US Congress House Concurrent Resolution 18 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-1)
Status: Introduced on February 24 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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. Calls for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend and the U.S. Postal Service to issue a commemorative postage stamp to honor: (1) civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner; and (2) the 50th anniversary of 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. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
2015-02-24	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/18/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hconres18/BILLS-114hconres18ih.pdf