[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 125, 112th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 8672 of May 9, 2011

National Building Safety Month, 2011
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Building safety is a critical component of our homeland security, our
personal and public safety, the protection of property, and our economic
well-being. While disasters have had devastating and heartbreaking
effects in our country and around the world, modern building safety
standards and fire prevention codes help us withstand, mitigate,

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and rapidly recover from hurricanes, winter storms, tornadoes,
earthquakes, and floods.
It is our collective responsibility as a Nation--nonprofit organizations
and the public and private sectors--to implement effective standards and
codes that sustain safe and resilient structures. We need innovation and
partnerships at all levels of society to develop transformative
breakthroughs in building materials and construction techniques that
strengthen the integrity of our homes, workplaces, and commercial
facilities.
Building safety and fire prevention officials, architects, engineers,
design professionals, builders, and others in the construction industry
work every day to ensure the sound construction of buildings and the
safety of our citizens. Their efforts to construct or retrofit buildings
that utilize state-of-the-art safety, energy efficiency, and fire
prevention standards are important to our national resilience and our
ability to compete in the 21st-century economy.
As a resilient Nation, we must continue to do everything in our power to
enhance our ability to withstand and rapidly recover from natural and
manmade disasters, disruptions, and emergencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2011 as National
Building Safety Month. I encourage citizens, government agencies,
private businesses, nonprofit organizations, and other interested groups
to join in activities that will increase awareness of building safety,
and I further urge Americans to learn more about how they can contribute
to building safety at home and in their communities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of May,
in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.
BARACK OBAMA