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HCONRES 240 105th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the Congress that postage stamps should be issued by the United States to honor and recognize the first permanent settlement of the western United States by the Spanish…

Official title: Expressing the sense of the Congress that postage stamps should be issued by the United States to honor and recognize the first permanent settlement of the wes… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Expressing the sense of the Congress that postage stamps should be issued by the United States to honor and recognize the first permanent settlement of the western United States by the Spanish explorer Don Juan de Onate.

Introduced: April 1, 1998 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Mar 12, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.
Mar 11, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
Mar 11, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 12, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls for the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend and the United States to issue postage stamps in honor and recognition of the first permanent settlement of the western United States by the Spanish explorer Don Juan De Onate.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
FROST, MARTIN
· Apr 1, 1998
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 1, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 240: Expressing the sense of the Congress that postage stamps should be issued by the United States to honor and recognize the first permanent settlement of the western United States by the Spanish explorer Don Juan de Onate.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-240/
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"H. Con. Res. 240: Expressing the sense of the Congress that postage stamps should be issued by the United States to honor and recognize the first permanent settlement of the western United States by the Spanish explorer Don Juan de Onate.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-240/.
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H. Con. Res. 240, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-240/.
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[H. Con. Res. 240: Expressing the sense of the Congress that postage stamps should be issued by the United States to honor and recognize the first permanent settlement of the western United States by the Spanish explorer Don Juan de Onate.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-240/)
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