Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the dedicated employees of the United States Postal Service are frontline essential workers and must be prioritized accordingly for the purposes of the COVID-19 vaccination program and State vaccine distribution plans.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that U.S. Postal Service employees are frontline essential workers and must be prioritized accordingly for purposes of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccine distributions.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 108 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 108

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the dedicated 
 employees of the United States Postal Service are frontline essential 
  workers and must be prioritized accordingly for the purposes of the 
   COVID-19 vaccination program and State vaccine distribution plans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2021

   Mr. Lynch (for himself, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
Connolly, and Mrs. Lawrence) submitted the following resolution; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the dedicated 
 employees of the United States Postal Service are frontline essential 
  workers and must be prioritized accordingly for the purposes of the 
   COVID-19 vaccination program and State vaccine distribution plans.

Whereas more than 630,000 letter carriers, mail clerks, mail handlers, 
        supervisors, postmasters, and other employees of the United States 
        Postal Service work to process, transport, and deliver letters, 
        packages, and other mail to every home and business in America six days 
        a week, and in certain areas, even seven, and fulfill the public service 
        mission of the United States Postal Service to ``provide the Nation with 
        reliable, affordable, and universal mail service'';
Whereas at great risk to their own health and safety, the dedicated employees of 
        the United States Postal Service have continued to perform their 
        critical job duties on behalf of the American people throughout the 
        duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and in support of vital local, State, 
        and Federal pandemic relief and recovery efforts;
Whereas in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and a nationwide shortage in 
        personal protective equipment, our exceptional postal workforce also 
        processed and delivered more than 135,000,000 ballots to American voters 
        in support of unprecedented Vote-By-Mail operations conducted for the 
        2020 general election and runoff elections for the Senate in Georgia, 
        and processed and delivered at least 590,000,000 mail pieces in support 
        of the 2020 decennial census;
Whereas over 41,000 United States Postal Service employees have tested positive 
        for COVID-19, and at least 100 United States Postal Service employees 
        have died from complications related to COVID-19;
Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on 
        Immunization Practices has recognized United States Postal Service 
        workers as frontline essential workers who ``perform duties across 
        critical infrastructure sectors and maintain the services and functions 
        that U.S. residents depend on daily'', and has recommended their 
        prioritization in phase 1b of the COVID-19 vaccination program; and
Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on 
        Immunization Practices has acknowledged ``reports of high incidence and 
        outbreaks'' and the heightened risk of COVID-19 facing frontline 
        essential workers, including United States Postal Service employees: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the dedicated employees of the United States Postal Service are 
frontline essential workers and must be prioritized accordingly for the 
purposes of the COVID-19 vaccination program and State vaccine 
distribution plans.
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