,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dage  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,larson of ,connecticut introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1  
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide for the issuance of a ,victory  
for ,veterans stamp1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,victory for        
,veterans ,stamp ,act of #bjad4  #b4    
,victory for ,veterans stamp  7a7 ,in   
general ,title #ci1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended by inserting after    
section #dad the following3  #dad;a4    
,victory for ,veterans stamp  7a7 ,in   
order to provide members of the public  
an opportunity to honor their veterans  

by supporting veterans' employment      
programs1 to reduce the deficit1 and to 
preserve the vital role of the ,united  
,states ,postal ,service1 the ,postal   
,service shall issue a special stamp    
7referred to in this section as the     
,victory for ,veterans ,stamp7 in       
accordance with the provisions of this  
section4  7b7 ,the ,victory for         
,veterans ,stamp--  7#a7 shall be       
offered at a cost equal to #a2 and  7#b7
 shall be valid for purposes of postage 
for first-class mail4  7c7  7#a7 ,the   
amounts becoming available from the sale
 of the ,victory for ,veterans ,stamp   
shall be used as follows3  7,a7         
,one-third of such amounts shall be     
transferred to the ,department of       
,veterans ,affairs for purposes of      
funding vocational rehabilitation       
programs for veterans under chapter #ca 
of title #ch4  7,b7 ,one-third of such  
amounts shall be transferred to the     
general fund of the ,treasury for       
purposes of deficit reduction4  7,c7    

,one-third of such amounts shall be used
 by the ,postal ,service to satisfy     
obligations incurred under section      
#bjje4  7#b7 ,amounts transferred under 
this subsection to an agency under      
paragraph 7#a77;,a7 or 7#a77;,b7 shall  
be made under such arrangements as the  
,postal ,service shall by mutual        
agreement with such agency establish in 
order to carry out the purposes of this 
section4  7#c7 ,for purposes of this    
section1 the term amounts becoming      
available from the sale of the ,victory 
for ,veterans ,stamp means--  7,a7 the  
total amounts received by the ,postal   
,service that it would not have received
 but for the enactment of this section1 
reduced by  7,b7 an amount sufficient to
 cover reasonable costs incurred by the 
,postal ,service in carrying out this   
section1 including those attributable to
 the printing1 sale1 and distribution of
 the ,victory for ,veterans ,stamp under
 this section1 as determined by the     
,postal ,service under regulations that 

it shall prescribe4  7d7 ,amounts       
transferred under subsection            
7c77#a77;,a7 to the ,department of      
,veterans ,affairs shall not be taken   
into account in any decision relating to
 the level of appropriations or other   
,federal funding to be furnished in any 
year to the ,department4  7e7 ,the      
,victory for ,veterans ,stamp shall be  
made available to the public beginning  
on such date as the ,postal ,service    
shall by regulation prescribe1 but in no
 event later than #f months after the   
date of the enactment of this section4  
7f7 ,the ,postmaster ,general shall     
include in each report rendered under   
section #bdjb information concerning the
 operation of this section4  4  7b7     
,conforming amendment ,the table of     
sections for title #ci1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended by inserting after the
 item relating to section #dad the      
following3  #dad;a4 ,victory for        
,veterans stamp4  4