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Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor the 150th anniversary of the emigration of over 1,000,000 people from Ireland to the United States to escape the…

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Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor the 150th anniversary of the emigration of over 1,000,000 people from Ireland to the United States to escape the Irish Potato Famine, and to honor the contributions these immigrants and their descendants made to the United States.

Introduced: March 3, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Mar 5, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on District of Columbia.
Mar 3, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
Mar 3, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend and the Postmaster General to issue a postage stamp to honor: (1) the 150th anniversary of the emigration of more than one million people from Ireland to the United States to escape the Irish Potato Famine; and (2) the contributions of these immigrants and their descendants to the history, society, culture, and security of the United States.

What's happening now March 5, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on District of Columbia.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 3, 1998
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 3, 1998
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 3, 1998
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 3, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 232: Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor the 150th anniversary of the emigration of over 1,000,000 people from Ireland to the United States to escape the Irish Potato Famine, and to honor the contributions these immigrants and their descendants made to the United States.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-232/
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"H. Con. Res. 232: Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor the 150th anniversary of the emigration of over 1,000,000 people from Ireland to the United States to escape the Irish Potato Famine, and to honor the contributions these immigrants and their descendants made to the United States.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-232/.
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H. Con. Res. 232, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-232/.
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[H. Con. Res. 232: Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor the 150th anniversary of the emigration of over 1,000,000 people from Ireland to the United States to escape the Irish Potato Famine, and to honor the contributions these immigrants and their descendants made to the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-232/)
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