[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 480 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 480

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
    should be issued honoring our Nation's small business concerns.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2002

 Mr. Langevin (for himself, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Mr. Akin, Mr. Baird, Mr. 
Baldacci, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
  Carson of Oklahoma, Mrs. Christensen, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
 Davis of Illinois, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Frost, Mr. Grucci, Mr. Hefley, 
   Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. 
  McNulty, Mr. Manzullo, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
 Pascrell, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Phelps, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 
  Mr. Ross, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
   Tancredo, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and Ms. 
  Velazquez) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
             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 honoring our Nation's small business concerns.

Whereas there are approximately 25,000,000 small business concerns in the United 
        States;
Whereas our Nation's small business concerns bring new services and products to 
        the marketplace and provide business ownership opportunities to diverse 
        and traditionally underrepresented groups;
Whereas, according to statistics of the Small Business Administration, 2 out of 
        every 3 new jobs in the United States are created by small business 
        concerns;
Whereas small business concerns employ 54 percent of the national work force and 
        constitute over 99 percent of the Nation's employers;
Whereas small business concerns are the source of more than \1/2\ of our 
        Nation's technological innovations;
Whereas small business concerns generate an estimated 39 to 55 percent of the 
        Nation's gross national product; and
Whereas 51 percent of the private sector output and 96 percent of all exports 
        from the United States are attributable to small business concerns: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 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 our Nation's small 
        business concerns; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
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