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H.R. 4872 (106th)

Vanishing Wildlife Stamp Act of 2000

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Introduced

18 July 2000

Last action

31 July 2000 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.

Sponsors

Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26], Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-13], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]

Subjects

Postal service

Source updated

20 August 2025

Postal service

Summary

Vanishing Wildlife Stamp Act of 2000 - Requires the Postal Service to establish a special rate of postage up to 25 percent higher than the regular rate to allow postal patrons to voluntarily purchase special postage stamps relating to vanishing wildlife protection programs. Requires amounts becoming available from public investment in such programs to be paid by the Postal Service to the Department of the Interior Multilateral Species Conservation Fund.

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Timeline

  1. 18 July 2000

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 18 July 2000

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 18 July 2000

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 19 July 2000

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1282-1283)

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 31 July 2000

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.

    Source: Committee

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