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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 108 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 108

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
         should be issued honoring Rosa Louise McCauley Parks.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2007

  Mr. Rush (for himself, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
 Holden, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Dingell, 
  Mr. Doyle, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Cardoza, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
 Gonzalez, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Berman, Mr. Al 
  Green of Texas, Ms. Carson, Mr. Boyd of Florida, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. 
Woolsey, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Moore 
 of Wisconsin, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Hastings 
 of Florida, Mr. Shays, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
      Lantos, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
Abercrombie, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Towns, 
   Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Cohen, Mr. McGovern, Ms. 
  Norton, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
California, Mr. Souder, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart 
 of Florida, Ms. Solis, Mr. Upton, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Ms. Bean, 
     and Mr. Kuhl of New York) submitted the following concurrent 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
         should be issued honoring Rosa Louise McCauley Parks.

Whereas Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama on 
        February 4, 1913, and died on October 25, 2005;
Whereas Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist and seamstress 
        whom the U.S. Congress dubbed the ``Mother of the Modern-Day Civil 
        Rights Movement'';
Whereas Rosa Parks refused on December 1, 1955 to obey bus driver James Blake's 
        demand that she relinquish her seat to a white man and her subsequent 
        arrest and trial for this act of civil disobedience triggered the 
        Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the largest and most successful mass 
        movements against racial segregation in history, and launched Martin 
        Luther King, Jr., one of the organizers of the boycott, to the forefront 
        of the civil rights movement;
Whereas Rosa Parks' role in American history earned her an iconic status in 
        American culture, and her actions have left an enduring legacy for civil 
        rights movements around the world;
Whereas through her role in sparking the boycott, Rosa Parks played an important 
        part in internationalizing the awareness of the plight of African 
        Americans and the civil rights struggle; and
Whereas Rosa Parks epitomized the struggle of everyday people trying to make a 
        difference, as she took a stand against injustice and inequality: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the 
        United States Postal Service honoring Rosa Louise McCauley 
        Parks;
            (2) the provision requiring that an honoree must have died 
        at least 10 years before this honor can be bestowed upon them, 
        excepting U.S. presidents, should be waived; and
            (3) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
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