President Bush signed appropriations to reauthorize the Breast Cancer Research Postage Stamp
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On Nov. 12, 2001, the President George W. Bush signed P.L. 107-67 making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes. Within this bill was a provision to reauthorize the Breast Cancer Research Postage Stamp through Jul. 29, 2008.
The ‘Breast Cancer Research’ (BCR) stamp was created by the U.S. Congress with passage of “The Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act of 1997. First issued on July 29, 1998, the BCR Stamp was the country’s first fundraising stamp.
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Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office
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