,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bc1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,bilirakis 7for himself and ,mr4 ,young
 of ,florida7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for the
 issuance of a forever stamp to honor   
the sacrifices of the brave men and     
women of the ,armed ,forces who are     
still prisoner1 missing1 or unaccounted 
for1 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,perpetual ,,pow_/,,mia ,stamp ,act4    
#b4 ,findings ,the ,congress finds      
that--  7#a7 the ,department of ,defense
 reports that more than #hc1jjj         
servicemembers remain missing since     
,world ,war ,,ii2  7#b7 the ,united     
,states ,government has an obligation to
 achieve the fullest possible accounting
 for the ,americans who have gone       
missing while serving the country and to
 leave no one unaccounted for in future 

conflicts2  7#c7 in #aihb1 the          
,,pow_/,,mia flag became the first flag 
other than the ,flag of the ,united     
,states to fly over the ,white ,house in
 ,washington1 ,,dc2  7#d7 on ,august    
#aj1 #aiij1 ,public ,law #aja-cee       
designated the ,,pow_/,,mia flag as ,the
 ,symbol of our ,nation's concern and   
commitment to resolving as fully as     
possible the fates of ,americans still  
prisoner1 missing1 and unaccounted for  
in ,southeast ,asia42 and  7#e7 the     
,,pow_/,,mia flag should maintain       
continued visibility as a constant      
reminder of the plight of ,america's    
,prisoners of ,war and ,missing in      
,action4  #c4 ,perpetual ,,pow_/,,mia   
stamp  7a7 ,in ,general ,in order to    
continue to honor the sacrifices of the 
brave men and women of the ,armed       
,forces who have been prisoner1 missing1
 or unaccounted for1 the ,postmaster    
,general shall provide for the issuance 
of a forever stamp suitable for that    
purpose and depicts the ,national       

,league of ,families ,,pow_/,,mia flag4 
7b7 ,definition ,for purposes of this   
,act1 the term forever stamp means a    
definitive stamp which meets the postage
 required for first-class mail up to one
 ounce in weight1 and which retains full
 validity for that purpose even if the  
rate of that postage is later increased4
  7c7 ,effective ,date ,the stamp       
described in subsection 7a7 shall be    
issued beginning as soon as practicable 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act and shall not thereafter be        
discontinued4