Supporting a moratorium on the sale of historic post office buildings.

Bill: 113-hres-466
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2014-01-29
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property

Historic sites and heritage areas

Historical and cultural resources

Postal service

U.S. Postal Service
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Expresses opposition to the sale of historic post office buildings. </p> <p>Urges the United States Postal Service (USPS) to halt current sales of recognized historic places and remove all such properties from the sales list.</p>

tv_txt: IV 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 466 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 29, 2014 Ms. Lee of California (for herself and Mr. Serrano ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform RESOLUTION Supporting a moratorium on the sale of historic post office buildings.

Whereas the United States Postal Service is an American institution dating back to the colonial era; Whereas the United States Postal Service is the core of a $1 trillion mailing industry that employs more than 8 million people; Whereas in 2012, the Postal Service— (1) processed 160 billion pieces of mail; (2) handled 40 percent of the world’s mail volume; (3) paid $3.6 billion every month in salaries and benefits; (4) employed 108,000 veterans; and (5) managed 31,272 retail offices; Whereas the United States Postal Service employs a Federal preservation officer and a historian; Whereas the United States Postal Service has a diverse fine arts collection consisting of works of art from many different sources and programs; Whereas the United States Postal Service houses more than 1,400 murals and sculptures from President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs in its post offices around the Nation; Whereas most of the post office works of art were funded through commissions under the Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture and Section of Fine Arts; and Whereas as of December 2012, 998 postal buildings are listed on the National Historic Register. Now, therefore, be it:

That the House of Representatives— (1) recognizes the importance of preserving the United States Postal Service’s long history and protecting the Nation’s historic properties; and (2) opposes the sale of historic post office buildings and urges the Postal Service to halt current sales of recognized historic places and remove all such properties from the sales list.