,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdeg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjai,mr4 
,king of ,new ,york 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,suozzi1 and ,mr4 ,engel7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,postmaster 
,general to issue a forever stamp       
honoring the #aifi ,new ,york ,mets on  
the #ejth ,anniversary of their ,world  
,series victory4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the #aifi ,new    
,york ,mets ,stamp ,act4  #b4 ,findings 
,the ,congress finds the following3     
7#a7 ,the ,new ,york ,mets1 having      
proudly represented the ,state of ,new  
,york in professional baseball since    
#aifb1 won their first ,world ,series   
title in #aifi4  7#b7 ,the #aifi ,new   
,york ,mets overcame a stumbling #g     
years since their creation to win #ajj  
games4  7#c7 ,the #aifi ,new ,york ,mets
 bested the ,chicago ,cubs led by #c    
future ,hall-of-,famers to win the      

,eastern ,division4  7#d7 ,the #aifi    
,new ,york ,mets somehow swept an       
,atlanta ,braves team led by ,hammerin' 
,hank ,aaron to win their first         
,national ,league ,championship4  7#e7  
,the #aifi ,new ,york ,mets masterfully 
managed to defeat the intimidating      
,american ,league ,champion ,baltimore  
,orioles1 led by the fearsome ,robinson 
duo of ,frank and ,brooks1 in #e games4 
7#f7 ,the #aifi ,new ,york ,mets'       
victory was so unexpected they came to  
be nicknamed the ,miracle ,mets4  7#g7  
,a country struggling through the       
,vietnam ,war was given optimism by the 
characters that were the #aifi ,new     
,york ,mets1 whose success provided ,new
 ,york ,city with a much needed         
opportunity to celebrate4  7#h7         
,ex-,marines ,tom ,the ,franchise       
,seaver and ,gil ,hodges steeled the    
team through thick and thin to bring a  
championship to a city in desperate     
need4  7#i7 ,the slugging of the likes  
of ,ed ,kranepool1 ,art ,shamsky1 ,ron  

,swoboda1 ,cleon ,jones1 and ,donn      
,clendenon led the unrivaled offense of 
the #aifi ,new ,york ,mets4  7#aj7 ,the 
arms of the likes of ,tom ,the          
,franchise ,seaver1 ,jerry ,koosman1    
,nolan ,ryan1 ,jim ,mc,andrew1 ,tug     
,mc,graw1 and ,gary ,gentry worked to   
overpower hitters for the #aifi ,new    
,york ,mets4  7#aa7 ,the leadership of  
,gil ,hodges of the #aifi ,new ,york    
,mets will forever be unrivaled in      
,major ,league ,baseball history4  7#ab7
 #ej years later the effect of the #aifi
 ,new ,york ,mets on the city of ,new   
,york1 the ,state of ,new ,york1 and the
 entire country has not been forgotten4 
7#ac7 ,the #aifi ,new ,york ,mets       
continue to serve as a reminder of why  
baseball will forever be ,america's     
pastime4  #c4 #aifi ,new ,york ,mets    
stamp  7a7 ,in general ,in order to     
honor the #aifi ,new ,york ,mets upon   
the #ejth anniversary of their ,world   
,series victory1 the ,postmaster        
,general shall provide for the issuance 

of a forever stamp suitable for that    
purpose that depicts the #aifi ,new     
,york ,mets4  7b7 ,definition of        
definitive stamp ,for the purposes of   
this ,act1 the term forever stamp means 
a definitive stamp that-- 7#a7 meets the
 postage required for first-class mail  
up to one ounce in weight2 and  7#b7    
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 as soon as practicable  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4