HR 2905 IH
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2905
To require that the United States Postal Service issue a special commemorative postage stamp under section 416 of title 39, United States Code, in order to provide assistance in the case of emergency relief personnel who were killed or who suffer permanent disability as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 20, 2001
Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. WEINER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. HINCHEY, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. MCNULTY, Ms. VELAZQUEZ, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. KING, and Mr. ISRAEL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period of time 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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A BILL
To require that the United States Postal Service issue a special commemorative postage stamp under section 416 of title 39, United States Code, in order to provide assistance in the case of emergency relief personnel who were killed or who suffer permanent disability as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `September 11th Heroes Stamp Act of 2001'.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT A SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP BE DESIGNED AND ISSUED.
(a) IN GENERAL- In order to afford the public a direct and tangible way to provide assistance to the families of emergency relief personnel who were killed in the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, and to any such personnel who suffer permanent disability as a result of any of those attacks, the United States Postal Service shall issue a semipostal in accordance with subsection (b).
(b) REQUIREMENTS- The provisions of section 416 of title 39, United States Code, shall apply (as practicable) with respect to the semipostal described in subsection (a), subject to the following:
(1) PRICE- The price of the semipostal shall be equal to the price of a regular first-class postage stamp plus an additional 11 cents.
(2) DISPOSITION OF AMOUNTS BECOMING AVAILABLE- All amounts becoming available from the sale of the semipostal (as determined under such section) shall be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency under such arrangements as the Postal Service shall by mutual agreement with such agency establish in order to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(3) COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION DATES- Stamps under this section shall be issued--
(A) beginning on the earliest date practicable; and
(B) subject to section 416(g) of such title, for such period of time as the Postal Service considers necessary and appropriate, but in no event less than 2 years.
(4) NUMERICAL LIMITATION- Stamps under this section shall not be taken into account for purposes of any limitation under section 416(e)(1)(C) of such title relating to whether more than 1 semipostal may be offered for sale at the same time.
(c) DESIGN- It is the sense of the Congress that the semipostal issued under this section should depict, by such design as the Postal Service considers to be most appropriate, the efforts of emergency relief personnel at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City and at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
SEC. 3. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
(a) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may establish a program to provide assistance to the families of emergency relief personnel who were killed in the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, and to any such personnel who suffer permanent disability as a result of any of those attacks.
(b) COORDINATION RULE- Assistance under the program--
(1) may be in addition to any provided under section 1201-1202 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796-3796a); and
(2) may be provided notwithstanding section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155).
(c) FUNDING- In order to carry out this section, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency--
(1) may use any amounts received under section 2(b)(2); and
(2) may accept and use any other funds donated or made available for purposes of the program.
(d) DUTY STATUS- Any determination of eligibility to receive assistance under the program shall be made without regard to whether the emergency relief worker involved was officially on duty at the time of disability or death.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act--
(1) the term `emergency relief personnel' means firefighters, law enforcement officers, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, members of the clergy, and other individuals (including employees of legally organized and recognized volunteer organizations, whether compensated or not) who, in the course of professional duties, respond to fire, medical, hazardous material, or other similar emergencies; and
(2) the term `semipostal' has the meaning given such term by section 416 of title 39, United States Code.
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