Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should issue a postage stamp commemorating the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
Latest action · Sep 30, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
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- IntroducedSep 30, 2003
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Calls for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the U.S. Postal Service to recommend and the Postmaster General to issue a postage stamp commemorating the Fisk Jubilee Singers (a choral group from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee).
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2004 to Mar 17, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Feb 11, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2003Introduced in House
- Sep 30, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
- Sep 30, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1915-1916)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commemorations.
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