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 found-
ed on August 26, 1931, by Ernest Orlando Lawrence, 
winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in physics for his inven-
tion 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 funda-
mental studies of the universe, quantitative biology, 
nanoscience, new energy systems, environmental solu-
tions, 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 syn-
thetic biology, and are harnessing the secrets of the ge-
nome to help solve the world’s grand challenges; 
Whereas through these accomplishments and others, includ-
ing finding the antiproton, advancing energy efficiency 
and conservation technologies, deciphering the photosyn-
thetic 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 pro-
vide the highest level of scientific, engineering, and tech-
nical support to thousands of scientists each year whose 
published works continue to consistently enrich their re-
spective research fields; 
Whereas Berkeley Lab’s newest user facility, the Molecular 
Foundry, opened its doors March 24, 2006, for the de-
sign, synthesis, and characterization of nanoscale mate-
rials, opening the door to unimagined scientific and tech-
nological advancements; 
Whereas the Advanced Light Source is a national user facil-
ity that generates intense light for scientific and techno-
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logical research which among other accomplishments has 
helped to reveal how bacteria resist antibiotics, how inex-
pensive and efficient solar cells can be fabricated, and 
how strange substances like quasicrystals possess prop-
erties 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-Ang-
strom Microscope and the Spin Polarized Low-Energy 
Electron Microscope, that allow scientists to gain a basic 
scientific understanding of new, energy-efficient mate-
rials, as well as analyze the behavior of materials such as 
magnets, superconductors, ceramics, and high-tempera-
ture alloys; and 
Whereas the National Energy Research Scientific Computing 
Center (NERSC) is the flagship scientific computing fa-
cility 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the outstanding and unique role 
that the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 
has played over the past 75 years in the scientific 
and technological advancement of our Nation and of 
the world; 
(2) praises the Lawrence Berkeley National 
Laboratory on the great flexibility and foresight it 
has had in moving from being one of the Nation’s 
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original prominent physics laboratories to a highly 
diversified scientific laboratory of world prominence 
in a variety of fields; 
(3) congratulates the dedicated employees at 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory past and 
present who have worked to make the institution one 
of the greatest research resources in the world; and 
(4) encourages the laboratory to continue its 
leadership in pushing the scientific frontiers as we 
work to address unprecedented challenges whose so-
lutions are grounded in science and technology. 
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