H. Res. 352 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

May 15, 2007. 

Whereas public works infrastructure, facilities, and services 

play a pivotal role in the health, safety, and well-being of 

the people of the United States; 

Whereas public works infrastructure, facilities, and services 

could not be provided without the skill and dedication of 

public works professionals, including engineers and administrators, representing State and local governments 

throughout the United States; 

Whereas public works professionals design, build, operate, 

maintain, and protect the transportation systems, water 

supply infrastructure, sewage and refuse disposal systems, public buildings, and other structures and facilities 

that are vital to the citizens, communities, and commerce 

of the United States; 

Whereas the Department of Transportation estimates that 

every $1,000,000,000 invested in the Nation’s highway 

system creates 47,000 jobs, and every $1 invested in the 

Nation’s highway system generates more than six times 

that amount in economic activity; 

Whereas every $1 invested in public transportation generates 

as much as $6 in economic returns to the Nation’s economy; 
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Whereas the capital asset program of the General Services 

Administration is authorized annually to provide Federal 

employees with necessary office space, courts of law, and 

other special purpose facilities; 

Whereas since 1972 the Nation has invested more than 

$250,000,000,000 in wastewater infrastructure facilities 

to establish a system that includes 16,000 publicly owned 

wastewater treatment plants, 100,000 major pumping 

stations, 600,000 miles of sanitary sewers, and 200,000 

miles of storm sewers; 

Whereas the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is charged with the safe and secure movement of almost 1,000,000 daily shipments of hazardous 

materials by all modes of transportation and oversees the 

safety and security of 2,200,000 miles of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines, which account for 64 percent of 

the energy commodities consumed in the United States; 

Whereas the National Railroad Passenger Corporation annually provides more than 25,000,000 people with intercity 

rail service; 

Whereas over the next 5 years, 8 airfield projects, including 

5 runways, 2 runway extensions, and 1 airfield reconfiguration, will be commissioned providing some of the busiest airports in the Nation with the potential to accommodate more than 400,000 additional annual operations, 

while decreasing the average delay per operation at these 

airports by approximately 2 minutes; 

Whereas in the report of the Department of Transportation 

entitled ‘‘2006 Status of the Nation’s Highways, Bridges, 

and Transit: Conditions & Performance’’, the Department confirms that investment in the Nation’s highway, 
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bridge, and transit infrastructure has not kept up with 

growing demands on the system; 

Whereas in that report, the Department of Transportation 

found that to maintain highway, bridge, and transit networks, governments at all levels would need to invest 

$94,600,000,000 per year for each of the next 20 years, 

and to improve highway, bridge, and transit networks 

that level of investment would need to increase to 

$153,700,000,000 per year; and 

Whereas public works professionals are observing National 

Public Works Week from May 20 through 26, 2007: 

Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) supports the goals and ideals of National Public 

Works Week; 

(2) recognizes and celebrates the important contributions that public works professionals make every 

day to improve the public infrastructure of the United 

States and the communities that those professionals 

serve; and 

(3) urges citizens and communities throughout the 

United States to join with representatives of the Federal 

Government in activities and ceremonies that are designed to pay tribute to the public works professionals 

of the Nation and to recognize the substantial contribu-
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tions that public works professionals make to the Nation. 

Attest: 

Clerk.