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THIRD READING
Bill No: SR 27
Author: Cannella (R)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: Majority
SUBJECT : National Engineers Week
SOURCE : American Council of Engineering Companies -
California
DIGEST : This resolution recognizes the week of February 17,
2014, to
February 23, 2014, inclusive, as National Engineers Week and
acknowledges the services bestowed upon the citizens of
California by engineers.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Engineers have helped meet the major technological challenges
of our time, from rebuilding damaged infrastructure after
natural disasters, to designing an information superhighway
that will speed our country into the future.
2.Engineers are a crucial link in transforming scientific
discoveries into useful products, such as the creation of
lifesaving biomechanics to help us live longer.
3.Engineers plan, design, and direct the manufacture or
construction of nearly everything with which we interact on a
daily basis, from computer microchips to highways, roads, and
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bridges, residential and commercial buildings, to automobiles
and airplanes.
4.Engineers are needed today and in the near future to design
and develop crucial infrastructure, including, but not limited
to, levees and waterways, roads and bridges, and universities
and schools.
5.In 2010, the report entitled "Rising Above the Gathering
Storm, Revisited," highlighted STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Mathematics) education as a cornerstone to
improving America's global prosperity through innovation. The
report documented that fewer young people are choosing the
fields of science and engineering at a critical time when an
aging workforce is on the verge of retiring.
6.National Engineers Week provides professional engineers,
community groups, teachers, parents, and students with the
opportunity to interact with and learn about the many facets
of the engineering profession through special educational
programs.
7.National Engineers Week aims to increase the understanding of
and interest in engineering and technology careers, and it
also aims to promote literacy in mathematics and science.
8.National Engineers Week is celebrated during the week of
George Washington's birthday to honor the contributions that
our first President of the United States, a military engineer
and land surveyor, made to engineering.
This resolution recognizes the week of February 17, 2014, to
February 23, 2014, inclusive, as National Engineers Week and
acknowledges the services bestowed upon the citizens of
California by engineers.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 2/11/14)
American Council of Engineering Companies - California (source)
MW:de 2/13/14 Senate Floor Analyses
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SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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