IV 
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 found-
ing of the Laboratory, for its outstanding contributions to national secu-
rity and science in service to our Nation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2002 
Mrs. TAUSCHER submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Com-
mittee 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 Labora-
tory, its staff, and former employees, on the occasion 
of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Labora-
tory, for its outstanding contributions to national secu-
rity and science in service to our Nation. 
Whereas the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was 
established in 1952 as part of the University of Cali-
fornia Radiation Laboratory to augment the efforts of 
the Los Alamos National Laboratory to meet an urgent 
national security need and has since made important ad-
vances 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 ag-
gression in Europe during the Cold War and have en-
sured 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, in-
cluding negotiations and treaties to reduce the size of nu-
clear arsenals, prevent the proliferation of nuclear weap-
ons 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, high- 
resolution mapping of the moon, the search for dark mat-
ter in the universe, and the development of advanced 
technologies to improve the performance of terrestrially- 
based telescopes; 
Whereas technology development of the Laboratory has 
broadly contributed to the Nation’s technical prowess and 
the competitiveness of United States industry, as evi-
denced 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 indus-
try 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 develop-
ment 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 contrib-
uted 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 cam-
puses 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 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress, on the occasion of the 
50th anniversary of the founding of the Lawrence Liver-
more National Laboratory, congratulates the Laboratory, 
its staff, and former employees for its dedicated service 
to our Nation, with its outstanding contributions to na-
tional security, its tradition of scientific and technical ex-
cellence, and its continuing efforts to make the world more 
secure and a better place to live. 
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