[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 89 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 89

  Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the American Thoracic Society, 
 celebrating its achievements, and encouraging the society to continue 
its guidance on lung-related health issues to the peoples of the United 
                        States and of the world.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2005

 Mr. Cunningham submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the American Thoracic Society, 
 celebrating its achievements, and encouraging the society to continue 
its guidance on lung-related health issues to the peoples of the United 
                        States and of the world.

Whereas in 1905, Drs. Brown, Dunhan, and King, leaders in the fight in the 
        United States against tuberculosis, created the American Sanatorium 
        Association, an organization dedicated to the improvement of 
        tuberculosis care and treatment at tuberculosis sanatoriums in the 
        United States;
Whereas in 1939, the name of the American Sanatorium Association was changed to 
        the American Trudeau Society, honoring Edward Livingston Trudeau and 
        recognizing the growing scientific interest and the study of lung 
        diseases beyond tuberculosis, and in 1960 the American Trudeau Society 
        became the American Thoracic Society in keeping with the evolution of 
        the medical specialty area from phthisiology to pulmonology; that is, 
        from tuberculosis to the whole range of respiratory disorders;
Whereas in 1917, to fulfill its mission as a scientific society, the American 
        Sanatorium Association began the publication of an academic journal, the 
        American Review of Tuberculosis, a text that carried articles on the 
        classification of the tuberculosis, diagnostic standards, and related 
        topics on the diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of tuberculosis, 
        and in the following years, the journal was renamed the American Review 
        of Respiratory Disease, and finally, the American Journal of Respiratory 
        and Critical Care Medicine;
Whereas in 1989, the American Thoracic Society began the American Journal of 
        Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology to recognize the contribution of 
        basic research to the field of respiratory medicine;
Whereas the American Thoracic Society hosts the largest global scientific 
        meeting dedicated to highlighting and disseminating research findings 
        and clinical advances in the prevention, detection, treatment, and the 
        cure of respiratory diseases;
Whereas the American Thoracic Society continues to meet its clinical and 
        scientific mission through its publication of academic journals and 
        clinical statements on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and the 
        cure of respiratory-related disorders, and through providing continuing 
        medical education in respiratory medicine; and
Whereas the American Thoracic Society has a long tradition of working in 
        collaboration with the Federal Government to improve the respiratory 
        health of all Americans: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the scientific, clinical, and public health 
        achievements of the American Thoracic Society as its members 
        and staff commemorate and celebrate the milestone of its 100th 
        anniversary;
            (2) recognizes the great impact that the American Thoracic 
        Society has had on improving the lung-related health problems 
        of people in the United States and around the world; and
            (3) congratulates the American Thoracic Society for its 
        achievements and trusts that the organization will continue to 
        offer scientific guidance on lung-related health issues to 
        improve the public health of future generations.
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