IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 490 
Honoring the lives, work, and sacrifice of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas 
Morris, Jr., the two United States Postal Service employees and Wash-
ington, DC, natives who died as a result of their contact with anthrax 
while working at the United States Postal Facility located at 900 Brent-
wood 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 notwith-
standing the anthrax attacks, as well as the three other Americans 
who died and the 17 who became ill in the attacks. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2015 
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 two United States 
Postal Service employees and Washington, DC, natives 
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 the anthrax attacks, as well as the three 
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other Americans who died and the 17 who became ill 
in the attacks. 
Whereas the founders of the United States, recognizing the 
importance of a national system of mail to the new coun-
try, gave Congress the constitutional authority ‘‘To es-
tablish post offices and post roads’’; 
Whereas employees of the United States Postal Service pro-
vide indispensable public service and honorably represent 
the United States on a daily basis; 
Whereas despite the other terrorist attacks in Federal facili-
ties throughout the United States, including the anthrax 
attacks more than 10 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 natives of Washington, DC, 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 con-
taining anthrax that were placed in the mail and subse-
quently suffered from the inhalation of anthrax and 
thereafter died; 
Whereas 5 United States citizens died from exposure to an-
thrax during the 2001 anthrax attacks and 17 became ill 
in the worst biological attack in the Nation’s history; and 
Whereas in 2002, the United States Postal Service facility lo-
cated at 900 Brentwood Road, NE, Washington, DC, 
was designated as the ‘‘Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas 
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Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center’’ by Pub-
lic Law 107–225: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
the lives and work of Joseph Curseen, Jr., Thomas Morris, 
Jr., the three Americans who died, and the 17 who became 
ill in the attacks, and acknowledges the sacrifice that all 
Postal Service employees make on behalf of the United 
States on a daily basis. 
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