[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 141 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 141

 Congratulating the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, its staff, 
 and former employees, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 
   founding of the Laboratory, for its outstanding contributions to 
        national security and science in service to our Nation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2002

  Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) submitted the following 
   concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Congratulating the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, its staff, 
 and former employees, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 
   founding of the Laboratory, for its outstanding contributions to 
        national security and science in service to our Nation.

Whereas the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was established in 1952 as 
        part of the University of California Radiation Laboratory to augment the 
        efforts of the Los Alamos National Laboratory to meet an urgent national 
        security need and has since made important advances in nuclear weapons 
        science and technology to keep the Nation at peace and secure;
Whereas advances by the Laboratory in nuclear weapons technology strengthened 
        the ability of NATO to deter aggression in Europe during the Cold War 
        and have ensured the continuing safety, security, and reliability of our 
        Nation's nuclear weapons stockpile in the absence of nuclear testing;
Whereas the Laboratory has provided technical support to arms control 
        negotiations and treaty implementation, including negotiations and 
        treaties to reduce the size of nuclear arsenals, prevent the 
        proliferation of nuclear weapons and technologies, and limit nuclear 
        weapons testing;
Whereas the Laboratory has greatly contributed to efforts of the United States 
        intelligence community to understand nuclear-weapons related activities 
        worldwide, as well as to respond to nuclear emergencies through its 
        participation in the Nuclear Emergency Search Team, its development of 
        the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center, and its other 
        emergency response capabilities, which are now contributing to the war 
        against terrorism;
Whereas Laboratory researchers have made many scientific advances, including 
        work that won a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1998 and numerous advances in 
        astrophysics, such as contributions to understanding supernovas, high 
        resolution mapping of the moon, the search for dark matter in the 
        universe, and the development of advanced technologies to improve the 
        performance of terrestrially-based telescopes;
Whereas technology development of the Laboratory has broadly contributed to the 
        Nation's technical prowess and the competitiveness of United States 
        industry, as evidenced by the winning of 85 prestigious R&D 100 awards, 
        the most by any institution, as well as by very effective long-term 
        partnerships with the computer industry and laser and electro-optics 
        industries;
Whereas the Laboratory has contributed to the development of technologies that 
        offer the promise of providing energy security in the long term, 
        including technology development for coal gasification, significant 
        advances in fusion energy science, and international leadership in 
        inertial confinement fusion research, and construction of large 
        intertial confinement fusion lasers including ongoing work on the 
        National Ignition Facility;
Whereas the Laboratory has developed novel environmental restoration 
        technologies that are being used to rapidly clean up groundwater 
        contamination at Superfund sites and is at the forefront of the 
        development of simulation capabilities to better understand the Earth's 
        climate and how it may change;
Whereas technologies developed at the Laboratory contributed to the Department 
        of Energy's decision to launch its Human Genome Initiative in 1987, 
        which evolved into the international Human Genome Project, the 
        Laboratory participated in the project by mapping and sequencing 
        chromosome 16, and continuing genetics work at the Laboratory is leading 
        to the identification of the source of genetic diseases and to the 
        development of improved detectors of biological agents;
Whereas the Laboratory is a valuable part of the University of California, 
        working cooperatively with its many campuses to further higher 
        education, contributing broadly to elementary and secondary educational 
        efforts throughout Northern California and educational outreach directed 
        at minority groups nationwide; and
Whereas the Laboratory has been a national resource for science and technology 
        for 50 years dedicated to serve our Nation: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding 
of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, congratulates the 
Laboratory, its staff, and former employees for its dedicated service 
to our Nation, with its outstanding contributions to national security, 
its tradition of scientific and technical excellence, and its 
continuing efforts to make the world more secure and a better place to 
live.
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