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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 264

Applauding the individuals who were instrumental to the program of partnerships for oceanographic and scientific research between the Federal Government and academic institutions during the period beginning before

World War II and continuing through the end of the Cold War, supporting efforts by the Office of Naval Research to honor those individuals, and expressing appreciation for the ongoing efforts of the Office

of Naval Research.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 6, 2000

Mr. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. FARR of California, Mr.

WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. BILBRAY, and Mr.

PICKETT, and Mr. DELAHUNT) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Applauding the individuals who were instrumental to the

program of partnerships for oceanographic and scientific

research between the Federal Government and academic

institutions during the period beginning before World

War II and continuing through the end of the Cold

War, supporting efforts by the Office of Naval Research

to honor those individuals, and expressing appreciation

for the ongoing efforts of the Office of Naval Research.

Whereas the Navy and Marine Corps have always been vital

to the defense and security of the Nation;
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Whereas academic institutions and oceanographers made vital

contributions in support of the Navy and Marine Corps

during World War II;

Whereas the great benefits of scientific research to the efforts

of the United States during World War II resulted in an

understanding that science and technology were of critical importance to the future security of the Nation;

Whereas Congress created the Office of Naval Research in

the Department of the Navy in 1946 to ensure the availability of resources for research in oceanography and

other fields related to the missions of the Navy and Marine Corps;

Whereas the Office of Naval Research, in addition to its support of naval research within the Federal Government,

has also supported the conduct of oceanographic and scientific research through partnerships with educational

and scientific institutions throughout the Nation; and

Whereas these partnerships have long been recognized as

among the most innovative and productive research partnerships ever established by the Federal Government and

have resulted in a vast improvement in understanding of

basic ocean processes and the development of new technologies critical to the security and defense of the Nation:

Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That Congress—

3 (1) applauds the commitment and dedication of

4 the officers, scientists, researchers, students, and ad5 ministrators who were instrumental to the program

6 of partnerships for oceanographic and scientific re-
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1 search between the Federal Government and aca2 demic institutions, including those individuals who

3 helped forge that program before World War II, im4 plement it during World War II, and improve it

5 throughout the Cold War;

6 (2) recognizes that the Nation, in ultimately

7 prevailing in the Cold War, relied to a significant ex8 tent on research supported by, and technologies de9 veloped through, those partnerships, and in par10 ticular on the superior understanding of the ocean

11 environment generated through that research;

12 (3) supports efforts by the Director of the Of13 fice of Naval Research to honor those individuals,

14 who contributed so greatly and unselfishly to the

15 naval mission and the national defense, through

16 those partnerships during the period beginning be17 fore World War II and continuing through the end

18 of the Cold War; and

19 (4) expresses appreciation for the ongoing ef20 forts of the Office of Naval Research to support

21 oceanographic and scientific research and the devel22 opment of researchers in those fields, to ensure that

23 such partnerships will continue to make important
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1 contributions to the defense and the general welfare

2 of the Nation.

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