[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7446]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INDICATORS 2004 REPORT--MESSAGE FROM THE 
                     PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and together 
with the accompanying materials, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on Science:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Consistent with 42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1), I transmit herewith a report 
prepared for the Congress and the Administration by the National 
Science Board entitled, ``Science and Engineering Indicators--2004.'' 
This report represents the sixteenth in the series examining key 
aspects of the status of science and engineering in the United States.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, April 22, 2004.

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