Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp Act
Latest action · Oct 2, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp Act
This bill directs the United States Postal Service to issue and sell, at a premium, a Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp. Use of this stamp must be voluntary for postal patrons.
Proceeds from the sale of this stamp must be transferred to the National Institute of Mental Health to help fund mental illness research and suicide prevention programs.
The stamp must be available to the public for at least six years.Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 29, 2015 to Dec 6, 2016; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Original | Sep 29, 2015 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 29, 2015 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Sep 29, 2015 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Sep 29, 2015 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Sep 29, 2015 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Oct 1, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Oct 1, 2015 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Oct 1, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Oct 1, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Stephen Knight | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Oct 8, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Oct 9, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Oct 16, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Oct 23, 2015 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Dec 1, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Dec 9, 2015 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Dec 10, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jan 12, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Feb 1, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Feb 3, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Feb 3, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Dec 6, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2015 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 2, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 2, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 29, 2015Introduced in House
- Sep 29, 2015Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1810 | Carlos Curbelo R-FL | Apr 19, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 141, September 29, 2015, page H6705.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3073 | Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 30, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the issuance of a Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Mental Health Awareness Semipostal Stamp Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
