III 109th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 478 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 15, 2006 Mr. Lautenberg submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Commemorating the development of the charge-coupled device.

Whereas charge-coupled device (commonly referred to as CCD) technology revolutionized imaging equipment and has significantly affected society by improving quality of life and the technological capabilities of everyday tools and equipment; Whereas the CCD is widely used in technology, including digital cameras, video recorders, space-based telescopes, satellites, and medical imaging devices; Whereas Willard S. Boyle of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and George E. Smith of New Barnegat, New Jersey, have advanced society through their development of the CCD while working at the Murray Hill, New Jersey, Bell Labs site in 1969; and Whereas Mr. Boyle and Mr. Smith have been awarded the 2006 Charles Stark Draper Prize by the National Academy of Engineering and inducted into the Nation Inventors Hall of Fame for their invention; Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate commemorates the development of the charge-coupled device.