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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 117 

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineeers Week, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2009 

Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BILBRAY, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. 

HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. INGLIS, Ms. 

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. MANZULLO, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. OLSON, Mr. PETRI, Mr. 

REYES, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, 

Ms. SUTTON, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 

MCNERNEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Science and Technology 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineeers 

Week, and for other purposes. 

Whereas engineers use their professional, scientific, and technical knowledge and skills in creative and innovative ways 

to fulfill society’s needs; 

Whereas engineers have helped meet the major technological 

challenges of our time—from rebuilding towns devastated 

by natural disasters to designing an information superhighway that will speed our country into the future; 


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Whereas engineers are a crucial link in research, development, and demonstration and in transforming scientific 

discoveries into useful products, and we will look more 

than ever to engineers and their knowledge and skills to 

meet the challenges of the future; 

Whereas engineers play a crucial role in developing the consensus engineering standards that permit modern economies and societies to exist; 

Whereas the 2006 National Academy of Sciences report entitled ‘‘Rising Above the Gathering Storm’’ highlighted the 

worrisome trend that fewer students are now focusing on 

engineering in college at a time when increasing numbers 

of today’s 2,000,000 United States engineers are nearing 

retirement; 

Whereas the National Society of Professional Engineers 

through National Engineers Week and other activities is 

raising public awareness of engineers’ significant, positive 

contributions to societal needs; 

Whereas National Engineers Week activities at engineering 

schools and in other forums are encouraging our young 

math and science students to see themselves as possible 

future engineers and to realize the practical power of 

their knowledge; 

Whereas National Engineers Week has grown into a formal 

coalition of more than 70 engineering, education, and cultural societies, and more than 50 major corporations and 

government agencies; 

Whereas National Engineers Week is celebrated during the 

week of George Washington’s birthday to honor the contributions that our first President, a military engineer 

and land surveyor, made to engineering; and 


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Whereas February 15 to 21, 2009, has been designated by 

the President as National Engineers Week: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of National 

3 Engineers Week and its aims to increase under4 standing of and interest in engineering and tech5 nology careers and to promote literacy in math and 

6 science; and 

7 (2) will work with the engineering community 

8 to make sure that the creativity and contribution of 

9 that community can be expressed through research, 

10 development, standardization, and innovation. 

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