This House resolution expresses support for issuing a commemorative postage stamp honoring the Buffalo Soldiers, all-Black military regiments established by Congress in 1866 to help rebuild the country after the Civil War and patrol the western frontier. The Buffalo Soldiers served with distinction for 82 years, with over 200,000 African Americans serving in World War I and more than 1 million in World War II, and 23 members receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor before the regiments were dissolved in 1948 when President Truman mandated equal treatment for African-American servicemen. The resolution asks the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be created, noting that a previous Buffalo Soldiers stamp was issued in 1994 but taken off sale in December 1995. This is a non-binding measure expressing the House's sense that this historical military achievement deserves commemoration through a new postage stamp, with no direct budgetary impact or specific timeline mentioned.
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