[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 316 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                           May 1, 2007.
Whereas, according to the National Academies landmark report ``Rising Above the 
        Gathering Storm'', the United States is in peril of losing its global 
        competitive edge unless we make substantial investments in science, 
        math, research, and innovation;
Whereas breakthroughs in scientific research are the building blocks of a 
        productive, competitive, and healthy society;
Whereas the Nobel Prize is a prestigious international award administered 
        annually by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden, and has since 
        1901 recognized the world's most outstanding achievements in physics, 
        chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace;
Whereas on December 10, 2006, in Stockholm, Sweden, the following five American 
        scientists were awarded the three Nobel Prizes for science. The Nobel 
        Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Roger D. Kornberg from Stanford 
        University in Palo Alto, California, for his studies of the molecular 
        basis of eukaryotic transcription. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or 
        Medicine was awarded to Andrew Fire from the Stanford University School 
        of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, and Craig Mello from the 
        University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts, 
        for their discovery of RNA interference through gene silencing by 
        double-stranded RNA. The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John C. 
        Mather from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard 
        Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and the University of 
        Maryland and George F. Smoot, a National Science Foundation grantee from 
        the University of California at Berkeley for their discovery of the 
        blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background 
        radiation;
Whereas American scientists have not swept the Nobel Prize science awards since 
        1983;
Whereas Roger D. Kornberg, Andrew Fire, Craig Mello, John C. Mather, and George 
        F. Smoot have represented the United States and have served as 
        unofficial ambassadors of science overseas; and
Whereas the accomplishments of these scientists are significant achievements in 
        the field of scientific research and further promote the United States 
        among the world leaders in science: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes Roger D. Kornberg, Andrew Fire, Craig Mello, John C. 
        Mather, and George F. Smoot for advancing scientific discovery and 
        dedicating their careers to scientific research;
            (2) recognizes the National Science Foundation and the National 
        Aeronautics and Space Administration for their support of the physics 
        Nobel Prize winners; and
            (3) congratulates the achievement of Roger D. Kornberg, Andrew Fire, 
        Craig Mello, John C. Mather, and George F. Smoot for being awarded Nobel 
        Prizes in science.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.