[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 162 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S13811]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 335--HONORING MEMBERS OF THE RADIATION PROTECTION 
 PROFESSION BY DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6 THROUGH NOVEMBER 12, 
     2005, AS ``NATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION PROFESSIONALS WEEK.''

  Mr. DOMENICI submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 335

       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
       Resolved, 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;
       (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.

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