[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 91 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 91

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
should be issued to honor Americans held as prisoners of war or listed 
                         as missing in action.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 1993

  Mr. Talent submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
       referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
should be issued to honor Americans held as prisoners of war or listed 
                         as missing in action.

Whereas millions of Americans have proudly served their country in times of war 
        this century;
Whereas thousands of these Americans were captured by the enemy or listed as 
        missing in action;
Whereas many American prisoners of war were subjected to brutal and inhumane 
        treatment by their captors in violation of international codes and 
        customs for the treatment of prisoners of war, and many prisoners of war 
        died from this treatment;
Whereas there are over eighty-eight thousand missing American service personnel 
        from World War II, the Korean war, and the Vietnam era, and the 
        uncertainty surrounding their fates has caused their families to suffer 
        acute hardships; and
Whereas public awareness of the sacrifices that have been and may continue to be 
        made by Americans held as prisoners of war or listed as missing in 
        action and by their families is critical to advancing efforts to obtain 
        the return of missing American service personnel: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory 
Committee of the United States Postal Service should recommend to the 
Postmaster General that a postage stamp be issued honoring Americans 
held as prisoners of war or listed as missing in action.

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