,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ahj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjac   
,ms4 ,slaughter 7for herself1 ,mr4      
,burgess1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 and ,ms4    
,speier7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce     
,,resolution  ,recognizing the          
sequencing of the human genome as one of
 the most significant scientific        
accomplishments of the past #ajj years  
and expressing support for the          
designation of ,april #be1 #bjac1 as    
,,dna ,day4  ,whereas ,april #be1 #bjac1
 is the #fjth anniversary of the        
publication of the description of the   
double-helical structure of             
deoxyribonucleic acid 7,,dna7 in the    
scientific journal ,nature by ,james ,d4
 ,watson and ,francis ,h4,c4 ,crick1    
which is considered by many to be one of
 the most significant scientific        
discoveries of the #bjth century2       
,whereas their discovery launched a     

field of inquiry that explained how     
,,dna encoded biological information and
 how this information is duplicated and 
passed from generation to generation1   
forming the stream of life that connects
 us all to our ancestors and to our     
descendants2 ,whereas this field of     
inquiry in turn was crucial to the      
founding and continued growth of the    
field of biotechnology and of genomics1 
which have led to historic scientific   
advances for the world1 advances in     
which the people of the ,united ,states 
have played a leading role and from     
which they have realized significant    
benefits2 ,whereas from #aiij to #bjjc1 
genomic research centers in the ,united 
,states and around the world worked     
together on the ,human ,genome ,project1
 which elucidated the sequence of the   
human genome1 the genetic blueprint of  
the human body1 and made that data      
available publicly2 ,whereas ,april #ad1
 #bjac1 marked the #ajth anniversary of 
the ,human ,genome ,project's           

completion2 ,whereas the sequencing of  
the human genome has already fostered   
research discoveries that have led to   
advances in medicine1 and as genome     
sequencing becomes faster and less      
expensive1 will enable researchers to   
further improve human health and medical
 care2 ,whereas the cost and time needed
 to sequence a human genome has         
decreased rapidly1 from #a1jjj1jjj1jjj  
and #f to #h years during the ,human    
,genome ,project to less than #e1jjj and
 #b to #c days in #bjac2 ,whereas in    
#aiij1 when the ,human ,genome ,project 
began1 there were only #d ,,fda-approved
 drugs with pharmacogenomic information 
on their labels1 and then by #bjac1 this
 number had increased to over #ajj2     
,whereas a study conducted by the       
,battelle ,institute found that for     
every dollar of ,united ,states ,federal
 investment in the ,human ,genome       
,project1 there was #ada in economic    
activity generated in return2 ,whereas  
the ,national ,human ,genome ,research  

,institute of the ,national ,institutes 
of ,health has provided an exemplary    
model for social responsibility in      
scientific research1 by devoting        
significant resources and leadership to 
studying the ethical1 legal1 and social 
implications of genomics research2      
,whereas genomic medicine will be       
enhanced by increasing the public's     
awareness and understanding of genomics2
 and ,whereas ,april #be1 #bjac1 is an  
appropriate day to designate as ,,dna   
,day in celebration of the #fjth        
anniversary of the publication          
describing the structure of ,,dna on    
,april #be1 #aiec3 ,now1 therefore1 be  
it  ,that the ,house of                 
,representatives--  7#a7 recognizes the 
sequencing of the human genome as one of
 the most significant scientific        
accomplishments of the past #ajj years2 
7#b7 honors the #fjth anniversary of the
 outstanding accomplishment of          
describing the structure of ,,dna and   
the #ajth anniversary of completing the 

,human ,genome ,project2  7#c7 supports 
the designation of ,,dna ,day2 and  7#d7
 encourages schools1 museums1 cultural  
organizations1 and other educational    
institutions in the ,united ,states to  
recognize ,,dna ,day with appropriate   
programs and activities centered on     
human genomics4