H.R. 3137 – Reading Mode

IIB

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3137

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 16, 2009

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

AN ACT

To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide clarification relating to the authority of the United States Postal Service to accept donations as an additional source of funding for commemorative plaques.

Donations for commemorative plaques

(a)

In general

Section 401(7) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking business; and inserting business, including monetary donations made (in such manner as the Postal Service may prescribe) for the funding of plaques in connection with the commemorative designation of postal facilities;.

(b)

Designations

The donor of a monetary donation described in the amendment made by subsection (a) may specify the postal facility with respect to which such donation is to be used.

(c)

Requirement

The United States Postal Service shall provide for a suitable plaque, in the case of any postal facility which has been designated by law to commemorate a particular individual, no later than 120 days after the date as of which—

(1)

a law has been enacted providing for the designation of the postal facility involved; and

(2)

sufficient amounts have been received, in the manner described in subsection (b), to provide for such plaque.

Any donations received by the Postal Service under subsection (b) in excess of the total amount needed in order to provide for a suitable plaque may, with the consent of the donors involved, be used for the funding of a plaque in the case of any other postal facility as to which a law (as described in paragraph (1)) has been enacted.

(d)

Rule of construction

Nothing in this section shall be considered—

(1)

to affect the authority of the United States Postal Service with respect to any requirements concerning the design, placement, and limitation on costs relating to commemorative plaques (as described in the preceding provisions of this section), so long as such requirements are applied in a uniform manner; or

(2)

to limit, supersede, or render inapplicable any other authority or duty which (but for this Act) the United States Postal Service would otherwise have had with respect to the commemorative designation of a facility or the funding, commissioning, or installation of a plaque in connection with such a designation.

Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 2009.

Lorraine C. Miller,

Clerk.