A resolution designating March 11, 2013, as "World Plumbing Day".

Bill: 113-sres-73
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-03-07
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1274; text as passed Senate: CR S1273)

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Designates March 11, 2013, as World Plumbing Day.</p>

action_date: 2013-03-07
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Designates March 11, 2013, as World Plumbing Day.</p>

tv_txt: III 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 73 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 7, 2013 Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Hatch , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Boozman , and Mrs. Murray ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Designating March 11, 2013, as World Plumbing Day .

Whereas the plumbing industry plays an important role in safeguarding the public health of the people of the United States and the world; Whereas 884,000,000 people around the world do not have access to safe drinking water; Whereas 2,600,000,000 people around the world live without adequate sanitation facilities; Whereas lack of sanitation is the leading cause of infection in the world; Whereas, in the developing world, 24,000 children under the age of 5 die every day from preventable causes, such as diarrhea contracted from unclean water; Whereas safe and efficient plumbing saves money and reduces future water supply costs and infrastructure costs; Whereas the installation of modern plumbing systems must be accomplished in a specific and safe manner by trained professionals to prevent widespread disease, which can be crippling and deadly to a community; Whereas the people of the United States rely on plumbing professionals to maintain, repair, and rebuild the aging water infrastructure of the United States; Whereas Congress and plumbing professionals across the United States and the world are committed to safeguarding public health; and Whereas the founding organization of World Plumbing Day, the World Plumbing Council, is currently chaired by GP Russ Chaney, a United States citizen: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate designates March 11, 2013, as World Plumbing Day .