IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 152 
Commending the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the occasion of its 125th 
anniversary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2009 
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, and Mr. 
BRADY of Texas) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Commending the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the occasion 
of its 125th anniversary. 
Whereas the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a Bureau of 
Labor’’, approved on June 27, 1884 (23 Stat. 60), estab-
lished a bureau to ‘‘collect information upon the subject 
of labor, its relation to capital, the hours of labor, and 
the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means 
of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and 
moral prosperity’’; 
Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-
finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad 
field of labor economics and statistics, and in that role 
it collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential 
statistical data to the public, Congress, other Federal 
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•HCON 152 IH 
agencies, State and local governments, business, and 
labor; 
Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics has completed 125 
years of service to Government, business, labor, and the 
public by producing indispensable data and special stud-
ies on prices, employment and unemployment, produc-
tivity, wages and other compensation, economic growth, 
industrial relations, occupational safety and health, the 
use of time by the people of the United States, and the 
economic conditions of States and metropolitan areas; 
Whereas many public programs and private transactions are 
dependent today on the quality of such statistics of the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics as the unemployment rate 
and the Consumer Price Index, which play essential roles 
in the allocation of Federal funds and the adjustment of 
pensions, welfare payments, private contracts, and other 
payments to offset the impact of inflation; 
Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics pursues these re-
sponsibilities with absolute integrity and is known for 
being unfailingly responsive to the need for new types of 
information and indexes of change; 
Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics has earned an inter-
national reputation as a leader in economic and social 
statistics; 
Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Internet website, 
www.bls.gov, began operating in 1995 and meets the pub-
lic need for timely and accurate information by providing 
an ever-expanding body of economic data and analysis 
available to an ever-growing group of online citizens; and 
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•HCON 152 IH 
Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics has established the 
highest standards of professional competence and com-
mitment: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress commends the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics on the occasion of its 125th anniversary 
for the exemplary service its administrators and employees 
provide in collecting and disseminating vital information 
for the United States. 
Æ 
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