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Resolution · 119th Congress · HRES 1480

Honoring the lives, work, and sacrifice of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., the 2 United States Postal Service employees who died as a result of their contact with anthrax while working at the United States Postal facility located at 900 Brentwood Road NE, Washington, DC, during the anthrax attack in the fall of 2001; United States Postal Service employees, who have continued to work diligently in service to the people of the United States notwithstanding the anthrax attack; as well as the other 3 Americans who died and the 17 who became ill in the attack.

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Introduced 2026-08-10Topic: governance ethics · labor · public safety

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This resolution states that the House of Representatives honors the lives and work of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., two U.S. Postal Service employees who died after being exposed to anthrax-laced letters at the Brentwood Road postal facility in Washington, DC, in the fall of 2001. It also acknowledges the sacrifice that all Postal Service employees make on behalf of the United States every day. The resolution notes that 5 people died and 17 became ill in the 2001 anthrax attack, and that the Brentwood facility was renamed for the two workers in 2002. It does not create any new law, program, or funding.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-08-10HouseReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.refer
2026-08-10HouseSubmitted in Houserefer
2026-08-10Submitted in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.