Bolivar Bullet
Hyde Smith Backs Bill to Reauthorize Breast Cancer Research Stamp
The Daily Bullet - Friday, April 24, 2026
Vol. 37 No. 100
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among the lead cosponsors of a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Breast Cancer Research Stamp, a semi-postal stamp sold by the U.S. Postal Service with proceeds allocated toward breast cancer research.
The Breast Cancer Stamp Reauthorization Act (S.4318) would extend the sales of the Breast Cancer Research Stamp though 2037. Current authorization of the fundraising postage expires in December 2027. Since its initial authorization in 1998, the stamp has raised almost $98 million to support breast cancer research programs at the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, with more than one billion stamps sold.
“Breast cancer remains one of the most common types of cancer in Mississippi and claims the lives of hundreds of women in Mississippi every year. The Breast Cancer Research Stamp gives the public an important role in helping support research for a cure and better care for those with breast cancer,” said Hyde-Smith, who has supported research funding as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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