Post office keeps selling Alzheimer's research stamps for 6 more years.
S. 5119 — A bill to require the United States Postal Service to sell the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp for 6 additional years. · Filed by Ed Markey (D-MA) · 13 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the U.S. Postal Service to keep selling the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp for 6 more years. A semipostal stamp costs more than a regular stamp. The extra money goes to the National Institutes of Health for Alzheimer's research. People who buy these stamps help pay for the research.
Who it affects
People who want to support Alzheimer's research can buy these special stamps. The National Institutes of Health gets the money from the extra stamp cost. Millions of Americans with Alzheimer's disease and their families may benefit from the research.
One thing to notice
The bill does not spend new government money. It depends on people choosing to buy the stamps instead of regular ones.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
13 cosponsors: 7 Republicans, 6 Democrats.
- Jul 23, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- semipostal stamp — A stamp that costs more than regular postage; the extra money goes to a cause.
- National Institutes of Health — A government agency that gives money to scientists to study diseases.
- Alzheimer's disease — A brain disease that makes people forget things and lose other abilities.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,769 characters) on Aug 20, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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