[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 586 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 586

  Designating the week of May 17 through May 23, 2020, as ``National 
                          Public Works Week''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 19, 2020

  Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Ms. Harris, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Carper, Mrs. 
   Capito, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
Cramer, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Hassan, Mr. King, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Shaheen, 
 Mrs. Fischer, and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted the following resolution; 
                   which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Designating the week of May 17 through May 23, 2020, as ``National 
                          Public Works Week''.

Whereas public works infrastructure, facilities, and services are of vital 
        importance to the health, safety, and well-being of the people of the 
        United States;
Whereas public works infrastructure, facilities, and services could not be 
        provided without the dedicated efforts of public works professionals, 
        including engineers and administrators, who represent State and local 
        governments throughout the United States;
Whereas public works professionals design, build, operate, and maintain the 
        transportation systems, water infrastructure, sewage and refuse disposal 
        systems, public buildings, sanitation and waste management systems, and 
        other structures and facilities that are vital to the people and 
        communities of the United States;
Whereas, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, public works professionals have 
        continued to provide essential services, placing themselves at increased 
        risk of infection; and
Whereas understanding the role that public infrastructure plays in protecting 
        the environment, improving public health and safety, contributing to 
        economic vitality, and enhancing the quality of life of every community 
        of the United States is in the interest of the people of the United 
        States: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates the week of May 17 through May 23, 2020, as 
        ``National Public Works Week'';
            (2) recognizes and celebrates the important contributions 
        that public works professionals make every day to improve--
                    (A) the public infrastructure of the United States; 
                and
                    (B) the communities that public works professionals 
                serve; and
            (3) urges individuals and communities throughout the United 
        States to join with representatives of the Federal Government 
        and the American Public Works Association in activities and 
        ceremonies that are designed--
                    (A) to pay tribute to the public works 
                professionals of the United States; and
                    (B) to recognize the substantial contributions that 
                public works professionals make to the United States.
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