IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 458 
Congratulating the National Library of Medicine on the occasion of its 50th 
anniversary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2006 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the National Library of Medicine on the 
occasion of its 50th anniversary. 
Whereas the Congress, recognizing the integral role of the 
Armed Forces Medical Library to support medical and 
health-related sciences research, education, and health 
care, passed the National Library of Medicine Act in 
1956 that placed the Armed Forces Medical Library 
under the Public Health Service and renamed it the Na-
tional Library of Medicine (NLM); 
Whereas the National Library of Medicine, through its extra-
mural programs of grant assistance, has helped to ex-
pand and improve the Nation’s medical library and 
health communications resources, technology, and man-
power for service to the health community; 
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Whereas the National Library of Medicine, through its vast 
repository of resources including MEDLINE/PubMed 
Central, 
MEDLINEplus, 
ClinicalTrials.gov, 
NIH 
SeniorHealth, Tox Town, Household Products Database, 
AIDSinfo, and Genetics Home Reference, helps to fur-
ther the Medical Library Association’s mission to foster 
excellence in the professional achievement and leadership 
of health sciences library and information professionals to 
enhance the quality of health care, education, and re-
search throughout the world; 
Whereas the National Library of Medicine, through outreach 
programs such as ‘‘Partners in Information Access’’ and 
‘‘Go Local’’, is providing increasingly valuable tools for 
medical librarians, health professionals, and health con-
sumers everywhere to support information access and 
high-quality health care; 
Whereas the National Library of Medicine, through its 
proactive program in emergency preparedness and re-
sponse, played a key role in supporting the efforts of 
Federal agencies to provide information, health care, and 
disaster relief following Hurricane Katrina; and 
Whereas the National Library of Medicine, through its lead-
ership and support of the Policy on Enhancing Public 
Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH- 
Funded Research, is improving access to the published 
results of NIH-funded research and ensuring its preser-
vation for future generations: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress— 
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(1) congratulates the National Library of Medi-
cine on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 
National Library of Medicine Act; and 
(2) commends the Library for its support of 
health sciences librarianship and leadership in the 
field of health sciences information. 
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