IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 917 
Congratulating The Optical Society on its 100th anniversary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. DEFAZIO) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating The Optical Society on its 100th anniversary. 
Whereas The Optical Society is the leading global profes-
sional association in optics and photonics, supporting re-
search and collaboration in the science of light; 
Whereas The Optical Society was founded in 1916 in Roch-
ester, New York, as the research catalyst for the science 
of light and has since become the leading voice for ad-
vancing the study and application of optics and 
photonics; 
Whereas today, The Optical Society connects 270,000 sci-
entists, students, engineers, and business leaders around 
the world spanning 177 countries; 
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Whereas over the course of The Optical Society’s 100-year 
history, 34 society members have been awarded the Nobel 
Prize in Physics, Chemistry, or Physiology/Medicine; 
Whereas optics and photonics is the science and application 
of light, serving as the backbone for modern national se-
curity applications, industrial controls, telecommuni-
cations, advanced manufacturing, health care, and con-
sumer and business products; 
Whereas a 2012 National Research Council study, Optics and 
Photonics: Essential Technologies for our Nation, out-
lined the utility of optics and photonics and their role in 
facilitating economic growth, recognizing their extraor-
dinary impact on communications, information processing 
and data storage, defense and national security, energy, 
health and medicine, advanced manufacturing, and stra-
tegic materials; 
Whereas Congress has recognized the importance of optics 
and photonics in the House-passed Fiscal Year 2015 Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4435) and the 
Revitalize American Manufacturing Initiative (Public 
Law 113–235); 
Whereas the United States Government has recognized the 
importance of photonics, its contributions to economic de-
velopment, and the benefits of public-private partner-
ships, by recently announcing a consortium working with 
the Department of Defense that is known as the Amer-
ican Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics 
(AIM Photonics); and 
Whereas 
optics 
and 
photonics 
create 
more 
than 
$3,000,000,000,000 in revenue annually in the United 
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States and support upwards of 7,400,000 jobs: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates The Optical Society on its 
100th year anniversary; 
(2) reaffirms the crucial role optics and 
photonics has played over the last 100 years and 
continues to play in the Nation’s economy and every-
day lives; and 
(3) recognizes the importance of continued in-
vestment in fundamental optics and photonics re-
search. 
Æ 
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