[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1067 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1067

Recognizing Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as one of the world's 
               premier science and research institutions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2006

    Mr. Ehlers (for himself and Mr. Honda) submitted the following 
       resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Science

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Recognizing Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as one of the world's 
               premier science and research institutions.

Whereas Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was founded on August 26, 1931, by 
        Ernest Orlando Lawrence, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in physics for 
        his invention of the cyclotron, a circular particle accelerator that 
        opened the door to modern high-energy physics;
Whereas Lawrence's belief that scientific research is best done through teams of 
        individuals with different fields of expertise left a legacy that has 
        yielded rich dividends for the Nation in basic knowledge and applied 
        technology;
Whereas this distinguished legacy of accomplishment includes 10 Nobel Laureates 
        associated with Berkeley Lab, and a dozen Berkeley Lab scientists who 
        have won the National Medal of Science;
Whereas today Berkeley Lab conducts research across a wide range of scientific 
        disciplines with key efforts in fundamental studies of the universe, 
        quantitative biology, nanoscience, new energy systems, environmental 
        solutions, and the use of integrated computing as a tool for discovery;
Whereas Berkeley Lab scientists discovered the revolutionary new truth of the 
        accelerating expansion of the universe, are pioneering the promising new 
        scientific field of synthetic biology, and are harnessing the secrets of 
        the genome to help solve the world's grand challenges;
Whereas through these accomplishments and others, including finding the 
        antiproton, advancing energy efficiency and conservation technologies, 
        deciphering the photosynthetic process, pioneering the field of nuclear 
        medicine, and spearheading the development of alternative energy 
        sources, Berkeley Lab scientists have played a critical role in 
        advancing the United States world leadership in fundamental and applied 
        sciences;
Whereas Berkeley Lab's national scientific user facilities provide the highest 
        level of scientific, engineering, and technical support to thousands of 
        scientists each year whose published works continue to consistently 
        enrich their respective research fields;
Whereas Berkeley Lab's newest user facility, the Molecular Foundry, opened its 
        doors March 24, 2006, for the design, synthesis, and characterization of 
        nanoscale materials, opening the door to unimagined scientific and 
        technological advancements;
Whereas the Advanced Light Source is a national user facility that generates 
        intense light for scientific and technological research which among 
        other accomplishments has helped to reveal how bacteria resist 
        antibiotics, how inexpensive and efficient solar cells can be 
        fabricated, and how strange substances like quasicrystals possess 
        properties never before seen;
Whereas the National Center for Electron Microscopy houses several of the 
        world's most advanced microscopes and tools for microcharacterization, 
        such as the One-Angstrom Microscope and the Spin Polarized Low-Energy 
        Electron Microscope, that allow scientists to gain a basic scientific 
        understanding of new, energy-efficient materials, as well as analyze the 
        behavior of materials such as magnets, superconductors, ceramics, and 
        high-temperature alloys; and
Whereas the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) is the 
        flagship scientific computing facility for the Department of Energy's 
        Office of Science, and is one of the largest facilities in the world 
        devoted to providing computational resources and expertise for basic 
        scientific research: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the outstanding and unique role that the 
        Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has played over the past 
        75 years in the scientific and technological advancement of our 
        Nation and of the world;
            (2) praises the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on 
        the great flexibility and foresight it has had in moving from 
        being one of the Nation's original prominent physics 
        laboratories to a highly diversified scientific laboratory of 
        world prominence in a variety of fields;
            (3) congratulates the dedicated employees at Lawrence 
        Berkeley National Laboratory past and present who have worked 
        to make the institution one of the greatest research resources 
        in the world; and
            (4) encourages the laboratory to continue its leadership in 
        pushing the scientific frontiers as we work to address 
        unprecedented challenges whose solutions are grounded in 
        science and technology.
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