Bill Text: PA HR213 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging the Federal Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend the the United States Postal Service that, in recognition of the deaths of more than 100,000 coal miners, an image of an American coal miner be placed on the face of a United States postage stamp.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-13 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HR213 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR213-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1544
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 213 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY PASHINSKI, PYLE, HARHAI, BISHOP, BOBACK, BOYD, BRENNAN, BROOKS, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CLYMER, COHEN, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DAVIS, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, GERGELY, GIBBONS, GILLEN, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, GRELL, HALUSKA, HARKINS, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KULA, MAHONEY, MANN, MARSHALL, MILLARD, MILLER, MIRABITO, MULLERY, MUNDY, MURPHY, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, READSHAW, K. SMITH, STABACK AND TOOHIL, APRIL 13, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 13, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Federal Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to
recommend to the United States Postal Service that, in
recognition of the deaths of more than 100,000 coal miners,
an image of an American coal miner be placed on the face of a
United States postage stamp.
WHEREAS, Year after year, Federal and state resolutions of
legislatures are presented and written into the official
government record; and
WHEREAS, A new set of Federal postage stamps illustrating
plants, vegetables, trees, animals, cartoon characters, insects,
fish, birds, seashells and even snowflakes are recommended to
and approved by the Federal Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
based on such resolutions; and
WHEREAS, There is no postage stamp recognizing the tremendous
contribution of coal miners to the success of our country; and
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WHEREAS, The Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee passes on
approving the American Coal Miner Stamp yearly, despite the fact
that coal miners and their families have helped shape the
history and culture of the United States and Pennsylvania, and
thousands of petitions are distributed and signed to recognize
that more than 100,000 coal miners died as they excavated the
fuel for our country's Industrial Revolution; and
WHEREAS, The United States and this Commonwealth are indebted
to all coal miners who work in difficult and dangerous
conditions and to the hundreds of thousands of people who have
suffered from lung disease and other maladies caused by working
in unsafe and unhealthy mine conditions; and
WHEREAS, Coal miners have fueled our nation's economic engine
and ensured our military security by providing coal, not just
for the generation of power, but as an essential element in the
steel-making process; and
WHEREAS, The coal miners that died knew the risks involved,
but they were proud to take that risk, and they labored in the
company of good and loyal friends in order to earn an honest
paycheck which provided for their families; and
WHEREAS, The idea of issuing a United States postage stamp to
honor the efforts of the American coal miner has received
positive and complimentary support; and
WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth and of the country
at large support honoring American coal miners with a postage
stamp for the important contributions they have made to our
country; and
WHEREAS, The Coal Miners Stamp Committee of Northeastern
Pennsylvania supports the creation of a stamp that recognizes
the American coal miner; and
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WHEREAS, The Coal Miners Stamp Committee of Northeastern
Pennsylvania has agreed to organize a nationwide campaign to
educate and inform the American public on the importance of this
project; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the Federal
Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to approve a United States
postage stamp in recognition of the deaths of more than 100,000
coal miners by placing an image of an American coal miner on the
face of a United States postage stamp; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted by
the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to the Federal
Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the Majority Leader of the
Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and all
members of the General Assembly to contact their counterparts in
other coal mining states to implore them to promote the American
Coal Miner Stamp initiative.
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