 557; Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, §1201, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2335.)
Amendments2002—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–117 amended Pub. L. 107–67. See 2001 Amendment note below.
2001—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–67, as amended by Pub. L. 107–117, substituted “of not less than 15 percent” for “of not to exceed 25 percent” in par. (1) and inserted at end of concluding provisions “The special rate of postage of an individual stamp under this section shall be an amount that is evenly divisible by 5.”
Effective DatePub. L. 106–253, §2(d), formerly §2(e), July 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 636, as renumbered §2(d) by Pub. L. 112–234, §2(e)(2), Dec. 28, 2012, 126 Stat. 1625, provided that: “The program under section 416 of title 39, United States Code (as amended by this section) shall be established within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 28, 2000].”
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal StampPub. L. 111–241, Sept. 30, 2010, 124 Stat. 2605, provided that:
“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)
“(b)
“(1)
“(2)
“(3)
“(c)
“(1)
“(A)
“(B)
“(i) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; or
“(ii) any of the funds identified in subparagraph (A).
“(2)
“(3)
“(4)
“(d)
Pub. L. 107–67, title VI, §652, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 557, as amended by Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, §1201, Jan. 10, 2002, 115 Stat. 2335, provided that:
“(a)
“(b)
“(c)
“(1)
“(2)
“(3)
“(A) beginning on the earliest date practicable; and
“(B) for such period of time as the Postal Service considers necessary and appropriate, but in no event after December 31, 2004.
“(d)
“(e)
“(f)
“(1) the term ‘emergency relief personnel’ means firefighters, law enforcement officers, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, members of the clergy, and other individuals (including employees of legally organized and recognized volunteer organizations, whether compensated or not) who, in the course of professional duties, respond to fire, medical, hazardous material, or other similar emergencies; and
“(2) the term ‘semipostal’ has the meaning given such term by section 416 of title 39, United States Code.”
[For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security.]
[For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.]
Domestic Violence Semipostal StampPub. L. 107–67, title VI, §653, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 558, provided that:
“(a)
“(b)
“(c)
“(1)
“(2)
“(A) beginning on the earliest date practicable, but not later than January 1, 2004; and
“(B) for such period of time as the Postal Service considers necessary and appropriate, but in no event after December 31, 2006.
“(d)
“(e)
Pub. L. 106–253, §2(b), July 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 636, provided that: “Each agency that receives any funding in a year under section 416 of title 39, United States Code (as amended by this section) shall submit a written report under this subsection, with respect to such year, to the congressional committees with jurisdiction over the United States Postal Service. Each such report shall include—
“(1) the total amount of funding received by such agency under such section 416 during the year;
“(2) an accounting of how any funds received by such agency under such section 416 were allocated or otherwise used by such agency in such year; and
“(3) a description of any significant advances or accomplishments in such year that were funded, in whole or in part, out of amounts received by such agency under such section 416.”
Reports by the Government Accountability OfficePub. L. 106–253, §2(c), July 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 636, as amended by Pub. L. 108–271, §8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814, which required the GAO to submit both interim and final reports to the President and each House of Congress on operations of the program established under this section, with the final report to include a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the GAO and any appropriate recommendations, was repealed by Pub. L. 112–234, §2(e)(1), Dec. 28, 2012, 126 Stat. 1624.
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