[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 396 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 396

  Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
  should be issued by the United States Postal Service honoring Tito 
                                Puente.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2002

  Mr. Rangel submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
  should be issued by the United States Postal Service honoring Tito 
                                Puente.

Whereas Ernest Anthony Puente, Jr., nicknamed ``Tito Puente'', was born on April 
        20, 1923, in East Harlem, New York, and was one of the greatest Hispanic 
        musicians in his field;
Whereas Tito Puente was considered a musical child prodigy in Harlem at the age 
        of 13;
Whereas Tito Puente served in the United States Navy and received a Presidential 
        commendation for being in 9 battles;
Whereas Tito Puente was a 4-time Grammy Award winner and has participated in 
        motion pictures and in television programs;
Whereas Tito Puente created a scholarship foundation in 1980 to promote the arts 
        and to help talented children, and since then the foundation has awarded 
        more than 50 scholarships;
Whereas Tito Puente has been awarded the Washington D.C. Hispanic Heritage 
        Committee Award for the Arts and the Smithsonian Medal, in addition to 
        other awards;
Whereas Tito Puente has recorded more than 100 songs heard throughout the world; 
        and
Whereas Tito Puente died on May 31, 2000, in New York City, and will be 
        remembered through generations as ``El Rey de los Timbales'': Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the 
        United States Postal Service honoring Tito Puente; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
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