Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the dedicated employees of the United States Postal Service are frontline essential workers and must be prioritized accordingly for the purposes of the COVID-19 vaccination program and State vaccine distribution plans.

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 108 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the dedicated employees of the United States Postal Service are frontline essential workers and must be prioritized accordingly for the purposes of the COVID–19 vaccination program and State vaccine distribution plans. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 5, 2021 Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. CON- NOLLY, and Mrs. LAWRENCE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the dedicated employees of the United States Postal Service are frontline essential workers and must be prioritized accordingly for the purposes of the COVID– 19 vaccination program and State vaccine distribution plans. Whereas more than 630,000 letter carriers, mail clerks, mail handlers, supervisors, postmasters, and other employees of the United States Postal Service work to process, transport, and deliver letters, packages, and other mail to every home and business in America six days a week, and in certain areas, even seven, and fulfill the public service mission of the United States Postal Service to ‘‘provide VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:26 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR108.IH HR108 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 108 IH the Nation with reliable, affordable, and universal mail service’’; Whereas at great risk to their own health and safety, the dedicated employees of the United States Postal Service have continued to perform their critical job duties on be- half of the American people throughout the duration of the COVID–19 pandemic and in support of vital local, State, and Federal pandemic relief and recovery efforts; Whereas in the midst of the COVID–19 pandemic and a na- tionwide shortage in personal protective equipment, our exceptional postal workforce also processed and delivered more than 135,000,000 ballots to American voters in support of unprecedented Vote-By-Mail operations con- ducted for the 2020 general election and runoff elections for the Senate in Georgia, and processed and delivered at least 590,000,000 mail pieces in support of the 2020 de- cennial census; Whereas over 41,000 United States Postal Service employees have tested positive for COVID–19, and at least 100 United States Postal Service employees have died from complications related to COVID–19; Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ad- visory Committee on Immunization Practices has recog- nized United States Postal Service workers as frontline essential workers who ‘‘perform duties across critical in- frastructure sectors and maintain the services and func- tions that U.S. residents depend on daily’’, and has rec- ommended their prioritization in phase 1b of the COVID–19 vaccination program; and Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ad- visory Committee on Immunization Practices has ac- VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:26 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR108.IH HR108 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 108 IH knowledged ‘‘reports of high incidence and outbreaks’’ and the heightened risk of COVID–19 facing frontline es- sential workers, including United States Postal Service employees: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep- 1 resentatives that the dedicated employees of the United 2 States Postal Service are frontline essential workers and 3 must be prioritized accordingly for the purposes of the 4 COVID–19 vaccination program and State vaccine dis- 5 tribution plans. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:26 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR108.IH HR108 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS