IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 578 

Honoring the lives, work, and sacrifice of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas 

Morris, Jr., the 2 United States Postal Service employees who died 

as a result of their contact with anthrax while working at the United 

States Postal Facility located at 900 Brentwood Road, NE, Washington, 

DC, during the anthrax attack in the fall of 2001; United States Postal 

Service employees, who have continued to work diligently in service 

to the people of the United States notwithstanding anthrax attack; as 

well as the other 3 Americans who died and the 17 who became ill 

in the attacks. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 23, 2017 

Ms. NORTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the lives, work, and sacrifice of Joseph Curseen, 

Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., the 2 United States Postal 

Service employees who died as a result of their contact 

with anthrax while working at the United States Postal 

Facility located at 900 Brentwood Road, NE, Washington, DC, during the anthrax attack in the fall of 

2001; United States Postal Service employees, who have 

continued to work diligently in service to the people 

of the United States notwithstanding anthrax attack; 

as well as the other 3 Americans who died and the 

17 who became ill in the attacks. 


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•HRES 578 IH 

Whereas the founders of the United States, recognizing the 

importance of a national system of mail to the new country in the Constitution, gave Congress the authority ‘‘To 

establish post offices and post roads’’; 

Whereas employees of the United States Postal Service provide indispensable public services and honorably represent 

the United States on a daily basis; 

Whereas despite the many terrorist attacks in Federal facilities throughout the United States, including the anthrax 

attack more than ten years ago, Postal Service employees 

continue to risk their lives daily to serve the people of the 

United States; 

Whereas Joseph P. Curseen, Jr., and Thomas L. Morris, Jr., 

both born in the District of Columbia, diligently and admirably served the Nation for decades as employees of 

the United States Postal Service; 

Whereas in the fall of 2001, during the course of their jobs 

with the United States Postal Service, Joseph Curseen, 

Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., were exposed to letters containing anthrax that were placed in the mail and subsequently suffered from the inhalation of anthrax and 

thereafter died; 

Whereas 5 individuals in the United States died from exposure to anthrax during the 2001 anthrax attacks and 17 

became ill; and 

Whereas in 2002, the United States Postal Service facility located at 900 Brentwood Road NE, Washington, DC, was 

designated as the ‘‘Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas 

Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center’’ by Public Law 107–225: Now, therefore, be it 


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•HRES 578 IH 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 

2 the lives and work of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas 

3 Morris, Jr., and acknowledges the sacrifice that all Postal 

4 Service employees make on behalf of the United States 

5 on a daily basis. 

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