IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 49 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service 
should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the Reverend 
Doctor Leon Sullivan and that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee 
should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be 
issued. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2013 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 
Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage 
stamp honoring the Reverend Doctor Leon Sullivan and 
that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee should rec-
ommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp 
be issued. 
Whereas the Reverend Dr. Leon Sullivan impacted millions of 
people throughout the world, particularly throughout the 
United States and in Africa, by advocating self-help prin-
ciples of empowerment, community development, and self- 
reliance; 
Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan founded the OIC, Oppor-
tunities Industrialization Centers, a skills training pro-
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gram providing training and retraining on a massive 
scale; 
Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan founded Opportunities 
Industrialization Centers International (‘‘OICI’’) and the 
International Foundation for Education and Self-Help 
(‘‘IFESH’’); 
Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan made a substantial im-
pact on the lives of the people in Africa through the ac-
tions of OICI and IFESH; 
Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan founded the Progress In-
vestment Associates (‘‘PIA’’) and the Zion Nonprofit 
Charitable Trust (‘‘ZNCT’’), which was established to 
fund housing, shopping, human services, educational, and 
other nonprofit ventures for inner-city dwellers; 
Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan established inner-city re-
tirement and assisted living complexes for the elderly and 
disabled in Philadelphia and other cities throughout the 
United States, named Opportunities Towers; 
Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan was able, as the first Af-
rican-American member on the board of General Motors 
Corporation, to secure the support of the other board 
members to back him in the development of the unprece-
dented Global Sullivan Principles, a code of conduct writ-
ten in 1977, for American businesses operating in South 
Africa; 
Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan has been the recipient of 
the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Notre Dame 
Award, the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, the 
NAACP Spingarn Award, the Kappa Alpha Psi Laurel 
Wreath, and more than 50 doctoral degrees; 
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Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan economically empowered 
individuals and combated poverty wherever he imple-
mented programs; 
Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan established the African– 
African-American summits to bring together the leaders 
of Africa and America and other countries; and 
Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan established the Global 
Sullivan Principles (for Corporate Social Responsibility) 
in the late 1990s to apply the same type of principles for 
countries and businesses throughout the world: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States Postal Service should 
issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the 
Reverend Doctor Leon Sullivan; and 
(2) the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee 
should recommend to the Postmaster General that 
such stamp be issued. 
Æ 
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