[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 168 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 168

  Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States Postal 
     Service should maintain the Postal Uniform Allowance Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 1997

     Mr. Strickland (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Rush, Mr. Fox of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
 McNulty, Mr. Holden, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. 
  Murtha, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, and Mr. Ackerman) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Government Reform and Oversight

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States Postal 
     Service should maintain the Postal Uniform Allowance Program.

Whereas the United States Postal Service has successfully supplied uniforms to 
        its employees for 42 years under the Postal Uniform Allowance Program;
Whereas the Postal Uniform Allowance Program currently provides business to more 
        than 1,000 American companies throughout the United States which, in 
        turn, employ more than 10,000 American workers;
Whereas the United States Postal Service has proposed a new, centralized uniform 
        procurement system that would result in substantial loss of business to 
        those American companies and turn over control of the procurement system 
        to a single vendor; and
Whereas the United States Postal Service has, in recent years, become more 
        profitable while continuing to use the Postal Uniform Allowance Program: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the United States Postal 
Service should maintain its current Postal Uniform Allowance Program 
and make necessary changes to improve that program, rather than 
implement a centralized, single-vendor program.
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