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HCONRES 129 105th Congress House Commemorations Arts, Culture, Religion Authors and authorship Black women Florida Government Operations and Politics Holidays Minorities Philately Postage stamps Women

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor Zora Neale Hurston.

Introduced: July 29, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Aug 1, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.
Jul 29, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
Jul 29, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5990-5991)
Jul 29, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls for: (1) the U.S. Postal Service to issue a postage stamp in honor of Zora Neale Hurston; and (2) such stamp to be unveiled at the 1999 Zora Neale Hurston Festival in Eatonville, Florida.

What's happening now August 1, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jul 29, 1997
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 29, 1997
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 29, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 29, 1997
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 29, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 129: Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor Zora Neale Hurston.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-129/
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"H. Con. Res. 129: Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor Zora Neale Hurston.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-129/.
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H. Con. Res. 129, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-129/.
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