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107TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 471 

Congratulating the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, its staff, and 

former employees, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Laboratory, for its outstanding contributions to national security and science in service to our Nation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2002 

Mrs. TAUSCHER submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, its staff, and former employees, on the occasion 

of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Laboratory, for its outstanding contributions to national security and science in service to our Nation. 

Whereas the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was 

established in 1952 as part of the University of California Radiation Laboratory to augment the efforts of 

the Los Alamos National Laboratory to meet an urgent 

national security need and has since made important advances in nuclear weapons science and technology to keep 

the Nation at peace and secure; 


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Whereas advances by the Laboratory in nuclear weapons 

technology strengthened the ability of NATO to deter aggression in Europe during the Cold War and have ensured the reliability of our Nation’s nuclear weapons 

stockpile in the absence of nuclear testing; 

Whereas the Laboratory has provided technical support to 

arms control negotiations and treaty implementation, including negotiations and treaties to reduce the size of nuclear arsenals, prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technologies, and limit nuclear weapons testing; 

Whereas the Laboratory has greatly contributed to efforts of 

the United States intelligence community to understand 

nuclear-weapons related activities worldwide, as well as to 

respond to nuclear emergencies through its participation 

in the Nuclear Emergency Search Team, its development 

of the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center, 

and its other emergency response capabilities, which are 

now contributing to the war against terrorism; 

Whereas Laboratory researchers have made many scientific 

advances, including work that won a Nobel Prize for 

Physics in 1998 and numerous advances in astrophysics, 

such as contributions to understanding supernovas, highresolution mapping of the moon, the search for dark matter in the universe, and the development of advanced 

technologies to improve the performance of terrestriallybased telescopes; 

Whereas technology development of the Laboratory has 

broadly contributed to the Nation’s technical prowess and 

the competitiveness of United States industry, as evidenced by the winning of 85 prestigious R&D 100 

awards, the most by any institution, as well as by very 


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effective long-term partnerships with the computer industry and laser and electro-optics industries; 

Whereas the Laboratory has contributed to the development 

of technologies that offer the promise of providing energy 

security in the long term, including technology development for coal gasification, significant advances in fusion 

energy science, and international leadership in Inertial 

Confinement Fusion research, and construction of large 

Inertial Confinement Fusion lasers including ongoing 

work on the National Ignition Facility; 

Whereas the Laboratory has developed novel environmental 

restoration technologies that are being used to rapidly 

clean up groundwater contamination at Superfund sites 

and is at the forefront of the development of simulation 

capabilities to better understand the Earth’s climate and 

how it may change; 

Whereas technologies developed at the Laboratory contributed to the Department of Energy’s decision to launch its 

Human Genome Initiative in 1987, which evolved into the 

International Human Genome Project, the Laboratory 

participated in the project by mapping and sequencing 

chromosome 16, and continuing genetics work at the 

Laboratory is leading to the identification of the source 

of genetic diseases and to the development of improved 

detectors of biological agents; 

Whereas the Laboratory is a valuable part of the University 

of California, working cooperatively with its many campuses to further higher education, contributing broadly to 

elementary and secondary educational efforts throughout 

Northern California and educational outreach directed at 

minority groups nationwide; and 


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Whereas the Laboratory has been a national resource for 

science and technology for 50 years dedicated to serve to 

our Nation: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That the Congress, on the occasion of the 

3 50th anniversary of the founding of the Lawrence Liver4 more National Laboratory, congratulates the Laboratory, 

5 its staff, and former employees for its dedicated service 

6 to our Nation, with its outstanding contributions to na7 tional security, its tradition of scientific and technical ex8 cellence, and its continuing efforts to make the world more 

9 secure and a better place to live. 

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