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 PUBLIC LAW 98-187—NOV. 30, 1983 97 STAT. 1319 Public Law 98-187 98th Congress Joint Resolution To designate the week of December 4, 1983, through December 10, 1983, as "Carrier Nov. 30, 1983 Alert Week". [S.J. Res. 141] Whereas the National Association of Letter Carriers and the United States Postal Service, recognizing their unique presence in the neighborhoods of America, and further recognizing the needs of a special segment of postal customers, the homebound, the elderly, and the handicapped, and resolving to encourage joint support of local community social service agencies in a program called Carrier Alert; Whereas under Carrier Alert, the local sponsoring social service ^ency notifies the local post office of customers who wish to participate in this program, and the letter carrier of the customer, in the performance of daily rounds, will be alert to an accumula- tion of mail which might signify a sudden illness or accident, and through locally developed procedures, the accumulation of such mail will be reported to the social service agency for appropriate followup; and Whereas Carrier Alert, an all volunteer program, is a natural extension of the care which individual letter carriers traditionally have exhibited for customers, not just in the delivery of mail, but in a genuine concern for the well being of such customers, and it has been customary for letter carriers to show particular consider- ation for customers whose health or advanced age required a little extra special attention: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States Carrier Alert Congress commends the effort and concern of the National Associ- Week. ation of Letter Carriers and the United States Postal Service for the elderly, the homebound, and the handicapped, and that the week of

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