IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 853 
Calling upon the people of the United States to recognize International 
Chart Day on April 26, 2018, in celebration of charts and infographics 
of all types. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2018 
Mr. TAKANO submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Calling upon the people of the United States to recognize 
International Chart Day on April 26, 2018, in celebra-
tion of charts and infographics of all types. 
Whereas charts have been around for hundreds of years as 
a tool to translate complex information; 
Whereas charts and infographics give users the ability to pro-
vide information through a variety of means, such as line 
graphs, bar graphs, data maps, Venn diagrams, scatter-
plots, pie charts, and histograms; 
Whereas charts, when properly employed, appeal to the 
brain’s ability to process perceptual features and unearth 
patterns and trends that large amounts of data often 
hide; 
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Whereas celebrated Western innovators have embraced the 
power of charts and statistics to advance and improve so-
cial and cultural conditions, including nurse and statisti-
cian Florence Nightingale, economist and pie chart inven-
tor William Playfair, epidemiologist Dr. John Snow, who 
used maps to solve the riddle of the 1854 Broad Street 
cholera outbreak, and American scholar Edward Tufte; 
Whereas a chart with a complete set of data is an effective 
tool for dispelling common misconceptions; 
Whereas a public that is able to effectively assess quantitative 
information will be less susceptible to misinformation 
campaigns; 
Whereas a properly sourced and labeled chart allows con-
sumers to validate the data for themselves, and poten-
tially extrapolate more information as they adjust the 
data boundaries; 
Whereas in almost every profession, from teaching to engi-
neering to plumbing to healing, charts are used to share 
information quickly and efficiently; 
Whereas roughly 6,500 languages are spoken in the world, 
and visual forms of information can interpret knowledge 
with minimal use of a common language; and 
Whereas Congress has effectively used charts on the floor of 
the House of Representatives and Senate to support posi-
tions on policy: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the efforts to celebrate charts and 
infographics; 
(2) encourages the public to use charts to be-
come smarter consumers of information; 
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(3) recognizes the hard work of the infographic- 
creating community to provide the public with alter-
native means of absorbing knowledge, news, and in-
formation; and 
(4) calls upon the people of the United States 
to recognize ‘‘International Chart Day’’. 
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