    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2004, Book I)]
    [April 22, 2004]
    [Page 655]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report of the National Science
    Board
    April 22, 2004

    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.