[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 169 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 169

  Congratulating Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory on 50 years of 
                      groundbreaking discoveries.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 17, 2017

  Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Mr. Durbin) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                               Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Congratulating Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory on 50 years of 
                      groundbreaking discoveries.

Whereas, in 2017, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (referred to in this 
        preamble as ``Fermilab'') celebrates the 50th anniversary of the date on 
        which the first employees of Fermilab started work in Illinois, June 15, 
        1967;
Whereas Fermilab drives scientific discovery by building and operating world-
        leading particle accelerator and detector facilities, performing 
        pioneering research with national and global partners, and developing 
        new technologies for science that support the industrial competitiveness 
        of the United States;
Whereas Fermilab provides research facilities for 4,500 scientists from 50 
        countries;
Whereas research at Fermilab led to the discovery of the 3 building blocks of 
        the universe, the bottom quark in 1977, the top quark in 1995, and the 
        tau neutrino in 2000;
Whereas superconducting magnets developed at Fermilab led to the advancement of 
        magnetic resonance imaging medical diagnostics;
Whereas Fermilab contributed critical components, computing capabilities, and 
        scientific expertise to the 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson in Geneva, 
        Switzerland;
Whereas Fermilab continues to lead scientific discoveries, including planning 
        construction for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility to power the Deep 
        Underground Neutrino Experiment; and
Whereas Fermilab demonstrates its strong commitment to developing a diverse 
        workforce for the future in the fields of science, technology, 
        engineering, and mathematics through educational programs that bring 
        more than 15,000 K-12 students to visit Fermilab each year: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 
        on the semicentennial of the Laboratory; and
            (2) wishes the Laboratory success in continuing to help the 
        people of the United States understand the mysteries of matter, 
        energy, space, and time.
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