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 89 STAT. 478

PUBLIC LAW 94-96—SEPT. 18, 1975

Public Law 94-96 94th Congress Joint Resolution Sept. 18, 1975 [SJ. Res. 34]

National Hunting and Fishing Day. Designation authorization.

Asking the President of the United States to declare the fourth Saturday of September 1975 as "National Hunting and Fishing Day".

Whereas in the congestion and the complexities, the tensions and frustrations of today's life, the need for outdoor recreation—the opportunity to "get away from it all"—has become of crucial importan(?e; and Whereas there are few pursuits providing a better chance for healthy exercise, peaceful solitude, and appreciation of the great outdoors than hunting and fishing; and Whereas this is evident in the fact that more than fifteen million hunting licenses and twenty-four million fishing licenses were issued in 1970; and Whereas this income provides a rich source of funds for fish and wildlife conservation and management and for the salvation, preservation, and propagation of vanishing species; and Whereas hunters and anglere traditionally have led in the effort to preserve our natural resources; and Whereas outdoor sportsmen also have led in the promotion of proper respect for private as well as public property, of courtesy in the field and forest, and in boating and firearm safetj^ programs; and Whereas there is no present national recognition of the many and worthwhile contributions of the American hunter and angler: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States declare the fourth Saturday of September 1975, as "National Hunting and Fishing Day" to provide that deserved national recognition, to recognize the esthetic, health, and recreational virtues of hunting and fishing, to dramatize the continued need for gun and boat safety, and to rededicate ourselves to the conservation and respectful use of our wildlife and natural resources. Approved September 18, 1975.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-457 accompanying HJ. Res. 209 (Comm. on Post Office and Civil Service). SENATE REPORT No. 94-109 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol 121 (1975): May 8, considered and passed Senate. Sept. 9, considered and passed House, in lieu of HJ. Res. 209.

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