IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 306 
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2025 
Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself, Ms. SCHRIER, and Ms. DELBENE) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of Pacific Northwest 
National Laboratory. 
Whereas, on January 4, 1965, the Atomic Energy Commis-
sion, the predecessor agency of the Department of En-
ergy (DOE), selected Battelle Memorial Institute, a not- 
for-profit research and development organization, to take 
over the Hanford Laboratories at the Hanford Site in 
southeastern Washington State; 
Whereas, then known as Pacific Northwest Laboratory, the 
laboratory focused on plutonium production and nuclear 
waste cleanup at Hanford; 
Whereas, over time, the laboratory expanded its mission to 
become one of DOE’s most diversified national labora-
tories, addressing some of the Nation’s most pressing 
challenges in science, energy, and national security; 
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Whereas, though a national laboratory since its 1965 incep-
tion, in 1995, DOE added ‘‘national’’, formalizing the 
name 
as 
Pacific 
Northwest 
National 
Laboratory 
(PNNL); 
Whereas PNNL has grown from just over 2,200 employees 
in 1965 to more than 6,400 today; 
Whereas PNNL is the single-largest employer in central 
Washington; 
Whereas PNNL conducted $1,640,000,000 in research and 
development in fiscal year 2024; 
Whereas PNNL has leveraged its scientific capabilities to 
make significant contributions in areas such as sup-
porting the cleanup of legacy nuclear waste, under-
standing Earth systems, modernizing the energy grid, ad-
vancing energy storage, enabling energy resilience, sup-
porting salmon recovery, supporting nuclear nonprolifera-
tion, and protecting against cyberattacks, as well as 
building and applying artificial intelligence tools to accel-
erate scientific discovery in key areas related to national 
security and energy; 
Whereas PNNL has over 200 joint appointments with over 
60 academic institutions and is home to 7 joint insti-
tutes, combining the expertise and capabilities of univer-
sities and a national laboratory to accelerate science im-
pact; 
Whereas PNNL also collaborates with industry, including 
businesses large and small throughout the United States; 
Whereas such collaborations result in PNNL successfully 
moving innovations developed at the lab into the market-
place, such as PNNL-developed millimeter wave tech-
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nology used at airport security checkpoints to scan for 
concealed objects and increase security; 
Whereas, in fiscal year 2024, PNNL had 319 invention dis-
closures, and PNNL researchers were named on 59 pat-
ents granted; and 
Whereas PNNL is committed to training the next generation 
of scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, reaching 
more than 51,000 students and 900 educators through 
its STEM outreach programs in fiscal year 2024: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates Pacific Northwest National 
Laboratory on six decades of scientific brilliance; 
(2) recognizes the contributions of Pacific 
Northwest National Laboratory working on some of 
the United States most complex and urgent chal-
lenges; and 
(3) looks forward to continued innovation and 
scientific discovery that will make the Nation and 
the world a better and safer place. 
Æ 
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