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Breast-Cancer Research Stamp Act

Introduced: January 9, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 23, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jan 23, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.
Jan 9, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Jan 9, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
Jan 9, 1997
Referred to House Government Reform
Jan 9, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Breast-Cancer Research Stamp Act - Requires the U.S. Postal Service to establish a special rate of postage for first-class mail that is one cent higher than the regular rate as an alternative that patrons may use voluntarily to contribute to funding for breast-cancer research. Authorizes the Service to design and sell special stamps.

Requires the Service to pay amounts attributable (additional revenues minus costs) to the one-cent differential to the National Institutes of Health as mutually agreed.

What's happening now January 23, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 11 Republican 4 Independent 1
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Calvert, Ken
California · Jun 3, 1997
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · May 20, 1997
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 13, 1997
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 13, 1997
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · May 8, 1997
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · May 8, 1997
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 7, 1997
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 6, 1997
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 14, 1997
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 4, 1997
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 4, 1997
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 1997
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 27, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 13, 1997
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 11, 1997
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 11, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 407: Breast-Cancer Research Stamp Act. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-407/
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"H.R. 407: Breast-Cancer Research Stamp Act." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-407/.
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H.R. 407, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-407/.
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