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1 H.R. 1446, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2019, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 18, 2019 1 (November 7, 2019)

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Congressional Budget Office
Cost Estimate


November 7, 2019


By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars 2020              2020-2024             2020-2029


Direct Spending (Outlays)

Revenues
Increase or Decrease (-)
in the Deficit


0


0


0


The Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law
111-241) directed the Postal Service (USPS) to issue a special stamp for first-class mail. Any
amounts collected from the special stamp (called a semipostal), after accounting for USPS
administrative costs, were transferred to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for
programs to support endangered species. The Postal Service stopped selling these stamps at
the end of 2018; H.R. 1446 would direct USPS to continue selling these stamps until all
remaining stamps are sold.
CBO anticipates that the Postal Service would charge 60 cents for each multinational species
semipostal stamp, and that payments above the regular first-class postage rate (currently
55 cents) would be treated as offsetting collections (that is, as a credit against spending) of
the Postal Service. Based on past sales of this semipostal, we expect that the increase in
offsetting collections under H.R. 1446 would be less than $1 million annually. The
collections and spending by the Postal Service, including the transfer to the USFWS, are
classified as off-budget. The receipt of the transfer and subsequent spending by the USFWS
are classified as on budget. CBO estimates that both agencies would spend their collections
soon after they receive them so that the net change in outlays for both agencies would not be
significant in any year.



                 See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, www.cbo.gov/publication /54437;
  How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publicationi53519; and Glossary, www.cbo.govipublication/42904.

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