IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 552 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2012 
Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. MANZULLO, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 
REYES, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, 
Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 
ROHRABACHER, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. HONDA, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 
MCCAUL, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
CARNAHAN, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 
MCKINLEY, and Ms. HIRONO) 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. 
Whereas engineers employ their scientific knowledge and ana-
lytical skills for the betterment of the United States; 
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 keep the United States a global 
leader in engineering and engineering education; 
Whereas the sponsors of National Engineers Week are work-
ing together to transform the engineering workforce 
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through greater inclusion of women and underrepresented 
minorities; 
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 
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 National Science Board’s ‘‘Science and Engi-
neering Indicators 2012’’ shows that the number of stu-
dents obtaining engineering degrees in the United States 
has reached an all-time high, but the total number and 
rate of growth in engineering degrees trails that of 
China; 
Whereas a 2012 survey by the Intel Corporation indicates 
that United States teenagers are more likely to consider 
a degree in engineering after learning about what engi-
neers do; 
Whereas the 2010 National Academies report entitled ‘‘Ris-
ing Above The Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Ap-
proaching Category 5’’ emphasizes that a primary driver 
of the future economy and the creation of jobs will be in-
novations derived from advances in science and engineer-
ing, and states that ‘‘while only four percent of the na-
tion’s work force is composed of scientists and engineers, 
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this group disproportionately creates jobs for the other 
96 percent.’’; 
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-
tributions that our first President, a military engineer 
and land surveyor, made to engineering; and 
Whereas February 19, 2012, to February 25, 2012, has been 
designated as National Engineers Week by the National 
Engineers Week Foundation and the theme is ‘‘7 Billion 
People, 7 Billion Dreams, 7 Billion Chances for engineers 
to turn dreams into reality’’: 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 
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research, development, standardization, and innova-
tion. 
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