Senate names July 10, 2025, as power line workers' honor day.
S.Res. 315 — A resolution expressing support for the designation of July 10, 2025, as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day. · Filed by Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) · 22 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 8, 2025 · Passed chamber
Your members of Congress
Enter a ZIP to see where your representative and both senators stood on this bill.
Looked up on this device — your ZIP is never stored on our servers.
What it does
The Senate passed a statement to name July 10, 2025, as a special day. It honors power line workers who fix and maintain power lines. It also honors workers who restore power when lines go down. July 10 marks 129 years since Henry Miller died. Miller led the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and died while fixing power lines during an outage. The statement asks Americans to recognize power line workers' hard and risky work.
Who it affects
This statement honors power line workers. It costs no money and does not change any laws.
One thing to notice
The day chosen marks when an early labor leader died doing the same work the day honors.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
22 cosponsors: 15 Democrats, 7 Republicans.
- Jul 8, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 8, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources”
- Jul 10, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4321)”
- Jul 10, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- statement — A formal message passed by Congress that shows support but does not make law.
- power line workers — Skilled workers who build, fix, and maintain the lines that carry power to homes and businesses.
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers — A group that represents power and electrical workers and fights for their rights.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 6, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-21.
“Senate names July 10, 2025, as power line workers' honor day.” QuorumCivic. https://share.quorumcivic.app/bill/119/sres315/simple Report an error