IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 352 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Works Week. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2007 
Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. MICA, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. PETRI, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mr. COBLE, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
DUNCAN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. BAKER, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. BROWN of 
South Carolina, Mr. BOSWELL, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. HIGGINS, Mrs. MILLER 
of Michigan, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. MAT-
SUI, and Mr. ALTMIRE) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Works 
Week. 
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 ad-
ministrators, representing State and local governments 
throughout the United States; 
Whereas public works professionals design, build, operate, 
maintain, and protect the transportation systems, water 
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supply infrastructure, sewage and refuse disposal sys-
tems, 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 econ-
omy; 
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 Ad-
ministration is charged with the safe and secure move-
ment 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 haz-
ardous liquid pipelines, which account for 64 percent of 
the energy commodities consumed in the United States; 
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Whereas the National Railroad Passenger Corporation annu-
ally 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 reconfig-
uration, will be commissioned providing some of the busi-
est airports in the Nation with the potential to accommo-
date 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 Depart-
ment confirms that investment in the Nation’s highway, 
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 net-
works, 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; 
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(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 pro-
fessionals 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 sub-
stantial contributions that public works professionals 
make to the Nation. 
Æ 
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