AAAS Resolutions and Statements

• Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods
  20 October 2012
  
  
• Statement Regarding Personal Attacks on Climate Scientists
  28 June 2011
  
  
• Statement Concerning the Virginia Attorney General’s Investigation of Prof. Michael Mann’s Work While on the Faculty of University of Virginia
  18 May 2010
  
  
• Statement On the Human Right to the Benefits of Scientific Progress
  16 April 2010
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Commitment to Scientific Peer Review
  20 October 2009
  
  
• Statement on the Great Ape Protection Act
  25 April 2009
  
  
• Statement Regarding the Importance of the Integrity of Science as Depicted in Film
  18 April 2008
  
  
• Statement Deploring Intimidation of Scientists Who Use Animals in Their Research
  28 November 2007
  
  
• Statement Regarding the President’s Veto of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act and the New Executive Order
  20 June 2007
  
  
• Statement of Opposition to the UK University and College Union Motion for "an International Boycott of all Israeli Academic Institutions"
  6 June 2007
  
  
• Statement on the Crisis in Earth Observation from Space
  28 April 2007
  
  
• Statement on Climate Change
  9 December 2006
  
  
• Call for NATFHE to Withdraw Proposed Boycott of Israeli Scholars and Universities
  26 May 2006
  
  
• Extending Federal Funding for Research Institutions Affected by Hurricane Katrina
  20 February 2006
  
  
• On Free and Open Exchange
  19 February 2006
  
  
• Statement on the Teaching of Evolution
  16 February 2006
  
  
• Call for Repeal of a Boycott of Israeli Universities by the British Association of University Teachers
  23 May 2005
  
  
• Statement on Women in Science and Engineering
  5 February 2005
  
  
• On the OMB Proposed Peer Review Bulletin
  9 March 2004
  
  
• Endorsing the Declaration of 2005 as the World Year of Physics
  15 February 2004
  
  
• Regarding the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4
  15 February 2004
  
  
• Membership On Federal Advisory Committees
  3 March 2003
  
  
• On Intelligent Design Theory
  18 October 2002
  
  
• In Tribute to Stephen Jay Gould
  22 May 2002
  
  
• Direction and Activities of Smithsonian Institution
  17 February 2002
  
  
• Freedom of Speech
  17 February 2002
  
  
• Statement on Human Cloning
  14 February 2002
  
  
• Unity, Diversity, and Interdependence Among the Sciences
  18 February 2001
  
  
• Affirming Scientific Integrity of Plant Research
  20 February 2000
  
  
• AAAS Statement on the Kansas State Board of Education Decision on the Education of Students in the Science of Evolution and Cosmology
  15 October 1999
  
  
• The Universality of Science and Freedom in the Conduct of Science
  25 June 1999
  
  
• Expressing Concern About Legislation Opening all Federally-Funded Research Awards to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Demands
  24 January 1999
  
  
• Changes to AAAS Bylaws Regarding Fellowship
  24 January 1999
  
  
• Science and Technology Counselors at U.S. Embassies
  15 February 1998
  
  
• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
  15 February 1998
  
  
• Statement on Intellectual Property Protection for Databases
  31 October 1997
  
  
• Government Shutdown and Its Impact on Research and Education
  11 February 1996
  
  
• Federal Funding of Research and Development
  23 June 1995
  
  
• National Biological Service
  19 February 1995
  
  
• In Support of Continuation of the United States Geological Survey
  19 February 1995
  
  
• Task Force on AAAS Section Affairs
  22 February 1994
  
  
• Commemorative Stamp Recognizing the 150^th Anniversary of the AAAS
  22 February 1994
  
  
• Appreciation for Michelle Balcomb
  15 February 1993
  
  
• Multi-Disciplinary Coverage in Science Magazine
  13 June 1992
  
  
• Concerning Proposed Federal Ethics Rules on Participation by Federal Employees in Professional Societies
  4 October 1991
  
  
• In Support of a National Center for Biodiversity
  18 February 1991
  
  
• RU 486 and Freedom of Medical Research
  18 February 1991
  
  
• In Support of Incorporation of Environmental Research and Training Into Public Policy
  18 February 1991
  
  
• Concerning World Population Growth
  18 February 1991
  
  
• Federal Legislation Providing Immunity for Investigations and Reporting of Scientific Fraud and Misconduct
  27 April 1990
  
  
• Use of Animals in Research, Testing, and Education
  19 February 1990
  
  
• Recommending U.S. Return to UNESCO
  18 January 1989
  
  
• Commendation to Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
  15 February 1988
  
  
• Training and Standards for Science Teachers
  18 February 1987
  
  
• Commending Efforts to Enhance Science Education
  18 February 1987
  
  
• Release of Anatoly Koryagin and Other Soviet Scientists
  18 February 1987
  
  
• Reestablishment of the Ethics Advisory Board, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  29 May 1986
  
  
• On the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Emergency Deficit Reduction Act of 1985
  29 May 1986
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Commitment to Scientific Peer Review
  30 May 1985
  
  
• Violations of Human Rights in Nicaragua
  30 May 1985
  
  
• Appeal on Behalf of Academician Sakharov and Dr. Bonner
  28 May 1984
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Commitment to Protect Fundamental Rights of Scientists
  28 May 1984
  
  
• Call to Affiliates and Academic Institutions to Reaffirm Commitment to Freedom on Inquiry
  28 May 1984
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Opposition to Restrictions on Unclassified Research
  28 May 1984
  
  
• Selection of New Editor of Science
  27 May 1984
  
  
• International Security, Nuclear War, and Nuclear Weapons
  30 May 1983
  
  
• Humanitarian Appeal on Behalf of Eleven Foreign Scholars
  30 May 1983
  
  
• Taxonomic Research and Services
  30 May 1983
  
  
• Maintenance and Improvement of Federal Statistical Programs
  30 May 1983
  
  
• Science Education
  10 April 1982
  
  
• National Security and Secrecy
  7 January 1982
  
  
• AAAS Endorsement of Immediate Ratification of the Genocide Treaty
  7 January 1982
  
  
• Endangered Species Act
  7 January 1982
  
  
• Denial of Scientific Basis for Statutory Finding on Beginning of Human Life
  7 January 1982
  
  
• Forced Teaching of Creationist Beliefs in Public School Science Education
  7 January 1982
  
  
• Thermonuclear War
  7 January 1982
  
  
• Protection of Yanomama People
  7 January 1981
  
  
• Protection of Human Subjects of Research
  7 January 1981
  
  
• Human Rights and Scientific Freedom
  7 January 1981
  
  
• Arctic Science Policy
  7 January 1981
  
  
• Reestablishment of the President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC)
  7 January 1981
  
  
• Science and Engineering Education
  7 January 1981
  
  
• Weapons of Mass Destruction
  7 January 1981
  
  
• Working Group on Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament
  7 January 1981
  
  
• Amazonian Ecosystem and Human Populations
  7 January 1980
  
  
• Genocide
  7 January 1980
  
  
• In Memoriam: Elvin Charles Stakman, 1885-1979
  7 January 1980
  
  
• Conservation of Germplasm Resources
  7 January 1980
  
  
• National Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution
  7 January 1980
  
  
• Nuclear Weapons Control
  7 January 1980
  
  
• State Programs for Science and Technology Policy
  7 January 1979
  
  
• Argentine Scientists
  7 January 1979
  
  
• National Medal of Science
  7 January 1979
  
  
• In Memoriam: Warren Weaver, 1894-1978
  7 January 1979
  
  
• Foundation for International Technological Cooperation
  7 January 1979
  
  
• Science Education in the National Science Foundation
  7 January 1979
  
  
• Annual Meeting Conduct
  15 April 1978
  
  
• In Memoriam: Chauncey Depew Leake, 1896-1978
  16 February 1978
  
  
• In Memoriam: James Bryant Conant, 1893-1978
  16 February 1978
  
  
• Commuting Sentence of Dr. Sergei Kovalev
  16 February 1978
  
  
• Academy for Peace and Conflict Resolution
  16 February 1978
  
  
• AAAS Fellows Selection (following controversy over nomination of psychologist Arthur R. Jensen)
  16 February 1978
  
  
• 1979 Annual Meeting Site and the Equal Rights Amendment
  13 February 1978
  
  
• Delay of U.S. Regulations on Behalf of Handicapped (Rehabilitation Act of 1973)
  23 February 1977
  
  
• AAAS Fellows Criteria
  23 February 1977
  
  
• Ad Hoc, Problem-Oriented Cluster Groups
  26 June 1976
  
  
• Concerning the U.N. General Assembly Resolution of Zionism
  21 February 1976
  
  
• Nuclear Weapons Reduction
  21 February 1976
  
  
• Circulation of Science in the USSR
  1 February 1976
  
  
• Copyright Law
  31 December 1975
  
  
• Native American Science and Technology
  31 January 1975
  
  
• International Women's Year
  31 January 1975
  
  
• Position of Scholars in Chile
  31 January 1975
  
  
• Reinstitution of NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
  31 January 1975
  
  
• Research Across National Borders
  31 January 1975
  
  
• Clarification of Procedures for OMB Clearance of Federally-Funded Research Surveys
  31 January 1975
  
  
• Against Discrimination of Sexual Minorities
  31 January 1975
  
  
• Oceanic Research
  31 January 1975
  
  
• UNESCO and Exclusion of Israel
  31 January 1975
  
  
• Scientific Films
  31 January 1975
  
  
• AAAS Annual Meeting Program
  31 January 1975
  
  
• Freedom for Soviet Scientists
  1 March 1974
  
  
• International Cooperation in Science
  1 March 1974
  
  
• Motivating Minority and Women High School Students in Science and Mathematics
  1 March 1974
  
  
• Eligibility for Grants and Fellowships
  1 March 1974
  
  
• Assisting Chilean Scholars
  1 March 1974
  
  
• Geneva Protocol
  1 March 1974
  
  
• Forest Management
  1 March 1974
  
  
• Incarceration of Foreign Scientists Diagnosed as Mentally Ill
  26 June 1973
  
  
• Appeal for Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam
  30 December 1972
  
  
• Appeal for Conservation of Nonhuman Primates
  30 December 1972
  
  
• Assessment of the Ecological Effects of U.S. Activities in Vietnam
  30 December 1972
  
  
• Against Inclusion of Creation Theory in Science Curricula
  30 December 1972
  
  
• Population Research
  30 December 1972
  
  
• Reexamine AAAS Annual Meetings
  30 December 1972
  
  
• Use of Recycled Paper
  30 December 1972
  
  
• Creationism and California Public Schools
  22 October 1972
  
  
• Opposition to Teaching Creation Accounts in Science Class
  13 October 1972
  
  
• Smoking at AAAS Meetings
  30 December 1971
  
  
• Women in Science
  30 December 1971
  
  
• Alleged Mistreatment of Academics in Mexico
  30 December 1971
  
  
• Avoiding Conflict of Interest in Nomination of AAAS Officers
  30 December 1970
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Commitment to Equal Opportunity
  30 December 1970
  
  
• Use of the Metric System in Scientific Publications
  30 December 1970
  
  
• Commending U.S. Government Phase-Out of Herbicides in Vietnam
  30 December 1970
  
  
• AAAS Governance
  30 December 1970
  
  
• Extension of Scientist Exchange Program
  30 December 1969
  
  
• Use of Herbicides in Vietnam: Call for Field Study
  30 December 1969
  
  
• Statement on AAAS Membership
  19 October 1969
  
  
• Study of Ecological Effects of Herbicides
  30 December 1968
  
  
• Disaffiliation with AAAS
  30 December 1968
  
  
• Delay Construction of Red River Dam
  30 December 1967
  
  
• Conservation of Land and Water Resources
  30 December 1967
  
  
• Committee on Effects of Biological and Chemical Warfare Agents
  30 December 1966
  
  
• Concern for Budgetary Effects
  30 December 1965
  
  
• Settlement of Vietnam War
  30 December 1965
  
  
• Establishment of an International Science Register
  27 December 1961
  
  
• Symposia in Cooperation with Foreign Associations and Academies
  27 December 1961
  
  
• In Recognition of Frederick P. H. Siddons
  27 December 1960
  
  
• United Nations and World Peace
  30 December 1959
  
  
• Elimination of the Affidavit Required by Section 1001 (f) of the National Defense Education Act
  30 December 1959
  
  
• International Communication
  30 December 1959
  
  
• Continuity of Research Support
  30 December 1959
  
  
• Books and Pamphlets to Address Public Understanding of Scientific Facts
  30 December 1959
  
  
• National Research and Education Program in Overall Health Area
  30 December 1959
  
  
• Study of the Metric System
  30 December 1959
  
  
• Committee on the Social Aspects of Science
  30 December 1958
  
  
• Federal Aid to Education
  30 December 1958
  
  
• Control of Nuclear Weapons Tests
  30 December 1958
  
  
• International Travel and Communication
  30 December 1958
  
  
• International Scientific Programs
  30 December 1958
  
  
• Parliament of Science
  30 December 1958
  
  
• Committee on Council Activities and Organization
  30 December 1958
  
  
• Recognition and Support for All Areas of Science
  30 December 1957
  
  
• Training for Secondary School Teachers of Mathematics and Science
  30 December 1957
  
  
• Revision of Tax Laws to Encourage Gifts to Education and Science
  30 December 1957
  
  
• Greetings to Soviet Scientists
  30 December 1957
  
  
• Committee on Adoption of the Metric System
  30 December 1957
  
  
• Hungarian Scientists
  30 December 1956
  
  
• Committee (Interim) on the Social Aspects of Science
  30 December 1956
  
  
• Scientific Information and National Security Classification
  27 December 1956
  
  
• AAAS Annual Meetings and Freedom from Racial Segregation
  1 January 1956
  
  
• Interim Committee on the Social Aspects of Science
  30 December 1955
  
  
• Government Funding of Travel to International Meetings
  30 December 1955
  
  
• Removal of Travel Restrictions (McCarran-Walter Act)
  30 December 1955
  
  
• Uniform Policy in Awarding Government Grants for Unclassified Research
  30 December 1954
  
  
• Fluoridation of Community Water Supplies
  30 December 1954
  
  
• Strengthening the Basis of National Security
  6 December 1954
  
  
• Beneficial Utilization of Nuclear Energy
  30 December 1953
  
  
• In Memoriam: Edwin Grant Conklin, 1863-1952
  30 December 1953
  
  
• In Memoriam: Robert Andrews Millikan, 1868-1953
  30 December 1953
  
  
• Maintaining Free Interchange of Knowledge (response to 1951 McCarran Act)
  29 December 1951
  
  
• Use of Scientific Personnel During the Present Emergency; Universal National Service
  29 December 1950
  
  
• Methodology of Human Ecology by the United Nations and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  29 December 1949
  
  
• Revisions to the Atomic Energy Act Affecting Progress in Research
  7 July 1949
  
  
• Use of Animals for Experimental Purposes
  15 September 1948
  
  
• Safeguarding the Development and Maintenance of Scientific Manpower
  26 April 1948
  
  
• Protest Against Treatment of E. U. Condon by the House Committee on Un-American Activities
  25 April 1948
  
  
• Committee on Civil Liberties for Scientists
  30 December 1947
  
  
• Reconstruction of European Educational and Research Facilities
  30 December 1947
  
  
• Inter-Society Committee for a National Science Foundation
  29 December 1946
  
  
• In Memoriam: James McKeen Cattell, 1860-1944
  6 January 1944
  
  
• In Commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the National University of Chile
  17 January 1943
  
  
• International Charter of Democracy
  31 December 1940
  
  
• National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel
  31 December 1940
  
  
• Future Programs Dealing with Science and Society
  27 December 1940
  
  
• National Association of Science Writers
  30 December 1939
  
  
• Legislation to Control Stream Pollution
  30 December 1939
  
  
• Appreciation to the Smithsonian Institution
  28 December 1938
  
  
• Honorary Junior Memberships in the AAAS
  28 June 1938
  
  
• Support of International Scientific Meetings
  27 June 1938
  
  
• Animal Experimentation
  30 December 1937
  
  
• Promotion of Peace and Intellectual Freedom
  30 December 1937
  
  
• Protection of Yellowstone National Park from Commercial Projects
  30 December 1937
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Status of Federal Land Utilization Agencies
  29 December 1937
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Maintenance of Highest Standards in the Systems of National Parks in the United States
  25 June 1937
  
  
• Pan-American Institute of Geography and History
  16 June 1936
  
  
• Prevention of Plant Diseases, Especially Dutch Elm Disease
  2 January 1936
  
  
• Problems of Plant Quarantines
  2 January 1936
  
  
• Formation of Unofficial Councils of Citizens in Support of Preservation
  1 January 1936
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Calendar Reform
  30 December 1935
  
  
• Simplification of Patent Procedure
  30 December 1935
  
  
• International Biological Abstracts
  30 December 1935
  
  
• Unauthorized Use of Name of the AAAS
  30 December 1935
  
  
• Program of the Quetico-Superior Council
  28 June 1935
  
  
• Government Support of Scientific Work
  31 December 1934
  
  
• Approval of an Adequate United States Botanical Gardens
  31 December 1934
  
  
• Adoption of Legislation to Control Pollution of Public Waters
  31 December 1934
  
  
• Revision of the Pure Food and Drug Act
  31 December 1934
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Use of Dogs for Medical Experimentation in the District of Columbia
  31 December 1934
  
  
• Continuance in the Department of Agriculture of the Land Utilization Agencies
  31 December 1934
  
  
• Forest Service as Part of the United States Department of Agriculture
  31 December 1934
  
  
• Science Advisory Board Appointed by President of the United States
  31 December 1934
  
  
• Reaffirmation of AAAS to Advancement of Science in Promotion of Human Welfare
  21 December 1934
  
  
• Continuance of Scientific Work in the Government Bureau
  15 April 1934
  
  
• A Declaration on Intellectual Freedom
  29 December 1933
  
  
• Providing Public Funds for Unemployed Scientists and Engineers
  27 December 1933
  
  
• Establishment of a Center For Study of Growth, Mature Development and Senile Decay
  30 December 1931
  
  
• Establishment of Type-Plant Gardens of Patented Varieties of Plants
  29 December 1931
  
  
• Preservation of Redwood Areas in California
  1 January 1931
  
  
• Preservation of Everglades Areas
  1 January 1931
  
  
• Observance of the 200^th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington
  1 January 1931
  
  
• Revision of Copyright Laws of the United States
  1 January 1931
  
  
• Use of Dogs for Medical Experimentation in the District of Columbia
  31 December 1930
  
  
• Control of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly
  1 January 1930
  
  
• Reaffirmation for Highest Standards in the Systems of National Parks in the United States
  31 December 1929
  
  
• Pensions for Widows of Major Walter Reed, Major James Carroll, and Doctor Jesse W. Lazear
  30 December 1929
  
  
• Cooperation at the International Science Congress at Chicago, 1933
  30 December 1929
  
  
• Use of Standard Mathematical Symbols
  31 December 1928
  
  
• Establishment of a National Institute of Health
  22 April 1928
  
  
• Concerning the Provision of Courses in Elementary German and French in High Schools
  22 April 1928
  
  
• Maintenance of Highest Standards in the System of National Parks of the United States
  28 December 1927
  
  
• Establishment of Wildlife Experiment Stations in the United States
  28 December 1927
  
  
• Standard Engineering Symbols
  17 October 1927
  
  
• Incapacitation of Science Workers in the Employ of the Government
  31 December 1926
  
  
• Promoting Research in American Colleges
  30 December 1926
  
  
• Cooperation with National Academy of Sciences to Further American Scientific Research
  25 April 1926
  
  
• Protection of U.S. Public Lands and National Forests
  25 April 1926
  
  
• Protection of the Tule Indians of Darien
  1 January 1926
  
  
• Allow United States to be Member of International Copyright Union
  1 January 1926
  
  
• National Parks Policy of the United States
  1 January 1926
  
  
• Elimination of Water Pollution
  1 January 1926
  
  
• Smithsonian Institution Effort to Increase its Endowment
  1 January 1926
  
  
• Scientific Workers and Deduction of Expenses Incurred in Attending Scientific Meetings
  1 January 1926
  
  
• Literacy in English as Qualification for U.S. Citizenship
  2 January 1925
  
  
• In Support of U.S. Navy Study of the Sea
  1 January 1925
  
  
• Establishment of a National Arboretum
  1 January 1925
  
  
• Calendar Reform
  1 January 1925
  
  
• Conservation of Breeding and Feeding Grounds of Aquatic Birds
  31 December 1924
  
  
• Preservation of Glacier Bay Region of Alaska
  31 December 1924
  
  
• Pueblo Indian Lands
  22 April 1923
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Desirability of the Metric System for the United States.
  29 December 1922
  
  
• Promoting Austrian Science
  29 December 1922
  
  
• Conservation of Marine Animals
  27 December 1922
  
  
• Conservation of Floral and Faunal Areas in North America
  27 December 1922
  
  
• Present Scientific Status of the Theory of Evolution
  26 December 1922
  
  
• Selecting a Scientist as US Commissioner of Fisheries
  30 December 1921
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Adoption of Metric System in the United States (1921)
  30 December 1921
  
  
• Transfer of U.S. Forest Service and National Forests from Dept. of Agriculture to Dept. of Interior
  29 December 1921
  
  
• Introduction of Non-native Plants and Animals into National Parks of the United States
  29 December 1921
  
  
• Scientific Journals Published by the Government of the United States
  29 December 1921
  
  
• Desirability of the Duty-Free Importation of Scientific Materials and Apparatus by Educational and Research Institutions in the United States
  24 April 1921
  
  
• Preservation of National Parks and Monuments in the United States from Commercialization
  31 December 1920
  
  
• Preservation of Wild Life Not Included in Special Preserves
  31 December 1920
  
  
• Safeguarding Human and Animal Life
  29 December 1920
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Adoption of the Metric System for the United States (1920)
  29 December 1920
  
  
• Welcoming the Organization of Mexican Men of Science
  29 December 1920
  
  
• In Support of Government Research and Engineering (referring to 1920 Smith Bill, U.S. Senate)
  1 January 1920
  
  
• Endorsing the Save the Redwood League
  1 January 1920
  
  
• Preservation of the Okifinokee Swamp in Southern Georgia
  1 January 1920
  
  
• Adoption of the Metric System by National and State Governments
  1 January 1920
  
  
• Mobilization of Botanists for the War Effort (WW I)
  1 January 1918
  
  
• Use of Metric System
  29 December 1916
  
  
• Restriction of Government Officials from Using Funds to Attend Conferences, Conventions, or Meetings of Associations
  28 December 1916
  
  
• Committee on the Protection of Scientific Research
  1 January 1915
  
  
• Committee to Urge Appointment of Scientist as Chief of Weather Bureau
  22 April 1913
  
  
• Committee of One Hundred on Scientific Research
  22 April 1913
  
  
• Committee of Five Regarding Expert Testimony:
  2 January 1913
  
  
• Establishment of a National Department of Public Health
  30 December 1911
  
  
• Establishment of a Bureau of Astronomy
  29 December 1911
  
  
• National Quarantine and Inspection Law to Protect Against Insect and Plant Diseases
  28 December 1911
  
  
• Committee to Consider Scientific Work in the Plant Industry.
  27 December 1911
  
  
• Legislation to End Second-Class Postage for Scientific Journals
  31 December 1910
  
  
• Appointment of an Astronomer in Charge of Naval Observatory
  31 December 1909
  
  
• Recommending Congress Increase Scope of the US Bureau of Education
  1 January 1909
  
  
• In Support of Animal Experimentation
  31 December 1908
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Establishment of the Southern Appalachian and White Mountain Forest Reserve
  3 January 1908
  
  
• Cooperation with Committee of 100 on National Health
  3 January 1908
  
  
• Establishment of Research Laboratory in Panama for Study of Tropical Disease
  2 January 1908
  
  
• Legislation to Strengthen National Bureau of Education
  2 January 1908
  
  
• Committee on Conservation of Resources.
  2 January 1908
  
  
• Legislation to Prevent Extinction of Marine Vertebrata
  1 January 1908
  
  
• Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone
  31 December 1907
  
  
• Call for Conservation (response to President Roosevelt’s letter to the Governors of November 1907)
  31 December 1907
  
  
• Death of Dr. James Carroll from Yellow Fever Experimentation
  30 December 1907
  
  
• Preservation of Niagara Falls
  30 December 1905
  
  
• An Appalachian Forest Reserve
  30 December 1905
  
  
• Appointment of a Medical Doctor to Isthmian Canal Commission
  3 January 1903
  
  
• In Memoriam: Major Walter Reed
  1 January 1903
  
  
• Conversion of Donnelson Estate into a State Reserve
  1 January 1903
  
  
• American International Archeological Commission
  3 July 1902
  
  
• National Forest Reserve in Southern Appalachia
  30 June 1900
  
  
• Protection of Big Basin Redwoods
  30 June 1900
  
  
• Establishment of a National Standards Bureau
  30 June 1900
  
  
• Protest Against Vivisection Legislation
  1 August 1896
  
  
• Endorsement of Office of Director in Chief of Scientific Bureaus and Investigations at Department of Agriculture
  1 August 1896
  
  
• In Favor of Adoption of the Metric System
  1 August 1896
  
  
• Committee for Ethnographic Investigation of the White Race in the United States
  1 August 1896
  
  
• Protection of Public Forests
  1 August 1894
  
  
• Publication of Statistics on Botanical Libraries and Instruction at Universities
  1 August 1893
  
  
• Committee on Recording and Classifying Fossil Faunas and Floras
  1 August 1893
  
  
• Committee on Instruction in Botany
  1 August 1893
  
  
• Committee on Pacific Forest Reserve
  1 August 1893
  
  
• Catalogue of Scientific Papers Published by the Royal Society
  1 August 1892
  
  
• In Support of Forest Protection Legislation
  1 August 1892
  
  
• In Support of Forestry Division Studies and Experiments
  1 August 1891
  
  
• Appreciation to Wheeling Development Co. for Test Well
  1 August 1891
  
  
• In Support of a National Arboretum
  1 August 1891
  
  
• AAAS Fund for the Endowment of Original Research
  1 August 1891
  
  
• In Support of Metric System for Tariff Measures
  1 August 1890
  
  
• Urging U.S. Government to Send Documents to Designated Depositories
  1 August 1890
  
  
• Preservation of Groves of Sequoia Trees
  1 August 1890
  
  
• Commercial Use of Naval Observatory Time Signals By Western Union Telegraph Co.
  1 August 1890
  
  
• Maintenance of Timberlands
  1 August 1889
  
  
• Development of the Natural Resources of the Country
  1 August 1889
  
  
• Remeasurement of the Peruvian Arc
  1 August 1889
  
  
• Commending Western Reserve Historical Society for Securing Fort Hill, Ohio
  1 August 1888
  
  
• Appointment of Superintendent of U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
  1 August 1887
  
  
• Establishment of a Bureau of Standards
  1 August 1887
  
  
• Index of Literature on Meteorology
  1 August 1887
  
  
• Preservation of Archaeologic Monuments
  1 August 1887
  
  
• Tarriff on Scientific Books and Apparatus
  1 August 1887
  
  
• Monument of J.J. Audubon
  1 August 1887
  
  
• Approval of Work Performed by the U.S. Coast Survey
  1 August 1885
  
  
• Extension of Geodetic and Topographic Surveys
  1 September 1884
  
  
• Committee on Uniform Rules for Graphic Illustrations
  1 September 1884
  
  
• Transmission of Botanical Specimens Through the Mail
  1 September 1884
  
  
• Indexing Literature of the Chemical Elements
  1 August 1882
  
  
• Committee on Survey of Niagara Falls
  1 August 1881
  
  
• Establishment of an International Park with Canada
  1 August 1881
  
  
• Usefulness of Meteorological Observations
  25 August 1880
  
  
• Establishment of Yellowstone National Park
  1 August 1877
  
  
• Committee on Studies of Science in Schools
  1 August 1877
  
  
• Committee on Relations of Science to Industrial Arts
  1 August 1877
  
  
• Committee on Meteorological Services
  1 August 1877
  
  
• Committee to Consider International Exhibition on Geology
  1 August 1876
  
  
• Centennial Census of the United States
  1 August 1874
  
  
• Geological Survey of Massachusetts
  1 August 1874
  
  
• Promoting Cultivation of Timber and Preservation of Forests
  20 August 1873
  
  
• International Statistical Congress
  1 August 1873
  
  
• Committee on Scientific Education
  1 August 1873
  
  
• Meteorological Signal Station at Dubuque, Iowa
  21 August 1872
  
  
• Completion of Geological Survey of Iowa
  1 August 1872
  
  
• Chinese Indemnity Fund for Education and Science in China
  1 August 1872
  
  
• Re-Survey of Surface Geology of Niagara Falls
  16 August 1871
  
  
• Committee on State Geological Surveys
  1 August 1871
  
  
• Committee on Missouri Geological Survey
  1 August 1871
  
  
• Committee on Observatory in Utah Basin
  1 August 1870
  
  
• International Statistical Congress in the United States
  25 August 1869
  
  
• Appeal to Secretary of State on Behalf of Mr. Porter C. Bliss
  1 August 1869
  
  
• Expedition to Nicaragua
  1 August 1869
  
  
• On the Establishment of an Observatory on the Line of the Union Pacific Railroad
  12 August 1868
  
  
• Resuscitation of Cincinnati Observatory
  1 August 1868
  
  
• Jubilaeum of Dr. Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
  1 August 1868
  
  
• International Copyright
  1 August 1868
  
  
• Reaffirmation of Metrical System and Support for Gold Dollar
  1 August 1867
  
  
• Committee on Hydrographical Survey of the Lakes
  1 August 1866
  
  
• Scientific Commission to Attend Universal Exposition in Paris
  1 August 1866
  
  
• Committee on Geological Survey of West Virginia
  1 August 1866
  
  
• Legislation Authorizing Metric Weights and Measures
  1 August 1866
  
  
• Committee on Weights, Measures, and Coinage
  1 August 1860
  
  
• Reestablishment of the Colonial Magnetic Observatories
  1 August 1859
  
  
• Committee on Expedition to Determine the Solar Parallax
  1 August 1859
  
  
• Committee on Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
  1 August 1857
  
  
• Committee to Report on Storm-Curves
  1 August 1857
  
  
• Committee on Coast Survey
  1 August 1857
  
  
• Committee on Geological Survey of Ohio
  1 August 1856
  
  
• Uniform Coinage Standards for the Mints of the United States
  1 August 1856
  
  
• Preservation of California Fir-Trees
  1 August 1856
  
  
• Establishment of Universities
  1 August 1856
  
  
• Index of Papers on Mathematical and Physical Science
  1 August 1855
  
  
• Communications Regarding Establishment of Universal Weights and Measures
  1 August 1855
  
  
• Appreciation to Chilean Government for Astronomical Observatory
  1 May 1854
  
  
• Thanks to Shelby College and Use of Astronomical Instruments
  1 May 1854
  
  
• Acknowledgment to Professor G.B. Airy, Astronomer Royal of Great Britain
  1 May 1854
  
  
• Committee to Arrange for Observation of Solar Eclipse of May 26, 1854
  1 May 1854
  
  
• Committee on Uniform Weights, Measures, and Coinage
  1 May 1854
  
  
• Establishment of Geographical Department of the Congress Library
  1 August 1853
  
  
• Committee to Communicate with Charles Babbage, Esq., Regarding his Analytical Engine
  1 August 1853
  
  
• Committee on Geographical Survey of New York State
  1 August 1851
  
  
• Committee on State Geographical Surveys
  1 August 1851
  
  
• Approval of Meteorological Instruments
  1 August 1851
  
  
• Committee to Present Zoological Results to Secretary of Interior
  1 August 1851
  
  
• Committee on Meteorological Observations
  1 August 1851
  
  
• Committee on Geological Survey of Ohio
  1 May 1851
  
  
• Committee on Geological Survey of Missouri
  1 May 1851
  
  
• Committee for Memorializing Congress in Relation to Scientific Explorations
  1 May 1851
  
  
• Uniting Magnetical and Meteorological Inquiries Between British Government, Hudson's Bay Company and the United States
  26 August 1850
  
  
• Establishment of a Zoological Journal
  1 August 1850
  
  
• Committee to Consider Addition of Naturalists and Geologists to Mexican Boundary Survey
  1 August 1850
  
  
• Subcommittee for System of Scientific Ethics
  1 August 1850
  
  
• Committee to Examine Experiments on Coal
  1 August 1850
  
  
• Committee on Scales and Standards for Scientific Measurement
  1 August 1849
  
  
• Establishment of State Societies for Development of Geology and Natural History
  1 August 1849
  
  
• Distribution of Results of Exploring Expedition
  1 August 1849
  
  
• Presenting Books, Charts, Maps, and Specimens to the Smithsonian
  1 August 1849
  
  
• Manual of Scientific Observations and Research
  1 August 1849
  
  
• Committee on Geological Report of Pennsylvania
  1 August 1849
  
  
• Continuance of the Coast Survey of the United States
  1 August 1849
  
  
• Committee to Request Aid for Lieut. Maury's Work on Navigational Charts
  24 September 1848
  
  
• Committee on the Sediments of the Mississippi River
  24 September 1848
  
  
• Geological Survey Report of Pennsylvania
  24 September 1848