S 3380
112th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Budget deficits and national debt
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Postal service
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Victory for Veterans Stamp Act of 2012
Introduced: July 12, 2012
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 12, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 12, 2012
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Victory for Veterans Stamp Act of 2012 - Directs the Postal Service to issue a special stamp, to be called the Victory for Veterans Stamp, at a cost of 25 cents each. Makes such Stamp invalid for postage.
Requires Stamp sale proceeds to be used as follows: (1) one-third for funding Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) veterans' vocational rehabilitation programs, (2) one-third to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction, and (3) one-third for the Postal Service for modernization and fiscal administration.
Requires such Stamp to be made available to the public within six months after the enactment of this Act.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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