IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 104 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2011 
Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCKINLEY, Ms. RICHARD-
SON, Mr. WU, Mr. TONKO, Mr. HONDA, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. MCNERNEY, 
Mr. CALVERT, and Mr. HOLT) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week, 
and for other purposes. 
Whereas engineers employ their scientific knowledge and ana-
lytical skills for the betterment of the United States; 
Whereas engineers have helped meet the major global chal-
lenges of our time, including providing state-of-the-art 
transportation and information technology infrastruc-
tures, enhancing national security, and developing the 
clean energy technologies needed to power the people of 
the United States into the future; 
Whereas engineers are a crucial link in research, develop-
ment, and the transformation of scientific discoveries into 
useful products and jobs, as the people of the United 
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States look more than ever to engineers and their imagi-
nation, knowledge, and analytical skills to meet the chal-
lenges of the future; 
Whereas the sponsors of National Engineers Week are work-
ing together to transform the engineering workforce 
through greater inclusion of women and underrepresented 
minorities; 
Whereas the 2010 National Academy of Sciences report enti-
tled ‘‘Rising Above The Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rap-
idly Approaching Category 5’’ emphasizes that a primary 
driver of the future economy and the creation of jobs will 
be innovations derived from advances in science and engi-
neering, and states that ‘‘while only four percent of the 
nation’s work force is composed of scientists and engi-
neers, this group disproportionately creates jobs for the 
other 96 percent.’’; 
Whereas the mission of the National Engineers Week Foun-
dation is to sustain and grow a dynamic engineering pro-
fession through outreach, education, celebration, and vol-
unteerism as needed to replace the increasing number of 
the approximately 2,000,000 engineers in the United 
States that are nearing retirement; 
Whereas National Engineers Week has grown into a formal 
coalition of more than 100 professional societies, major 
corporations, and government agencies that are dedicated 
to ensuring a diverse and well-educated engineering work-
force, promoting literacy in science, technology, engineer-
ing, and math, and raising public awareness and appre-
ciation of the contributions of engineers to society; 
Whereas National Engineers Week is celebrated during the 
week of George Washington’s birthday to honor the con-
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tributions that our first President, a military engineer 
and land surveyor, made to engineering; and 
Whereas, February 20, 2011, to February 26, 2011, has been 
designated as National Engineers Week by the National 
Engineers Week Foundation and the theme is ‘‘Engineers 
Make A World of Difference: A Celebration of Engineer 
Volunteerism’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of National 
Engineers Week to increase understanding of and 
interest in engineering and technology careers and to 
promote technological literacy and engineering edu-
cation; and 
(2) continues to work with the engineering com-
munity to ensure that the creativity and contribu-
tions made by engineers can be expressed through 
research, development, standardization, and innova-
tion. 
Æ 
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