IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 428 
Expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as ‘‘Moving Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2025 
Mr. MESSMER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as 
‘‘Moving Month’’. 
Whereas more than 15,000,000 households move annually for 
career relocation, educational pursuits, and other per-
sonal reasons; 
Whereas more than 1 in 10 households move annually; 
Whereas moving and storage companies range from small, 
family-run operations to global corporations transporting 
the United States most valuable and sentimental posses-
sions with care; 
Whereas moving and storage companies come in many dif-
ferent forms, from national van lines and their network 
of agents to independent movers operating at the na-
tional, regional, and local levels; 
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Whereas moving and storage companies invest in more than 
just trucks, they rely on a skilled workforce, procure and 
deploy packing materials, maintain and secure warehouse 
space, and use state-of-the-art technology and logistics 
systems and a fleet of trucks and vans; 
Whereas the moving and storage industry relies on drivers, 
packers, estimators, warehouse managers, fleet mainte-
nance, a sales team, marketers, software engineers, insur-
ance, and additional third-party specialists; 
Whereas, in 2024, there were nearly 8,000 interstate house-
hold goods carriers in the United States, employing 
200,000 men and women, with payrolls totaling more 
than $13,000,000,000 annually; 
Whereas the moving and storage industry executes the reloca-
tion of residential homes, offices, and industrial and in-
stitutional facilities, and provides essential relocation 
services to Government agencies; 
Whereas the moving and storage industry plays a vital role 
in national defense and global mobility through its sup-
port of the United States Armed Forces, coordinating 
and executing close to 300,000 military household goods 
shipments each year through the Defense Personal Prop-
erty Program of the Department of Defense; 
Whereas more than 70 percent of United States citizens move 
between the period of May to September, as families aim 
to finish and begin the school year with minimal disrup-
tion; and 
Whereas the purpose of ‘‘Moving Month’’ is to— 
(1) raise public awareness about the invaluable con-
tributions of moving and storage companies who rep-
resent an irreplaceable supply chain created through gen-
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erations of movers’ investment in buildings, people, and 
equipment; and 
(2) promote respect and understanding of the essen-
tial work that moving and storage companies do to care-
fully and safely transport our essential household goods 
from one home to another: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) thanks the moving and storage industry of 
the United States; and 
(2) promotes the professional services of moving 
and storage companies by encouraging the public to 
recognize ‘‘Moving Month’’. 
Æ 
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