[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 583 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 583

      Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a 
  commemorative postage stamp should be issued in remembrance of the 
                       victims of the Holocaust.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 10, 2002

  Mr. Israel (for himself, Mr. Lantos, and Mr. Cantor) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government 
                                 Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a 
  commemorative postage stamp should be issued in remembrance of the 
                       victims of the Holocaust.

Whereas the Holocaust was a defining event in history;
Whereas the atrocities against humanity that were committed during the Holocaust 
        were of a magnitude not seen either before or since the Holocaust;
Whereas remembering the Holocaust and the victims of the Holocaust may help 
        ensure that nothing similar is ever allowed to happen again;
Whereas the evil of the Holocaust underscores the need for tolerance, 
        sensitivity, pluralism, and democracy around the world;
Whereas another lesson of the Holocaust is the need to respect the basic human 
        rights of all;
Whereas many of those who survived the Holocaust rebuilt their lives and raised 
        their families in the United States, and contributed significantly to 
        this, their adopted homeland; and
Whereas 2005 will mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi 
        concentration camps by Allied troops: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the 
        United States Postal Service in remembrance of the victims of 
        the Holocaust; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
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