IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 648 
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 the anthrax attack; 
as well as the other 3 Americans who died and the 17 who became 
ill in the attack. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2019 
Ms. NORTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and 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, Wash-
ington, 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 attack; 
as well as the other 3 Americans who died and the 
17 who became ill in the attack. 
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•HRES 648 IH 
Whereas the founders of the United States, recognizing the 
importance of a national system of mail to the new coun-
try in the Constitution, gave Congress the authority ‘‘To 
establish post offices and post roads’’; 
Whereas employees of the United States Postal Service pro-
vide indispensable public services and honorably represent 
the United States on a daily basis; 
Whereas despite the many terrorist attacks in Federal facili-
ties throughout the United States, including the anthrax 
attack more than 15 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 ad-
mirably 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 individuals in the United States died from expo-
sure to anthrax during the 2001 anthrax attack and 17 
became ill; 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 
Morris, Jr. Processing and Distribution Center’’ by Pub-
lic Law 107–225: Now, therefore, be it 
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•HRES 648 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
the lives and work of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas 
Morris, Jr., and acknowledges the sacrifice that all Postal 
Service employees make on behalf of the United States 
on a daily basis. 
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