IV 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1067 

Recognizing Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as one of the world’s 

premier science and research institutions. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 

Mr. EHLERS (for himself and Mr. HONDA) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Science 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as one 

of the world’s premier science and research institutions. 

Whereas Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was founded on August 26, 1931, by Ernest Orlando Lawrence, 

winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in physics for his invention of the cyclotron, a circular particle accelerator that 

opened the door to modern high-energy physics; 

Whereas Lawrence’s belief that scientific research is best 

done through teams of individuals with different fields of 

expertise left a legacy that has yielded rich dividends for 

the Nation in basic knowledge and applied technology; 

Whereas this distinguished legacy of accomplishment includes 

10 Nobel Laureates associated with Berkeley Lab, and a 

dozen Berkeley Lab scientists who have won the National 

Medal of Science; 


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Whereas today Berkeley Lab conducts research across a wide 

range of scientific disciplines with key efforts in fundamental studies of the universe, quantitative biology, 

nanoscience, new energy systems, environmental solutions, and the use of integrated computing as a tool for 

discovery; 

Whereas Berkeley Lab scientists discovered the revolutionary 

new truth of the accelerating expansion of the universe, 

are pioneering the promising new scientific field of synthetic biology, and are harnessing the secrets of the genome to help solve the world’s grand challenges; 

Whereas through these accomplishments and others, including finding the antiproton, advancing energy efficiency 

and conservation technologies, deciphering the photosynthetic process, pioneering the field of nuclear medicine, 

and spearheading the development of alternative energy 

sources, Berkeley Lab scientists have played a critical 

role in advancing the United States world leadership in 

fundamental and applied sciences; 

Whereas Berkeley Lab’s national scientific user facilities provide the highest level of scientific, engineering, and technical support to thousands of scientists each year whose 

published works continue to consistently enrich their respective research fields; 

Whereas Berkeley Lab’s newest user facility, the Molecular 

Foundry, opened its doors March 24, 2006, for the design, synthesis, and characterization of nanoscale materials, opening the door to unimagined scientific and technological advancements; 

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logical research which among other accomplishments has 

helped to reveal how bacteria resist antibiotics, how inexpensive and efficient solar cells can be fabricated, and 

how strange substances like quasicrystals possess properties never before seen; 

Whereas the National Center for Electron Microscopy houses 

several of the world’s most advanced microscopes and 

tools for microcharacterization, such as the One-Angstrom Microscope and the Spin Polarized Low-Energy 

Electron Microscope, that allow scientists to gain a basic 

scientific understanding of new, energy-efficient materials, as well as analyze the behavior of materials such as 

magnets, superconductors, ceramics, and high-temperature alloys; and 

Whereas the National Energy Research Scientific Computing 

Center (NERSC) is the flagship scientific computing facility for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, 

and is one of the largest facilities in the world devoted 

to providing computational resources and expertise for 

basic scientific research: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the outstanding and unique role 

3 that the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 

4 has played over the past 75 years in the scientific 

5 and technological advancement of our Nation and of 

6 the world; 

7 (2) praises the Lawrence Berkeley National 

8 Laboratory on the great flexibility and foresight it 

9 has had in moving from being one of the Nation’s 


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1 original prominent physics laboratories to a highly 

2 diversified scientific laboratory of world prominence 

3 in a variety of fields; 

4 (3) congratulates the dedicated employees at 

5 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory past and 

6 present who have worked to make the institution one 

7 of the greatest research resources in the world; and 

8 (4) encourages the laboratory to continue its 

9 leadership in pushing the scientific frontiers as we 

10 work to address unprecedented challenges whose so11 lutions are grounded in science and technology. 

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