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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 264 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.

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                    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

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                         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;
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
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) applauds the commitment and dedication of the officers, 
        scientists, researchers, students, and administrators who were 
        instrumental to the program of partnerships for oceanographic 
        and scientific research between the Federal Government and 
        academic institutions, including those individuals who helped 
        forge that program before World War II, implement it during 
        World War II, and improve it throughout the Cold War;
            (2) recognizes that the Nation, in ultimately prevailing in 
        the Cold War, relied to a significant extent on research 
        supported by, and technologies developed through, those 
        partnerships, and in particular on the superior understanding 
        of the ocean environment generated through that research;
            (3) supports efforts by the Director of the Office of Naval 
        Research to honor those individuals, who contributed so greatly 
        and unselfishly to the naval mission and the national defense, 
        through those partnerships during the period beginning before 
        World War II and continuing through the end of the Cold War; 
        and
            (4) expresses appreciation for the ongoing efforts of the 
        Office of Naval Research to support oceanographic and 
        scientific research and the development of researchers in those 
        fields, to ensure that such partnerships will continue to make 
        important contributions to the defense and the general welfare 
        of the Nation.
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