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HCONRES 166 111th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commemorative events and holidays Postal service Racial and ethnic relations

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,…

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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.

Introduced: July 17, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Urges: (1) the United States Postal Service (USPS) to issue a commemorative stamp honoring Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner; (2) basing the stamp on the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) poster from 1964 created by prominent Civil Rights movement photographer Danny Lyon; and (3) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend such issuance.

What's happening now July 17, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HCONRES 82 Related bill Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued honoring James Chaney, Andrew …
  • SCONRES 68 Identical bill A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemora…
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jul 17, 2009
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 17, 2009
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 17, 2009
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 17, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 166: 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.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-166/
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"H. Con. Res. 166: 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.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-166/.
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H. Con. Res. 166, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-166/.
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[H. Con. Res. 166: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-166/)
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