PRINTER'S NO. 2844
No. 463 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY NAILOR, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BALDWIN, BARD,
BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BIANCUCCI, BISHOP, BROWNE, BUNT,
CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CAWLEY, CLYMER, CORRIGAN, COY, CRAHALLA,
CREIGHTON, CRUZ, CURRY, DALEY, DALLY, DENLINGER, DERMODY,
DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO,
FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FLICK, FORCIER, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE,
GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GORDNER, GRUCELA, HARHAI,
HARRIS, HASAY, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORSEY,
HUTCHINSON, JAMES, KELLER, KENNEY, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, LAUGHLIN,
LEACH, LEDERER, LEH, LESCOVITZ, LEWIS, MACKERETH, MAJOR,
MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McCALL, McILHATTAN,
R. MILLER, S. MILLER, MUNDY, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE,
PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PISTELLA, READSHAW, REED, REICHLEY,
ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROONEY, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI,
SATHER, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SEMMEL, SHANER, B. SMITH,
SOLOBAY, R. STEVENSON, STURLA, SURRA, TANGRETTI,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRUE, TURZAI, WALKO, WASHINGTON,
WEBER, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND ZUG, OCTOBER 27, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 27, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the American Lung Association on the occasion of its
2 100th anniversary.
3 WHEREAS, More than 454,000 adults and 216,000 children in the
4 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania suffer from asthma, making asthma
5 the leading serious chronic illness among children; and
6 WHEREAS, More than 25 million Americans are currently living
7 with lung disease, the third leading cause of death in the
8 United States; and
9 WHEREAS, The American Lung Association's annual "State of the
1 Air" report showed that half of all Americans live in areas with
2 unhealthy levels of ozone air pollution and awarded no
3 Pennsylvania county an air quality grade greater than a "C,"
4 while the vast majority of Pennsylvania counties received
5 failing grades; and
6 WHEREAS, The American Lung Association, originally
7 established in 1904 as the National Association for the Study
8 and Prevention of Tuberculosis, the nation's oldest voluntary
9 health agency was begun to fight a solitary disease but has
10 changed its mission as reflected by its name change; and
11 WHEREAS, Currently the American Lung Association fights to
12 prevent all lung diseases and promote lung health through
13 research, education, community service and advocacy in the hope
14 of eliminating lung disease; and
15 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has greatly
16 benefited from the association's efforts, including the funding
17 of asthma research projects at Thomas Jefferson University in
18 Philadelphia, implementation of programs like Not On Tobacco and
19 Freedom From Smoking designed to prevent children from smoking
20 and to help smokers quit, and sponsorship of pesticide
21 notification legislation to ensure a more healthy environment;
22 therefore be it
23 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the
24 American Lung Association on the occasion of its 100th
25 anniversary; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
27 the American Lung Association, 61 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York,
28 NY 10006.
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