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]

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.

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Title

Victory for Veterans Stamp Act of 2012

Sponsors

Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]
Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]
Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]
Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]Rep. Kathleen Hochul [D-NY]Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]
Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]
Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

History

DateChamberAction
2012-07-12HouseReferred to House Veterans' Affairs
2012-07-12HouseReferred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2012-07-12HouseReferred 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.

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