[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[S. Con. Res. 30 Referred in House (RFH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 30


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2009

            Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Commending the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the occasion of its 125th 
                              anniversary.

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.

            Passed the Senate June 23, 2009.

            Attest:

                                                NANCY ERICKSON,

                                                             Secretary.