[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 17085-17086]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 141--CONGRATULATING THE LAWRENCE LIVERMORE 
 NATIONAL LABORATORY, ITS STAFF, AND FORMER EMPLOYEES, ON THE OCCASION 
  OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE LABORATORY, FOR ITS 
 OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATIONAL SECURITY AND SCIENCE IN SERVICE 
                             TO OUR NATION

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                            S. Con. Res. 141

       Whereas the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was 
     established in 1952 as part of the University of California 
     Radiation Laboratory to augment the efforts of the Los Alamos 
     National Laboratory to meet an urgent national security need 
     and has since made important advances in nuclear weapons 
     science and technology to keep the Nation at peace and 
     secure;
       Whereas advances by the Laboratory in nuclear weapons 
     technology strengthened the ability of NATO to deter 
     aggression in Europe during the Cold War and have ensured the 
     continuing safety, security, and reliability of our Nation's 
     nuclear weapons stockpile in the absence of nuclear testing;
       Whereas the Laboratory has provided technical support to 
     arms control negotiations and treaty implementation, 
     including negotiations and treaties to reduce the size of 
     nuclear arsenals, prevent the proliferation of nuclear 
     weapons and technologies, and limit nuclear weapons testing;
       Whereas the Laboratory has greatly contributed to efforts 
     of the United States intelligence community to understand 
     nuclear-weapons related activities worldwide, as well as to 
     respond to nuclear emergencies through its participation in 
     the Nuclear Emergency Search Team, its development of the 
     National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center, and its other 
     emergency response capabilities, which are now contributing 
     to the war against terrorism;
       Whereas Laboratory researchers have made many scientific 
     advances, including work that won a Nobel Prize for Physics 
     in 1998 and numerous advances in astrophysics, such as 
     contributions to understanding supernovas, high resolution 
     mapping of the moon, the search for dark matter in the 
     universe, and the development of advanced technologies to 
     improve the performance of terrestrially-based telescopes;
       Whereas technology development of the Laboratory has 
     broadly contributed to the Nation's technical prowess and the 
     competitiveness of United States industry, as evidenced by 
     the winning of 85 prestigious R&D 100 awards, the most by any 
     institution, as well as by very effective long-term 
     partnerships with the computer industry and laser and 
     electro-optics industries;
       Whereas the Laboratory has contributed to the development 
     of technologies that offer the promise of providing energy 
     security in the long term, including technology development 
     for coal gasification, significant advances in fusion energy 
     science, and international leadership in inertial confinement 
     fusion research, and construction of large intertial 
     confinement fusion lasers including ongoing work on the 
     National Ignition Facility;

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       Whereas the Laboratory has developed novel environmental 
     restoration technologies that are being used to rapidly clean 
     up groundwater contamination at Superfund sites and is at the 
     forefront of the development of simulation capabilities to 
     better understand the Earth's climate and how it may change;
       Whereas technologies developed at the Laboratory 
     contributed to the Department of Energy's decision to launch 
     its Human Genome Initiative in 1987, which evolved into the 
     international Human Genome Project, the Laboratory 
     participated in the project by mapping and sequencing 
     chromosome 16, and continuing genetics work at the Laboratory 
     is leading to the identification of the source of genetic 
     diseases and to the development of improved detectors of 
     biological agents;
       Whereas the Laboratory is a valuable part of the University 
     of California, working cooperatively with its many campuses 
     to further higher education, contributing broadly to 
     elementary and secondary educational efforts throughout 
     Northern California and educational outreach directed at 
     minority groups nationwide; and
       Whereas the Laboratory has been a national resource for 
     science and technology for 50 years dedicated to serve our 
     Nation: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That Congress, on the occasion of the 50th 
     anniversary of the founding of the Lawrence Livermore 
     National Laboratory, congratulates the Laboratory, its staff, 
     and former employees for its dedicated service to our Nation, 
     with its outstanding contributions to national security, its 
     tradition of scientific and technical excellence, and its 
     continuing efforts to make the world more secure and a better 
     place to live.

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