HR 1565
111th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Art, artists, authorship
Congressional tributes
Members of Congress
Postal service
U.S. Capitol
Women's rights
Honoring Female Congressional Pioneers Act of 2009
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Mar 17, 2009
Referred to House Administration
Mar 17, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 17, 2009
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Mar 17, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Honoring Female Congressional Pioneers Act of 2009 - Directs the Postal Service to provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient means to contribute towards the acquisition (for public display) of works of art honoring Jeanette Rankin, Mary Teresa Norton, Patsy Takemoto Mink, Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, Edith Nourse Rogers, and other female pioneers in U.S. government service and American life.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Committees of jurisdiction
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