CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Edward Markey (D-MA)

A bill to require the United States Postal Service to sell the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp for 6 additional years.

S. 5119 · Senate bill Health

A Democratic bill with 7 Republican cosponsors · See all 13 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill requires the United States Postal Service to continue selling the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp. The extension will last for a 6-year period. This period begins on the date the Postal Service would have otherwise stopped selling the stamp. The goal is to provide a convenient way for the public to fund medical research for Alzheimer's disease. All money collected from these stamp sales will be transferred to the National Institutes of Health. These payments must be made at least two times per year.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this put more money into medical research?

    The bill provides a dedicated revenue stream for medical research into Alzheimer's disease through the sale of semipostal stamps.

  • Scored +3

    Would people over 65 be better off under this?

    The bill supports medical research into Alzheimer's disease, a condition that disproportionately affects older populations.

  • Scored +3

    Would retired people be better off under this?

    The expansion of funding for Alzheimer's research provides potential long-term benefits for retirees facing cognitive decline.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.