; Whereas the Federal Government, through the War Production Board, recognized the importance of plastics and the contributions of plastics to the war effort during World War II, a conflict in which plastics played an essential military role with respect to weaponry, aircraft, wire and cable technology, medical devices, and troop supplies; and Whereas the plastics industry generates $418,000,000,000 in revenue annually in the United States and supports approximately 954,000 jobs: Now, therefore, be it