,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #fef  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bb1
 #bjbj,ms4 ,stabenow 7for herself1 ,mrs4
 ,murray1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,perdue1 
,mr4 ,king1 ,ms4 ,collins1 and ,mrs4    
,loeffler7 submitted the following      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,july #cj1
 #bjbj;,committee discharged2 considered
 and agreed to  ,,resolution            
,recognizing the importance of the      
blueberry industry to the ,united       
,states and designating ,july #bjbj as  
,national ,blueberry ,month4  ,whereas  
the blueberry is a fruit native to      
,north ,america2 ,whereas blueberries   
were first-- 7#a7 managed and harvested 
as wild blueberries by the native       
,wabanaki through specialized burning   
practices that are still used in #bjbj2 
and  7#b7 used fresh and dried in food  
and medicines by ,native ,americans1 who
 introduced blueberries to early        
colonists1 which led to new uses and    

forms of blueberries1 including frozen1 
establishing traditions still observed  
in #bjbj2 ,whereas the pioneering work  
conducted in ,new ,jersey in the early  
#aijjs by ,elizabeth ,white and ,dr4    
,frederick ,coville1 a botanist at the  
,department of ,agriculture1 to         
domesticate wild lowbush blueberries    
resulted in the development of the      
hybrid for cultivated highbush          
blueberries2 ,whereas1 because of those 
early efforts1 highbush blueberries are 
large1 sweet1 juicy berries that can be 
commercially produced and shipped2      
,whereas wild blueberries-- 7#a7 are    
small and sweet2 and  7#b7 are not      
planted1 but still grow and are         
harvested where they have naturally     
occurred for thousands of years2        
,whereas the blueberry industry in the  
,united ,states1 including both highbush
 and wild blueberries1 is an important  
agricultural industry with an annual    
economic impact of #d1gjj1jjj1jjj2      
,whereas highbush and wild blueberries--

 7#a7 have a total harvested area       
estimated at more than #adj1jjj acres2  
and  7#b7 are produced in #dh ,states by
 more than #ae1jjj growers and their    
families2 ,whereas highbush and wild    
blueberry production in the ,united     
,states has continually increased1 with 
particular growth during the first #b   
decades of the #bast century1 reaching a
 total harvest of #gjj1jjj1jjj pounds in
 #bjai2 ,whereas blueberries are-- 7#a7 
low in fat2 and  7#b7 a source of fiber1
 vitamins1 and minerals2 ,whereas       
blueberries are being studied to examine
 the role that the berries may play in  
promoting good health in areas such as  
cardiovascular health1 brain health1    
exercise1 insulin response1 and gut     
health2 and ,whereas blueberries are    
harvested in the ,united ,states from   
,march through early ,september1 with   
the peak of the harvest occurring in    
,july3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the 
,senate-- 7#a7 designates ,july #bjbj as
 ,national ,blueberry ,month2  7#b7     

recognizes the contributions of         
blueberry growers in the ,united ,states
 and their families2 and  7#c7          
recognizes that purchasing blueberries  
grown in the ,united ,states supports   
farmers1 jobs1 and the economy of the   
,united ,states4