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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 595 

Recognizing the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as 1 of the premier 

science and research institutions of the world. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 30 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 29), 2006 

Mr. DOMENICI (for himself, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mrs. BOXER, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

NOVEMBER 16, 2006 

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as 

1 of the premier science and research institutions of 

the world. 

Whereas the 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 the belief of Mr. Lawrence that scientific research 

is best done through teams of individuals with different 

fields of expertise left a legacy that has yielded rich diviVerDate Aug 31 2005 03:02 Nov 21, 2006 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR595.ATS SR595

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dends for the United States in basic knowledge and applied technology; 

Whereas that distinguished legacy of accomplishment includes 

10 Nobel Laureates associated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and a dozen scientists of the 

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who have won 

the National Medal of Science; 

Whereas, in 2006, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory continues to be used to conduct 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 scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 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 

grand challenges of the world; 

Whereas, through those 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, scientists of the Lawrence Berkeley National 

Laboratory have played a critical role in advancing the 

world leadership of the United States in fundamental and 

applied sciences; 

Whereas the national scientific user facilities of the Lawrence 

Berkeley National Laboratory provide the highest level of 


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scientific, engineering, and technical support to thousands of scientists each year whose published works continue to consistently enrich their respective research 

fields; 

Whereas the newest user facility of the Lawrence Berkeley 

National Laboratory, the Molecular Foundry, opened its 

doors on March 24, 2006, to enable the design, synthesis, 

and characterization of nanoscale materials, thereby 

opening the door to unimagined scientific and technological advancements; 

Whereas the Advanced Light Source of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a national user facility that 

generates intense light for scientific and technological research that, among other accomplishments, has helped 

reveal how bacteria resist antibiotics, how inexpensive 

and efficient solar cells can be fabricated, and how 

unique substances like quasicrystals possess properties 

never before seen by humans; 

Whereas the National Center for Electron Microscopy of the 

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory houses several of 

the most advanced microscopes and tools for microcharacterization in the world, including 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 to analyze the behavior of materials such as 

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

Whereas the National Energy Research Scientific Computing 

Center of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is 

the flagship scientific computing facility for the Office of 

Science of the Department of Energy, and is 1 of the 


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largest facilities in the world that is devoted to providing 

computational resources and expertise for basic scientific 

research: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

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 the United States 

6 and the international community; and 

7 (2) congratulates the dedicated past and 

8 present scientists and researchers who have worked 

9 at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to 

10 make the institution 1 of the greatest research re11 sources in the world. 

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