IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 765 
Recognizing the 40th anniversary of passage of the Solar Energy Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2014 
Mr. PERLMUTTER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 40th anniversary of passage of the Solar 
Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act 
of 1974. 
Whereas, on October 26, 1974, the Solar Energy Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Act was signed into law 
in response to the Nation’s growing need for additional 
sources of energy; 
Whereas the law sponsored by Senator Hubert Humphrey, 
Jr., from Minnesota authorized a Federal program of re-
search, development, and demonstration to assure the 
utilization of solar energy as a viable source for our na-
tional needs; 
Whereas the Act established the Solar Energy Research Insti-
tute to perform research functions related to— 
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(1) researching and developing a program for resolv-
ing the major technical problems inhibiting commercial 
utilization of solar energy in the United States; 
(2) implementing a research and development pro-
gram to demonstrate the technological means for secur-
ing and utilizing the solar energy resource base; and 
(3) initiating a program to design and construct fa-
cilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the var-
ious forms of solar energy; 
Whereas in March 1977, after 2 years of highly competitive 
bidding, acting Administrator Robert Fri selected Golden, 
Colorado, as the site for the Solar Energy Research Insti-
tute; 
Whereas the Solar Energy Research Institute officially began 
operating in July 1977, just a few months before becom-
ing part of the new Department of Energy; 
Whereas in 1978, President Jimmy Carter was the first 
United States President to visit the lab; 
Whereas in 1991, President George H.W. Bush elevated 
Solar Energy Research Institute to a National Labora-
tory; 
Whereas today the National Renewable Energy Laboratory a 
world-class research facility in Golden, Colorado, is home 
to prominent scientists, engineers, research technicians, 
across many fields and disciplines; 
Whereas the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has won 
57 Research & Development ‘‘100 Awards’’ and received 
various other scientific and technical society honors; and 
Whereas today, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory 
is a national and international leader in research to de-
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velop efficient and economic solar, wind, biomass, and 
other clean energy technologies: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the House of Representatives— 
(A) calls upon the people of the United 
States to recognize the 40th anniversary of the 
passage of the Solar Energy Research, Develop-
ment, and Demonstration Act of 1974; and 
(B) recognizes the vital research and work 
that has been and is currently being done at the 
National Renewable Energy Laboratory to im-
prove renewable energy and energy efficiency 
technologies across the United States; and 
(2) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that the United States should make a commit-
ment to provide adequate funding to support the 
National Renewable Energy Laboratory as it con-
tinues to provide important research for new clean 
energy technologies to benefit the citizens of the 
United States. 
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