US Congress House Concurrent Resolution 115 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17)
Status: Introduced on September 11 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-11 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Calls for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to issue a commemorative postage stamp to honor: (1) civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner; and (2) the campaign in Mississippi to register African-American voters during the summer of 1964, which is commonly referred to as the Freedom Summer of 1964. Calls for such stamp to be based upon a Congress of Racial Equality poster from 1964 created by civil rights movement photographer Danny Lyon.

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner, and the "Freedom Summer" of 1964, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.

Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-09-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/115/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hconres115/BILLS-113hconres115ih.pdf