Postal Service would sell stamps to fund Lyme disease research

The Postal Service would issue and sell a fundraising postage stamp. The stamp would let members of the public help fund research on Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses. Stamp sales would follow the federal postal law and regulations referenced in the bill. The stamp would be available for at least six years, starting no later than 12 months after enactment.

The Postal Service would send available stamp proceeds to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. All proceeds available under the referenced postal law would go to the institute for Lyme disease and related tick-borne illness research. Federal officials could not count these proceeds when deciding how much other federal funding to give the institute. Payments to the institute would occur at least twice a year.