[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S5091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT ENTITLED ``SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INDICATOR--1996''--MESSAGE 
                       FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 145

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation:

To the Congress of the United States:
  As required by 42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1), I am pleased to submit to the 
Congress a report of the National Science Board entitled Science and 
Engineering Indicators--1996. This report represents the twelfth in a 
series examining key aspects of the status of American science and 
engineering in a global environment.
  The science and technology enterprise is a source of discovery and 
inspiration and is key to the future of our Nation. The United States 
must sustain world leadership in science, mathematics, and engineering 
if we are to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.
  I commend Science and Engineering Indicators--1996 to the attention 
of the Congress and those in the scientific and technology communities.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, May 15, 1996.

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