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 97 STAT. 1300 PUBLIC LAW 98-182—NOV. 30, 1983 Public Law 98-182 98th Congress Joint Resolution ^ Nov. 30, 1983 TQ authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning on [S.J. Res. 44] March 11, 1984, as "National Surveyors Week". Whereas the Congress of the United States recognizes the valuable contributions of the surveying profession to history, development, and quality of life in the United States of America; Whereas the surveying profession requires special education, train- ing, experience, and knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and requirements of law for adequate evidence; and Whereas, since the early days of our Nation when many of our forefathers, including our first and third Presidents, were survey- ors, the profession of surveying has continued to be uniquely qualified to determine and describe land and water boundaries for the management of our natural resources and the protection of private property rights: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United National States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is Surveyors Week, hereby authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designat- ing the week beginning on March 11, 1984, as "National Surveyors Week" and to urge the people of the United States to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities paying tribute to professional surveyors and their contribution to society. Approved November 30, 1983. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 44: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): Mar. 18, considered and passed Senate. Nov. 17, considered and passed House.

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