United States · Resolution · SCONRES
S.Con.Res. 68 (111th)
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner, and the "Freedom Summer" of 1964, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
Introduced
12 July 2010
Last action
15 July 2010 · Referred
Status
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
Sponsors
Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Subjects
Postal service
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Urges: (1) the United States Postal Service (USPS) to issue a commemorative stamp honoring Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner; (2) basing the stamp on the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) poster from 1964 created by prominent Civil Rights movement photographer Danny Lyon; and (3) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend such issuance.
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Timeline
12 July 2010
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5748)
Source: IntroReferral
12 July 2010
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
15 July 2010
Referred
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 12 July 2010 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
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Related records
- related to → Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued honoring James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.
- related to → Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner, and the "Freedom Summer" of 1964, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/68
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/sconres/68
- us · 111-sconres-68 · source updated 5 December 2025