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HR 4876 111th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Aquatic ecology Great Lakes Lakes and rivers Postal service Water quality

Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010

Introduced: April 13, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 25, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Mar 22, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
Mar 19, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 18, 2010
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Mar 18, 2010
Referred to House Natural Resources
Mar 18, 2010
Introduced in House
Mar 18, 2010
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Mar 18, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 - Requires the United States Postal Service to issue and sell, at a premium, a Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp.

Requires proceeds from the sale of such stamp to be transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the operations of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Prohibits such proceeds from being taken into account in any decision relating to the level of appropriations or other federal funding to be furnished to the EPA or such Initiative.

Requires the stamp to: (1) be made available to the public for at least five years; and (2) depict images of the five Great Lakes.

What's happening now May 25, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
Bean, Melissa
· Apr 29, 2010
Schauer, Mark
· Apr 21, 2010
Lee, Christopher
· Apr 13, 2010
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Apr 13, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4876: Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4876/
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"H.R. 4876: Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4876/.
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