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H.R.4876 / 111th Congress

Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010

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

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 18, 2010

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.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [D-PA-3] · D–PA

Committees

  • Oversight and Government Reform Committee
  • Natural Resources Committee
  • Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
15 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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

  2. Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

  4. Referred to House Natural Resources

  5. Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure

  6. 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.

  7. Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform

  8. Introduced in House

  9. Introduced in House

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