US HB6121 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 98-19)
Status: Introduced on July 12 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-07-12 - Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
Pending: House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 12 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-07-12 - Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
Pending: House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
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.
Title
Victory for Veterans Stamp Act of 2012
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2012-07-12 | House | Referred to House Veterans' Affairs |
2012-07-12 | House | Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform |
2012-07-12 | House | Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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. |
Same As/Similar To
SB3380 (Same As) 2012-07-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Subjects
Budget deficits and national debt
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government operations and politics
Postal service
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government operations and politics
Postal service
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
---|---|
Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6121/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6121/BILLS-112hr6121ih.pdf |