[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 116 (Wednesday, August 1, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S5898]
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    NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM WORKERS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 519, and 
that the Senate proceed to the resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 519) designating October 30, 2012, as 
     a national day of remembrance for nuclear weapons program 
     workers.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be 
agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid 
upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and any statements 
be printed in the Record as if read.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 519) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 519

       Whereas, since World War II, hundreds of thousands of men 
     and women, including uranium miners, millers, and haulers, 
     have served the United States by building nuclear weapons for 
     the defense of the United States;
       Whereas those dedicated workers paid a high price for their 
     service to develop a nuclear weapons program for the benefit 
     of the United States, including by developing disabling or 
     fatal illnesses;
       Whereas the Senate recognized the contribution, service, 
     and sacrifice those patriotic men and women made for the 
     defense of the United States in Senate Resolution 151, 111th 
     Congress, agreed to May 20, 2009; Senate Resolution 653, 
     111th Congress, agreed to September 28, 2010; and Senate 
     Resolution 275, 112th Congress, agreed to September 26, 2011;
       Whereas a national day of remembrance time capsule has been 
     crossing the United States, collecting artifacts and the 
     stories of nuclear weapons program workers relating to the 
     nuclear defense era of the United States, and a remembrance 
     quilt has been constructed to memorialize the contribution of 
     those workers;
       Whereas the stories and artifacts reflected in the time 
     capsule and the remembrance quilt reinforce the importance of 
     recognizing nuclear weapons program workers; and
       Whereas those patriotic men and women deserve to be 
     recognized for the contribution, service, and sacrifice they 
     have made for the defense of the United States: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates October 30, 2012, as a national day of 
     remembrance for the nuclear weapons program workers, 
     including uranium miners, millers, and haulers, of the United 
     States; and
       (2) encourages the people of the United States to support 
     and participate in appropriate ceremonies, programs, and 
     other activities to commemorate October 30, 2012, as a 
     national day of remembrance for past and present workers in 
     the nuclear weapons program of the United States.

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