Public Law 92–564

JOINT RESOLUTION

To authorize the preparation of a history of public works in the United States.

Whereas the President of the United States and bicentennial organizations have encouraged associations and other groups to undertake meaningful activities to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of our independence; and

Whereas the American Public Works Association is a nonprofit, public service organization comprised of top-ranking officials engaged in various phases of the broad field of public works at the local, State, and Federal levels of government and this highly respected non-partisan organization has a long history of fostering the improvement of public works practices and the enhancement of public support for needed community facilities and services as exemplified by its sponsorship and support of the Graduate Center for Public Works Engineering and Administration of the University of Pitts-burgh, the annual observance of National Public Works Week, which is designed to increase the citizen’s understanding of public works, inspire excellence and loyal dedicated public service, and encourage and assist talented young persons to prepare for careers in public works, and other important programs; and

Whereas the board of directors, house of delegates, and advisory council of the American Public Works Association at a special ceremonial meeting held at Congress Hall in Philadelphia on Saturday, September 11, 1971, unanimously adopted a bicentennial resolution calling for the association to undertake as its official bicentennial project the preparation and publication of the “History of Public Works in the United States From 1776 to 1976”. so that future generations may benefit from a comprehensive review of public works in per-spective—the project to be conducted over the next five years from the association’s Washington office, located appropriately at 1776 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest; and

Whereas there is a need for such a publication as the development of public works is of vital importance to the growth and development of the United States and the quality of life of its citizens; and

Whereas the American Public Works Association intends to draw on the resources of other interested and responsible groups in carrying out this important project; and

Whereas it is to be conducted by a competent staff with an editorial review hoard to assure its accuracy and appropriateness, on a non-profit basis, resulting in no monetary benefit to the American Public Works Association or to any individual, but undertaken strictly as a public service to develop a meaningful and accurate history which would be available to the young people of our country, educational institutions, and others: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Approved October 25, 1972.