[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 30 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.Con.Res.30
                                         Agreed to July 21, 2009        

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a Bureau of Labor'', 
  approved on June 27, 1884 (23 Stat. 60), established a bureau to 
  ``collect information upon the subject of labor, its relation to 
  capital, the hours of labor, and the earnings of laboring men and 
  women, and the means of promoting their material, social, 
  intellectual, and moral prosperity'';

Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal factfinding 
  agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor 
  economics and statistics, and in that role it collects, processes, 
  analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the public, 
  Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, 
  business, and labor;

Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics has completed 125 years of 
  service to government, business, labor, and the public by producing 
  indispensable data and special studies on prices, employment and 
  unemployment, productivity, wages and other compensation, economic 
  growth, industrial relations, occupational safety and health, the use 
  of time by the people of the United States, and the economic 
  conditions of States and metropolitan areas;

Whereas many public programs and private transactions are dependent 
  today on the quality of such statistics of the Bureau of Labor 
  Statistics as the unemployment rate and the Consumer Price Index, 
  which play essential roles in the allocation of Federal funds and the 
  adjustment of pensions, welfare payments, private contracts, and 
  other payments to offset the impact of inflation;

Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics pursues these responsibilities 
  with absolute integrity and is known for being unfailingly responsive 
  to the need for new types of information and indexes of change;

Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics has earned an international 
  reputation as a leader in economic and social statistics;

Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Internet website, www.bls.gov, 
  began operating in 1995 and meets the public need for timely and 
  accurate information by providing an ever-expanding body of economic 
  data and analysis available to an ever-growing group of online 
  citizens; and

Whereas the Bureau of Labor Statistics has established the highest 
  standards of professional competence and commitment: Now, therefore, 
  be it

    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress commends the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the occasion 
of its 125th anniversary for the exemplary service its administrators 
and employees provide in collecting and disseminating vital information 
for the United States.
Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.
Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.