[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 119, 109th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

119 STAT. 3628

 
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERS--125TH ANNIVERSARY
NOTE: Mar. 2, 2005 -  [S.Con.Res.13]
Whereas in 2005, ASME, incorporated in 1880 as the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, celebrates its 125th anniversary as one of the
premier professional organizations focused on technical,
educational, and research issues of the engineering community;
Whereas ASME plays a key role in protecting the welfare and safety of
the public through the development and promulgation of over 600
codes and standards, including codes governing the manufacture of
boilers, pressure vessels, elevators, escalators, petroleum and
hazardous liquid pipelines, cranes, forklifts, power tools, screw
threads and fasteners, and many other products routinely used by
industry and people in the United States and around the world;
Whereas ASME, through its 120,000 members, works diligently to ensure
the provision of quality science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics education for young people as a way to foster and
encourage the advancement of technology;
Whereas industrial pioneers and ASME members such as Thomas Edison,
Henry Ford, and George Westinghouse helped to build ASME's
engineering society even as ASME was helping to build the economy of
the United States;
Whereas ASME members help to ensure the development and operation of
quality and technologically advanced transportation systems,
including automobile, rail, and air travel;
Whereas ASME members contribute to research and development that
identifies emerging and future technical needs in evolving and
multidisciplinary areas;
Whereas ASME continues to provide quality continuing education programs
designed to keep engineers at the cutting edge of technology; and
Whereas in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the United States
of September 11, 2001, ASME members have intensified efforts to
develop technologies for homeland security and the protection of the
critical assets of this Nation: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),
That the Congress--
(1) congratulates ASME on its 125th anniversary;
(2) recognizes and celebrates the achievements of all ASME
members;
(3) expresses the gratitude of the people of the United
States for ASME's contributions to the health, safety, and
economic well-being of the citizenry; and
(4) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an
enrolled copy of this resolution to the president of ASME.

Agreed to March 2, 2005.