The 9/11 Heroes Stamp of 2001.

Sec. 652. The 9/11 Heroes Stamp of 2001. (a) Short Title.—This section may be cited as the “9/11 Heroes Stamp Act of 2001”. (b) In General.—In order to afford the public a direct and tangible way to provide assistance to the families of emergency relief personnel killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty in connection with the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, the United States Postal Service shall issue a semipostal in accordance with subsection (c). (c) Requirements.—The provisions of section 416(a), (c), (d), and (f) of title 39, United States Code, shall apply as practicable with respect to the semipostal described in subsection (b), subject to the following: (1) Rate of postage.—Section 414(c) of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking “of not to exceed 25 percent” and inserting “of not less than 15 percent”; and 115 STAT. 558 (B) by adding after the sentence following paragraph (2) the following: “The special rate of postage of an individual stamp under this section shall be an amount that is evenly divisible by 5.”. (2) Disposition of amounts becoming available.—All amounts becoming available from the sale of the semipostal (as determined under such section) shall be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency under such arrangements as the Postal Service shall by mutual agreement with such agency establish in order to carry out the purposes of this section. (3) Commencement and termination dates.—Stamps under this section shall be issued— (A) beginning on the earliest date practicable; and (B) for such period of time as the Postal Service considers necessary and appropriate, but in no event after December 31, 2004. (d) Limitation.—For purposes of section 416 of title 39, United States Code (including any regulation prescribed under subsection (e)(1)(C) of that section), the semipostal postage stamp issued under this section shall not apply to any limitation relating to whether more than one semipostal may be offered for sale at the same time. (e) Design.—It is the sense of the Congress that the semipostal issued under this section should depict, by such design as the Postal Service considers to be most appropriate, the efforts of emergency relief personnel at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (f) Definitions.—For purposes of this section— (1) the term “emergency relief personnel” means firefighters, law enforcement officers, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, members of the clergy, and other individuals (including employees of legally organized and recognized volunteer organizations, whether compensated or not) who, in the course of professional duties, respond to fire, medical, hazardous material, or other similar emergencies; and (2) the term “semipostal” has the meaning given such term by section 416 of title 39, United States Code.