Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Agriculture Conservation Stamp Act”.
Agriculture Conservation Stamp Act
A BILL
To provide for the issuance of a semipostal to support Department of Agriculture conservation programs, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Department of Agriculture conservation programs semipostal
In general— The United States Postal Service shall, for a 4-year period beginning no later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, issue a semipostal to benefit certain conservation programs authorized by the Department of Agriculture.
Requirements and authorities— The issuance of such semipostal and the disposition of the amounts becoming available from the issuance of such semipostal shall be governed by section 416 of title 39, United States Code, except that the Department of Agriculture shall be the sole agency to which any amounts becoming available from the sale of such semipostal may be transferred under section 416(d)(1) of such title. The Department shall use the amounts so transferred exclusively for programs authorized under title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.).
Definition of semipostal— In this section, the term “semipostal” has the meaning given such term by section 416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code.