[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 595 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 595

   Recognizing the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as 1 of the 
        premier science and research institutions of the world.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 29), 2006

     Mr. Domenici (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, and Mrs. 
 Feinstein) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
             the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Recognizing the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as 1 of the 
        premier science and research institutions of the world.

Whereas the 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 the belief of Mr. Lawrence 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 United States in basic knowledge 
        and applied technology;
Whereas that distinguished legacy of accomplishment includes 10 Nobel Laureates 
        associated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and a dozen 
        scientists of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who have won the 
        National Medal of Science;
Whereas, in 2006, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory continues to be used 
        to conduct 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 scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 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 grand 
        challenges of the world;
Whereas, through those 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, scientists of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have 
        played a critical role in advancing the world leadership of the United 
        States in fundamental and applied sciences;
Whereas the national scientific user facilities of the Lawrence Berkeley 
        National Laboratory 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 the newest user facility of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 
        the Molecular Foundry, opened its doors on March 24, 2006, to enable the 
        design, synthesis, and characterization of nanoscale materials, thereby 
        opening the door to unimagined scientific and technological 
        advancements;
Whereas the Advanced Light Source of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 
        is a national user facility that generates intense light for scientific 
        and technological research that, among other accomplishments, has helped 
        reveal how bacteria resist antibiotics, how inexpensive and efficient 
        solar cells can be fabricated, and how unique substances like 
        quasicrystals possess properties never before seen by humans;
Whereas the National Center for Electron Microscopy of the Lawrence Berkeley 
        National Laboratory houses several of the most advanced microscopes and 
        tools for microcharacterization in the world, including 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 to analyze the behavior of materials 
        such as magnets, superconductors, ceramics, and high-temperature alloys; 
        and
Whereas the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center of the Lawrence 
        Berkeley National Laboratory is the flagship scientific computing 
        facility for the Office of Science of the Department of Energy, and is 1 
        of the largest facilities in the world that is devoted to providing 
        computational resources and expertise for basic scientific research: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (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 the 
        United States and the international community; and
            (2) congratulates the dedicated past and present scientists 
        and researchers who have worked at the Lawrence Berkeley 
        National Laboratory to make the institution 1 of the greatest 
        research resources in the world.
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