III 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 335 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 16, 2005 Mr. Domenici submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Honoring members of the radiation protection profession by designating the week of November 6 through November 12, 2005, as National Radiation Protection Professionals Week.

Whereas the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors has resolved that the week of November 6 through November 12, 2005, should be recognized as National Radiation Protection Professionals Week; Whereas, since the discovery of x rays by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on November 8, 1895, the use of radiation has become a vital tool for the health care, defense, security, energy, and industrial programs of the United States; Whereas members of the radiation protection profession devote their careers to allow government, medicine, academia, and industry to safely use radiation; and Whereas the leadership and technical expertise provided by members of the radiation protection profession has helped safeguard the public from the hazards of the use of radiation while enabling the public to reap its benefits: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1)designates the week of November 6 through November 12, 2005, as National Radiation Protection Professionals Week; (2)encourages all citizens to— (A)recognize the importance of radiation protection professionals; and (B)recognize the valuable resource provided by professional scientific organizations, such as— (i)the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors; (ii)the Health Physics Society; (iii)the Organization of Agreement States; (iv)the American Academy of Health Physics; and (v)the National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists; and (C)the American Association of Physicists in Medicine; and (3)recognizes the tremendous contributions that radiation protection professionals and their organizations have made for the betterment of the United States and the world.