HR 2303 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act

Introduced May 14, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Peter T. King R-NY

Latest action · May 14, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMay 14, 2007
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act - Directs the Postmaster General to provide for the issuance of a forever stamp (a stamp that meets first-class postage requirements even if postage rates increase) to honor the sacrifices of the men and women of the Armed Forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart.

Cosponsors 142

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 14, 2007 to Jul 8, 2008; 45 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	May 14, 2007
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley	Original	May 14, 2007
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter	Original	May 14, 2007
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	May 14, 2007
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	May 14, 2007
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	May 14, 2007
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	May 14, 2007
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	May 14, 2007
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	May 14, 2007
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	May 14, 2007
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Original	May 14, 2007
D-MS	Gene Taylor	Original	May 14, 2007
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	May 14, 2007
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	May 14, 2007
R-NY	James T. Walsh	Original	May 14, 2007
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry	Original	May 14, 2007
D-GA	Jim Marshall	Original	May 14, 2007
D-IN	Joe Donnelly	Original	May 14, 2007
D-PA	Joe Sestak	Original	May 14, 2007
D-NY	John J. Hall	Original	May 14, 2007
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.	Original	May 14, 2007
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	May 14, 2007
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Original	May 14, 2007
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	May 14, 2007
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo	Original	May 14, 2007
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	May 14, 2007
R-OK	Mary Fallin	Original	May 14, 2007
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Original	May 14, 2007
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	May 14, 2007
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	May 14, 2007
D-IL	Rahm Emanuel	Original	May 14, 2007
R-IL	Ray LaHood	Original	May 14, 2007
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	May 14, 2007
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Original	May 14, 2007
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker	Original	May 14, 2007
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	May 14, 2007
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa	Original	May 14, 2007
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	May 14, 2007
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Original	May 14, 2007
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	May 14, 2007
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter	Original	May 14, 2007
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	May 14, 2007
R-FL	Tom Feeney	Original	May 14, 2007
R-NY	Vito Fossella	Original	May 14, 2007
R-TN	Zach Wamp	Original	May 14, 2007
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		May 15, 2007
R-AR	John Boozman		May 15, 2007
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		May 16, 2007
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		May 17, 2007
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		May 23, 2007
R-TX	John R. Carter		May 23, 2007
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		May 24, 2007
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Jun 5, 2007
R-AK	Don Young		Jun 6, 2007
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave		Jun 6, 2007
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Jun 6, 2007
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jun 7, 2007
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jun 12, 2007
D-NY	Michael A. Arcuri		Jun 12, 2007
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Jun 14, 2007
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Jun 15, 2007
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Jun 19, 2007
R-IA	Tom Latham		Jun 22, 2007
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jun 26, 2007
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Jun 26, 2007
D-PA	Christopher P. Carney		Jul 10, 2007
R-NV	Dean Heller		Jul 10, 2007
R-PR	Luis G. Fortuno		Jul 10, 2007
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Jul 12, 2007
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jul 16, 2007
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Aug 3, 2007
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Sep 4, 2007
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Sep 4, 2007
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Sep 6, 2007
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Sep 7, 2007
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Sep 10, 2007
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Sep 10, 2007
R-FL	Ric Keller		Sep 17, 2007
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Sep 24, 2007
R-PA	Phil English		Sep 24, 2007
D-CA	Bob Filner		Oct 9, 2007
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Oct 25, 2007
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Nov 6, 2007
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Nov 6, 2007
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Nov 7, 2007
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Nov 7, 2007
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Nov 7, 2007
D-AR	Mike Ross		Nov 9, 2007
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Nov 14, 2007
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Nov 14, 2007
D-AR	Marion Berry		Nov 14, 2007
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Nov 14, 2007
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Nov 14, 2007
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		Nov 15, 2007
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Dec 18, 2007
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Jan 23, 2008
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jan 28, 2008
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Feb 7, 2008
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Feb 7, 2008
D-PA	Tim Holden		Feb 7, 2008
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Feb 12, 2008
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Feb 12, 2008
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Feb 12, 2008
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Feb 12, 2008
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Feb 13, 2008
R-FL	Connie Mack		Feb 13, 2008
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Feb 13, 2008
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Feb 13, 2008
D-FL	Tim Mahoney		Feb 13, 2008
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Feb 14, 2008
D-IA	David Loebsack		Feb 14, 2008
R-OR	Greg Walden		Feb 14, 2008
R-TX	Kay Granger		Feb 14, 2008
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Feb 14, 2008
R-IA	Steve King		Feb 14, 2008
R-IN	Dan Burton		Feb 26, 2008
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Feb 26, 2008
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Feb 26, 2008
R-GA	John Linder		Feb 26, 2008
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Feb 26, 2008
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Feb 26, 2008
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Feb 26, 2008
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Feb 26, 2008
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Feb 26, 2008
D-WI	Steve Kagen		Feb 26, 2008
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Feb 26, 2008
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Feb 28, 2008
R-NC	Howard Coble		Feb 28, 2008
R-CA	Mary Bono		Feb 28, 2008
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Mar 5, 2008
D-CO	Mark Udall		Mar 5, 2008
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Mar 5, 2008
D-NM	Tom Udall		Mar 5, 2008
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Mar 11, 2008
D-GA	David Scott		Apr 22, 2008
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Apr 30, 2008
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		May 8, 2008
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		May 8, 2008
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds		May 8, 2008
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Jun 11, 2008
R-IN	Steve Buyer		Jun 11, 2008
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jul 8, 2008

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred May 14, 2007

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 14, 2007Introduced in House
May 14, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1390	Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act	Identical bill	Jun 6, 2007

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for the issuance of a "forever stamp" to honor the sacrifices of the brave men and women of the armed forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart.
Short Titles as Introduced: Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act

Subjects

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Text 1

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May 14, 2007Introduced in House

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