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HCONRES 57 111th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to promote public awareness of Down syndrome.

Introduced: October 13, 2009 Introduced by: Sessions, Pete Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Feb 23, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Feb 23, 2009
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 Latest action February 23, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend, and the United States Postal Service to issue, a commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Oct 13, 2009
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 9, 2009
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Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Mar 9, 2009
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 23, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 57: Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to promote public awareness of Down syndrome.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-57/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 57: Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to promote public awareness of Down syndrome.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-57/.
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H. Con. Res. 57, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-57/.
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[H. Con. Res. 57: Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to promote public awareness of Down syndrome.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-57/)
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