Volume 80
Public Law 89–449
To designate the period beginning June 13, 1966, and ending June 19, 1966, as “Gas Industry Week”.
Approved June 15, 1966
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
To designate the period beginning June 13, 1966, and ending June 19, 1966, as “Gas Industry Week”.
Whereas the first gas company in the United States was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 13, 1816; and
Whereas June 13, 1966, marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the gas industry in this Nation; and
Whereas the gas industry is the sixth largest industry in the United States, with thirty-six million six hundred thousand customers served by one thousand four hundred and forty utility companies throughout the fifty States of the Union and other areas of our Nation: and
Whereas the gas industry is making a major contribution to the health and well-being of millions of Americans: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the period beginning
Gas Industry Week.
Designation.
June 13, 1966, and ending June 19, 1966, is hereby designated as “Gas Industry Week”. The President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation inviting the governments of States and communities and the people of the United States to join in the observance of such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Approved June 15, 1966.