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39 U.S.C. 414: Special postage stamps

Created in 1997 by Public Law 105-41. Changed by 8 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · passed house · would change (h)

How it got here

2019

  • Pub. L. 116–92 substituted "2027" for "2019". Law text · (h)

2015

  • Pub. L. 114–99, §3, inserted at end of concluding provisions "An agency that receives amounts from the Postal Service under this paragraph shall use the amounts for breast cancer research." Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 114–99, §2, substituted "2019" for "2015". Law text · (h)

2011

  • Pub. L. 112–80 substituted "2015" for "2011". Law text · (h)

2007

  • Pub. L. 110–150 substituted "2011" for "2007". Law text · (h)

2005

  • Pub. L. 109–100 substituted "2007" for "2005". Law text · (h)

2004

  • Pub. L. 108–199 substituted "2005" for "2003". Law text · (h)

2001

  • Pub. L. 107–67, §650(c), substituted "of not less than 15 percent" for "of not to exceed 25 percent" in par. (1) and inserted at end of concluding provisions "The special rate of postage of an individual stamp under this section shall be an amount that is evenly divisible by 5." Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 107–67, §650(b)(1), added subsecs. (g) and (h) and struck out former subsec. (g) which read as follows: "This section shall cease to be effective after July 29, 2002, or the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Semipostal Authorization Act… Law text · (g), (h)

2000

  • Pub. L. 106–253 amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (g) read as follows: "This section shall cease to be effective at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date on which special postage stamps under this section are first made available to the public." Law text · (g)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.