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To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for prostate cancer research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage…

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To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for prostate cancer research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage stamps.

Introduced: July 20, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 26, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.
Jul 20, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Jul 20, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1610-1611)
Jul 20, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Requires the U.S. Postal Service to establish a special rate of postage for first-class mail that is equal to the regular rate plus a differential of not to exceed 25 percent to be offered as an alternative that patrons may use voluntarily to contribute to funding for prostate cancer research.

Requires the Service to pay 70 percent of the amounts attributable to such differential to the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent to the Department of Defense.

Requires the Postmaster General to include in each annual report to the Board of Governors information concerning the operation of this Act.

Terminates this Act two years after the date on which such stamps are first made available to the public.

What's happening now July 26, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 29, 2000
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 6, 2000
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 2, 2000
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 16, 2000
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 20, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2562: To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for prostate cancer research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage stamps.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2562/
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"H.R. 2562: To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for prostate cancer research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage stamps.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2562/.
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H.R. 2562, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2562/.
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[H.R. 2562: To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for prostate cancer research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage stamps.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2562/)
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