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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 104

Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should

be issued by the United States Postal Service honoring the members

of the Armed Forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 4, 2001

Mr. SHOWS (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. EVANS, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BACA, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BALDACCI, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr.

BARCIA, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BOEHLERT, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr.

BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BUYER, Mr. Clement, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Florida,

Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DINGELL, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. FILNER,

Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. FROST, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. GILCHREST,

Mr. GRAVES, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRUCCI, Mr. HALL of Texas, Ms.

HART, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. HILL, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. JONES

of North Carolina, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr.

KING, Mr. KIRK, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr.

LANGEVIN, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. MCINTYRE, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MOORE, Mrs. NORTHUP, Mr. OSE, Mr.

PALLONE, Mr. QUINN, Mr. REYES, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ROHRABACHER,

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. SNYDER, Mr.

SPENCE, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TURNER, and Mr. UDALL of

New Mexico) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative

postage stamp should be issued by the United States
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Postal Service honoring the members of the Armed

Forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart.

Whereas the Order of the Purple Heart for Military Merit,

commonly known as the Purple Heart, is the oldest military decoration in the world in present use;

Whereas the Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the

President of the United States to members of the Armed

Forces who are wounded in conflict with an enemy force

or while held by an enemy force as a prisoner of war, and

posthumously to the next of kin of members of the

Armed Forces who are killed in conflict with an enemy

force or who die of a wound received in conflict with an

enemy force;

Whereas the Purple Heart was established on August 7,

1782, during the Revolutionary War, when General

George Washington issued an order establishing the Honorary Badge of Distinction, otherwise known as the

Badge of Military Merit or the Decoration of the Purple

Heart;

Whereas the award of the Purple Heart ceased with the end

of the Revolutionary War, but was revived out of respect

for the memory and military achievements of George

Washington in 1932, the year marking the 200th anniversary of his birth; and

Whereas the issuance of a postage stamp commemorating the

members of the Armed Forces who have been awarded

the Purple Heart is a fitting tribute both to those members and to the memory of George Washington: Now,

therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that—
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1 (1) the United States Postal Service should

2 issue a postage stamp commemorating the members

3 of the Armed Forces who have been awarded the

4 Purple Heart; and

5 (2) the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee

6 should recommend to the Postmaster General that

7 such a stamp be issued not later than 1 year after

8 the adoption of this resolution.

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