IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 292 
Congratulating the on-premise sign industry for its contributions to the suc-
cess of small businesses on the occasion of its 63rd Annual International 
Sign Expo. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2009 
Mr. KING of Iowa submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Small Business 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the on-premise sign industry for its contribu-
tions to the success of small businesses on the occasion 
of its 63rd Annual International Sign Expo. 
Whereas safe, creative, and effective on-premise signage has 
served as a primary catalyst to successful small busi-
nesses in America since the establishment of the Nation; 
Whereas most of the companies that manufacture on-premise 
signs in the United States are in and of themselves small 
businesses as described by the Small Business Act and 
generate thousands of manufacturing jobs that stimulate 
the economy and support the local, State, and Federal 
tax bases; 
Whereas the on-premise sign industry in turn sustains mil-
lions of additional entities covered under the Small Busi-
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ness Act by providing to retail businesses across the 
country an affordable and effective advertising medium 
through which they can communicate to potential cus-
tomers about goods and services they offer, direct those 
customers to their small business sites, and reinforce the 
memory of existing customers about the locations and the 
nature of these small businesses; 
Whereas the Small Business Act empowers the Small Busi-
ness Administration to take actions to relieve the com-
petitive disadvantages that small businesses face; 
Whereas one such competitive disadvantage for small busi-
nesses is a lack of marketing research and advertising 
budgets to attract and retain customers; 
Whereas the Small Business Administration has recognized 
the value of on-premise signage as a remedy to these 
competitive disadvantages and has taken action to reme-
diate this disadvantage by collaborating with the sign in-
dustry to collect educational information about signs and 
to publish that information on its website that is free of 
charge and easily accessible to all small businesses; 
Whereas thousands of manufacturers, users, and suppliers of 
on-premise signs and sign products will attend the 63rd 
Annual International Sign Expo April 15, 2009, through 
April 18, 2009, making the Expo one of the most signifi-
cant small-business-related events in the country; 
Whereas in 2008 there were nearly 600 companies at the 
Expo displaying nearly 2,000 booths of the most ad-
vanced and innovative small business signage products 
the on-premise sign industry has to offer to nearly 
20,000 people from across the Nation and 97 countries 
across the world; and 
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Whereas this unique convergence of signage innovators, cus-
tomers, and small business owners will create a prime op-
portunity for further educating the public about the crit-
ical role played by the on-premise sign industry to the 
Nation’s small businesses during the current economic 
downturn: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) applauds the U.S. Small Business Adminis-
tration for educating small business owners on the 
benefits of using well-placed, well-designed on- 
premise signs to overcome competitive disadvantages 
in the areas of marketing and advertising; 
(2) congratulates the members of the on- 
premise sign and sign products industry on the occa-
sion of their 63rd Annual International Sign Expo; 
and 
(3) encourages the on-premise sign industry to 
continue events such as the International Sign Expo 
that further educate the small business community 
about the benefits of effective signage, and that 
produce new and greater understanding of how to 
develop safer, more effective, and more affordable 
signage products for small businesses, and to con-
tinue to make every effort to assist the Small Busi-
ness Administration in making this information 
available to the entire small business community so 
as to alleviate its competitive disadvantages in mar-
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