[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 458 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 458

Congratulating the National Library of Medicine on the occasion of its 
                           50th anniversary.


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                    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

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                         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 National Library of Medicine (NLM);
Whereas the National Library of Medicine, through its extramural programs of 
        grant assistance, has helped to expand and improve the Nation's medical 
        library and health communications resources, technology, and manpower 
        for service to the health community;
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 further 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 research 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 consumers everywhere to support information 
        access and high-quality health care;
Whereas the National Library of Medicine, through its proactive program in 
        emergency preparedness and response, 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 leadership 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 preservation for future 
        generations: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That the Congress--
            (1) congratulates the National Library of Medicine 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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