,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ejg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ag1
 #bjad ,mr4 ,king 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,collins1 and ,mr4 ,schumer7 submitted  
the following resolution2 which was     
considered and agreed to  ,,resolution  
,designating ,august #g1 #bjad1 as      
,national ,lighthouse and ,lighthouse   
,preservation ,day4  ,whereas ,august   
#g1 #bjad1 marks the #bbeth anniversary 
of the signing by ,president ,george    
,washington of the ,act entitled ,an    
,act for the establishment and support  
of lighthouses1 beacons1 buoys1 and     
public piers1 approved ,august #g1 #aghi
 7commonly known as the ,lighthouse ,act
 of #aghi7 7#a ,stat4 #ec1 chapter #i72 
,whereas in #aghi1 the ninth ,act of the
 first ,congress1 established a ,federal
 role in the support1 maintenance1 and  
repair of all lighthouses1 beacon buoys1
 and public piers necessary for safe    
navigation1 commissioned the first      
,federal lighthouse1 and represented the

 first public works act in the young    
,united ,states2 ,whereas the           
establishment of the ,united ,states    
system of navigational aids set the     
,united ,states on a path to the        
forefront of international maritime     
prominence and established lighthouses  
that played an integral role in the rich
 maritime history of the ,united        
,states1 as that history spread from the
 ,atlantic coast through the ,great     
,lakes and the ,gulf coast and ,pacific 
,states2 ,whereas those iconic          
structures1 standing at the margins of  
land and water1 sometimes for as long as
 #b centuries1 have symbolized safety1  
security1 heroism1 duty1 and            
faithfulness2 ,whereas architects1      
designers1 engineers1 builders1 and     
keepers devoted1 and in some cases      
jeopardized1 their lives for the safety 
of others during centuries of light     
tending by the ,united ,states          
,lighthouse ,service and the ,united    
,states ,coast ,guard2 ,whereas the     

automation of the light system exposed  
the historic lighthouse towers to the   
ravages of time and vandalism and yet1  
at the same time1 opened an opportunity 
for citizen involvement in efforts to   
save and restore those beacons that mark
 the evolving maritime history of the   
,united ,states and its coastal         
communities2 ,whereas the national      
lighthouse preservation movement has    
gained momentum over the past half      
century and is making major             
contributions to the preservation of    
maritime history and heritage and1      
through the development and enhancement 
of cultural tourism1 to the economies of
 coastal communities in the ,united     
,states2 ,whereas the ,national         
,historic ,lighthouse ,preservation ,act
 of #bjjj 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #dgjw-#g et    
seq471 enacted on ,october #bd1 #bjjj1  
with the aid of the lighthouse          
preservation community1 provides an     
effective process administered by the   
,general ,services ,administration and  

the ,national ,park ,service for        
transferring lighthouses to the best    
possible stewardship groups2 ,whereas   
#bjad is the #bjjth anniversary of the  
,august #bd1 #ahad1 rescue of the       
original copies of the ,declaration of  
,independence1 the ,articles of         
,confederation1 the ,united ,states     
,constitution1 and many irreplaceable   
original government documents and books 
from destruction when the ,british      
burned ,washington1 ,d4,c4 during the   
,war of #ahab by ,stephen ,pleasonton1  
who later served as ,general            
,superintendent of ,lighthouses for #cb 
years2 ,whereas #bjad is also the #geth 
anniversary of when ,congress dissolved 
the ,united ,states ,lighthouse ,service
 and turned all of its duties over to   
the ,united ,states ,coast ,guard2      
,whereas although the ,united ,states   
,coast ,guard was created in #aiae with 
the merger of the ,united ,states ,life 
,saving ,service and the ,united ,states
 ,revenue ,marine ,service1 the ,united 

,states ,coast ,guard uses the ,united  
,states ,revenue ,marine founding date  
of #agij as its anniversary year1 and   
thus1 ,august #g1 #bjad1 is also the    
#bbeth anniversary of the ,united       
,states ,coast ,guard2 ,whereas #bjad   
also marks the #bejth anniversary of the
 ,sandy ,hook ,lighthouse in ,new       
,jersey1 the oldest standing lighthouse 
tower in the ,united ,states1 which was 
built before the ,united ,states was a  
country and was still part of the       
,british colonies2 ,whereas for the past
 several decades1 regional and national 
groups have formed within the lighthouse
 preservation community to promote      
lighthouse heritage through research1   
education1 tourism1 and publications2   
,whereas despite progress1 many         
lighthouses in the ,united ,states      
remain threatened by erosion1 neglect1  
vandalism1 and deterioration by the     
elements2 and ,whereas the many         
completed1 ongoing1 or planned private  
and public efforts to preserve          

lighthouses demonstrate the public      
support for those historic structures3  
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the       
,senate--  7#a7 designates ,august #g1  
#bjad1 as ,national ,lighthouse and     
,lighthouse ,preservation ,day2  7#b7   
encourages lighthouse grounds to be     
opened to the general public to the     
extent feasible2 and  7#c7 encourages   
the people of the ,united ,states to    
observe ,national ,lighthouse and       
,lighthouse ,preservation ,day with     
appropriate ceremonies and activities4