[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4021]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT PREPARED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD ENTITLED ``SCIENCE AND 
                 ENGINEERING INDICATORS--2002''--PM 80

  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 prepared by the National Science Board entitled, 
``Science and engineering Indicators--2002.'' This report represents 
the fifteenth in the series examining key aspects of the status of 
science and engineering in the United States.
                                                         George Bush.  
The White House, April 9, 2002.

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