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[S. Con. Res. 42 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 42


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2000

             Referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
   should be issued by the United States Postal Service honoring the 
  members of the Armed Forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart.

Whereas the Order of the Purple Heart for Military Merit, commonly known as the 
        Purple Heart, is the oldest military decoration in the world in present 
        use;
Whereas the Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President of the United 
        States to members of the Armed Forces who are wounded in conflict with 
        an enemy force or while held by an enemy force as a prisoner of war, and 
        posthumously to the next of kin of members of the Armed Forces who are 
        killed in conflict with an enemy force or who die of a wound received in 
        conflict with an enemy force;
Whereas the Purple Heart was established on August 7, 1782, during the 
        Revolutionary War, when General George Washington issued an order 
        establishing the Honorary Badge of Distinction, otherwise known as the 
        Badge of Military Merit or the Decoration of the Purple Heart;
Whereas the award of the Purple Heart ceased with the end of the War of the 
        Revolution, but was revived out of respect for the memory and military 
        achievements of George Washington in 1932, the year marking the 200th 
        anniversary of his birth; and
Whereas 1999 is the year marking the 200th anniversary of the death of George 
        Washington: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the 
        United States Postal Service honoring the members of the Armed 
        Forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued in 1999, 
        the year marking the 200th anniversary of the death of George 
        Washington.

            Passed the Senate November 19, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.