[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 579 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 579

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
series should be issued honoring women veterans, and that the Citizens' 
  Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General 
                  that such a stamp series be issued.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2019

 Ms. Brownley of California submitted the following resolution; which 
         was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
series should be issued honoring women veterans, and that the Citizens' 
  Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General 
                  that such a stamp series be issued.

Whereas there are approximately two million women veterans living in the United 
        States, who have served their Nation with honor and distinction, yet 
        their service is often forgotten and they become ``invisible veterans'';
Whereas such women have made invaluable contributions since the American 
        Revolution;
Whereas Deborah Sampson of Massachusetts and Margaret Corbin of New York, served 
        during the American Revolution and were wounded in combat, and Congress 
        granted both pioneering women pensions for their service;
Whereas Dr. Mary Edwards Walker served as a surgeon during the American Civil 
        War, and is the only woman to date to have been awarded the Medal of 
        Honor;
Whereas Cathy Williams, who was born a slave, enlisted in the United States 
        Regular Army disguised as a man and served in the American West for 
        three years;
Whereas Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, a Navy Nurse who served during World War I, was 
        the first woman to receive the Navy Cross;
Whereas Hazel Lee, the first Asian-American woman to become a military pilot, 
        flew with Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War II;
Whereas eight women gave their lives serving in Vietnam, including 1st 
        Lieutenant Sharon Ann Lane, 2nd Lieutenant Pamela Dorothy Donovan, 
        Lieutenant Colonel Annie Ruth Graham, Captain Amy Therese Klinkers, 2nd 
        Lieutenant Carol Ann Elizabeth Drazba, 2nd Lieutenant Elizabeth Ann 
        Jones, Capt. Eleanor Grace Alexander, and 1st Lieutenant Hedwig Diane 
        Orowski;
Whereas Specialist Lori Piestewa, a member of the Hopi Tribe, was the first 
        Native-American woman in history to die in combat while serving in the 
        United States military and the first woman in the United States military 
        killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom;
Whereas 1st Lieutenant Ashley White and Captain Jennifer Moreno, both soldiers 
        and Cultural Support Team members, gave their lives for our Nation 
        serving in action alongside the special operations forces they supported 
        in Afghanistan;
Whereas United States Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, cryptologic 
        technician, wife, and mother, was killed in action in Manbij, Syria; and
Whereas these women warriors and millions of others should be honored for their 
        service and recognized for their important contributions to this Nation: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the United States Postal Service should issue a 
        commemorative postage stamp series honoring women veterans; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp series be issued.
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