IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 808 
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Metropolitan Washington 
Council of Governments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2007 
Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. WOLF, 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WYNN, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 
ACKERMAN, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. ENGLISH 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. KANJORSKI, 
Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. 
CLAY, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Ms. JACKSON-LEE 
of Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. CLARKE, 
Ms. LEE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. HARE, Mr. ABER-
CROMBIE, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. WELCH of Vermont, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. ESHOO, Mrs. LOWEY, 
Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. INS-
LEE, Mr. BOREN, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. OBEY, Mr. 
OLVER, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. PETRI, Mr. UPTON, Mr. DENT, Mr. WELLER 
of Illinois, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. 
KUHL of New York, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. CAMP of Michigan, 
Mr. SHAYS, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. 
GERLACH, Mr. PORTER, and Mrs. EMERSON) submitted the following res-
olution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Metropolitan 
Washington Council of Governments. 
Whereas, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Govern-
ments is an independent, nonprofit organization, founded 
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in 1957, and comprised of elected officials from 21 local 
governments of the District of Columbia, suburban Mary-
land, and Northern Virginia, plus area members of the 
Maryland and Virginia legislatures, the U.S. Senate, and 
the U.S. House of Representatives; 
Whereas in April 1957 forty officials from Washington area 
jurisdictions voluntarily gathered to establish an organi-
zation where they could exchange ideas and work to-
gether on regional issues such as transportation, the envi-
ronment, and public safety; this organization became the 
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments; 
Whereas during the past half century COG’s activities have 
touched every aspect of the life of the citizens of the Na-
tional Capital Region and have improved the quality of 
life for all residents; 
Whereas COG has facilitated the development of effective re-
sponses to such issues as the environment, affordable 
housing, economic development, human services, land use 
development, public safety and emergency response, and 
transportation that have had a profound and positive im-
pact on the National Capital Region; 
Whereas these responses include galvanizing the region’s re-
sponse to the September 11th attacks and the ongoing 
emergency preparedness programs, cleaning up of the Po-
tomac River, spearheading a number of regional health 
programs including one of the nation’s first regional con-
ferences on AIDS, creating the region’s express bus lane 
system, reducing air pollution through a model law and 
establishing the region’s daily air quality index, and 
founding the Foster and Adoptive Families program for 
vulnerable children and teenagers; 
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