[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 162 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 162

  Expressing support for designation of March 21, 2017, as ``National 
                        Rosie the Riveter Day''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2017

Mr. Huffman (for himself, Ms. Speier, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. 
 Brownley of California, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New 
    York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Delaney, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. 
   Dingell, Mr. Donovan, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
  Grijalva, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Himes, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. 
Jenkins of West Virginia, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. Jones, Ms. Kaptur, 
 Mr. Knight, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larson of 
 Connecticut, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Lee, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. 
 Lowenthal, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, 
  Mr. Peters, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Shea-
    Porter, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Swalwell of 
  California, Mr. Takano, Ms. Titus, Mr. Thompson of California, Mrs. 
Torres, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Walz, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. 
Yarmuth, and Mr. Farenthold) submitted the following resolution; which 
      was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing support for designation of March 21, 2017, as ``National 
                        Rosie the Riveter Day''.

Whereas ``National Rosie the Riveter Day'' is a collective national effort to 
        raise awareness of the 16 million women working during World War II;
Whereas Americans have chosen to honor female workers who contributed on the 
        home front during World War II;
Whereas these women left their homes to work or volunteer full-time in 
        factories, farms, shipyards, airplane factories, banks, and other 
        institutions in support of the military overseas;
Whereas these women worked with the USO and Red Cross, drove trucks, riveted 
        airplane parts, collected critical materials, rolled bandages, and 
        served on rationing boards;
Whereas it is fitting and proper to recognize and preserve the history and 
        legacy of working women, including volunteer women, during World War II 
        to promote cooperation and fellowship among such women and their 
        descendants;
Whereas these women and their descendants wish to further the advancement of 
        patriotic ideas, excellence in the workplace, and loyalty to the United 
        States of America; and
Whereas March 21, 2017, during Women's History Month, would be an appropriate 
        date to designate as ``National Rosie the Riveter Day'': Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of ``National Rosie the 
        Riveter Day''; and
            (2) acknowledges the important role played by women in 
        World War II.
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