,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #caa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #aj1         
#bjai,mr4 ,nadler 7for himself1 ,mrs4   
,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1    
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4   
,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,schiff1   
,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4       
,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,higgins  
of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,ms4       
,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4
 ,pallone1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4 ,meng1  
,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new    
,york1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4
 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 and ,mr4    
,jeffries7 submitted the following      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform    
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that the 
,citizens' ,stamp ,advisory ,committee1 
as an entity of the ,united ,states     
,postal ,service1 should issue a        
commemorative stamp in honor of the     
#aejth anniversary of the ,metropolitan 

,museum of ,art4  ,whereas ,the         
,metropolitan ,museum of ,art 7,the     
,met7 was founded on ,april #ac1 #ahgj1 
by civic leaders1 artists1 businessmen1 
collectors1 and philanthropists for the 
express purpose of bringing art and art 
education to the ,american people2      
,whereas over the last #aej years1 ,the 
,met has built a collection and         
education programs that reach over #g   
million museum visitors from around the 
country and the world every year1       
bringing both art and education to      
millions of ,americans in fulfillment of
 its original mission2 ,whereas today   
,the ,met is the largest art museum in  
the ,united ,states with over #d million
 items in its collection1 #hj1jjj of    
which are on display at any time1 and   
feature the work of many of the most    
important artists in history2 ,whereas  
throughout its history1 ,the ,met has   
celebrated ,american art and artists and
 presented the first permanent          
installation in an ,american art museum 

of ,american colonial and early ,federal
 decorative arts and architecture2      
,whereas ,the ,met has preserved more   
than a dozen historic ,american         
interiors from numerous buildings slated
 for demolition to preserve the history 
of ,american design2 ,whereas ,the ,met 
now houses one of the world's largest   
and most important collections of works 
by ,american artists1 including3        
,berenice ,abbott1 ,mary ,cassatt1      
,thomas ,cole1 ,john ,singleton ,copley1
 ,thomas ,eakins1 ,daniel ,chester      
,french1 ,winslow ,homer1 ,john ,la     
,farge1 ,emanuel ,leutze1 ,edmonia      
,lewis1 ,maria and ,julian ,martinez1   
,georgia ,o',keeffe1 ,frederic          
,remington1 ,paul ,revere1 ,diego       
,rivera1 ,augustus ,saint-,gaudens1     
,john ,singer ,sargent1 ,alfred         
,stieglitz1 ,gilbert ,stuart1 ,henry    
,ossawa ,tanner1 ,louis ,comfort        
,tiffany1 ,kara ,walker1 and ,frank     
,lloyd ,wright1 among many others2      
,whereas ,the ,met has built reciprocal 

memberships with #af museums across the 
country to ensure that ,americans from  
every part of the country can enjoy     
access to the treasures of the museum2  
,whereas conservation1 preservation1 and
 research has always been central to    
,the ,met's mission1 and the museum now 
houses centers dedicated to the         
conservation of objects1 paintings1     
paper1 photographs1 textiles1 clothing1 
and other media in the museum's         
collection1 ensuring that these         
treasures remain accessible to          
generations of visitors2 ,whereas ,the  
,met remains dedicated to providing     
educational resources for millions of   
,americans through tours1 interactive   
experiences1 and educator training2     
,whereas in #bjah1 over #bcj1jjj people 
participated in school-group tours of   
the museum1 including guided tours with 
museum experts1 self-guided tours       
tailored to teachers' needs1 and        
opportunities for students to           
participate in hands-on art projects    

through the museum's ,k-#ab ,studio ,art
 ,workshop2 ,whereas in #bjah1 over     
#e1jjj educators participated in ,the   
,met's ,k-#ab ,educators                
programs--including teacher workshops1  
,summer ,educator ,institutes1 and ,the 
,met ,professional ,learning            
,community--to support teachers         
integrating the arts into the classroom2
 ,whereas ,the ,met makes available     
art-based lesson plans and curriculum   
resources for free on the museum's      
website to bring the treasures and      
learning opportunities of ,the ,met to  
millions of children around the country2
 ,whereas ,the ,met has made it a       
priority to bring art to ,americans of  
all ages and developed the ,met,families
 and ,met,teens programs and events     
specifically to inspire the next        
generation of great ,american artists2  
and ,whereas ,the ,met has been an      
,american cultural institution for      
nearly #aej years2 inspired new artists1
 historians1 and collectors2 exposed    

millions of ,americans to the history1  
culture1 and art of the world2 and      
remains vital to the cultural health of 
the ,nation3 ,now1 therefore1 be it     
,that it is the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that-- 7#a7 the ,united
 ,states ,postal ,service should issue a
 postage stamp honoring the #aejth      
anniversary of the founding of the      
,metropolitan ,museum of ,art2 and  7#b7
 the ,citizens' ,stamp ,advisory        
,committee should recommend to the      
,postmaster ,general that such a stamp  
should be issued4