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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 306 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Recognizing the 60th anniversary of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | APRIL8, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. N |
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| 9 | 9 | | EWHOUSE(for himself, Ms. SCHRIER, and Ms. DELBENE) submitted the |
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| 10 | 10 | | following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Science, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Space, and Technology |
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| 12 | 12 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 13 | 13 | | Recognizing the 60th anniversary of Pacific Northwest |
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| 14 | 14 | | National Laboratory. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Whereas, on January 4, 1965, the Atomic Energy Commis- |
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| 16 | 16 | | sion, the predecessor agency of the Department of En- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ergy (DOE), selected Battelle Memorial Institute, a not- |
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| 18 | 18 | | for-profit research and development organization, to take |
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| 19 | 19 | | over the Hanford Laboratories at the Hanford Site in |
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| 20 | 20 | | southeastern Washington State; |
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| 21 | 21 | | Whereas, then known as Pacific Northwest Laboratory, the |
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| 22 | 22 | | laboratory focused on plutonium production and nuclear |
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| 23 | 23 | | waste cleanup at Hanford; |
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| 24 | 24 | | Whereas, over time, the laboratory expanded its mission to |
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| 25 | 25 | | become one of DOE’s most diversified national labora- |
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| 26 | 26 | | tories, addressing some of the Nation’s most pressing |
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| 27 | 27 | | challenges in science, energy, and national security; |
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| 31 | 31 | | Whereas, though a national laboratory since its 1965 incep- |
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| 32 | 32 | | tion, in 1995, DOE added ‘‘national’’, formalizing the |
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| 33 | 33 | | name as Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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| 34 | 34 | | (PNNL); |
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| 35 | 35 | | Whereas PNNL has grown from just over 2,200 employees |
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| 36 | 36 | | in 1965 to more than 6,400 today; |
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| 37 | 37 | | Whereas PNNL is the single-largest employer in central |
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| 38 | 38 | | Washington; |
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| 39 | 39 | | Whereas PNNL conducted $1,640,000,000 in research and |
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| 40 | 40 | | development in fiscal year 2024; |
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| 41 | 41 | | Whereas PNNL has leveraged its scientific capabilities to |
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| 42 | 42 | | make significant contributions in areas such as sup- |
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| 43 | 43 | | porting the cleanup of legacy nuclear waste, under- |
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| 44 | 44 | | standing Earth systems, modernizing the energy grid, ad- |
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| 45 | 45 | | vancing energy storage, enabling energy resilience, sup- |
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| 46 | 46 | | porting salmon recovery, supporting nuclear nonprolifera- |
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| 47 | 47 | | tion, and protecting against cyberattacks, as well as |
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| 48 | 48 | | building and applying artificial intelligence tools to accel- |
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| 49 | 49 | | erate scientific discovery in key areas related to national |
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| 50 | 50 | | security and energy; |
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| 51 | 51 | | Whereas PNNL has over 200 joint appointments with over |
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| 52 | 52 | | 60 academic institutions and is home to 7 joint insti- |
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| 53 | 53 | | tutes, combining the expertise and capabilities of univer- |
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| 54 | 54 | | sities and a national laboratory to accelerate science im- |
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| 55 | 55 | | pact; |
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| 56 | 56 | | Whereas PNNL also collaborates with industry, including |
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| 57 | 57 | | businesses large and small throughout the United States; |
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| 58 | 58 | | Whereas such collaborations result in PNNL successfully |
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| 59 | 59 | | moving innovations developed at the lab into the market- |
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| 60 | 60 | | place, such as PNNL-developed millimeter wave tech- |
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| 64 | 64 | | nology used at airport security checkpoints to scan for |
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| 65 | 65 | | concealed objects and increase security; |
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| 66 | 66 | | Whereas, in fiscal year 2024, PNNL had 319 invention dis- |
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| 67 | 67 | | closures, and PNNL researchers were named on 59 pat- |
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| 68 | 68 | | ents granted; and |
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| 69 | 69 | | Whereas PNNL is committed to training the next generation |
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| 70 | 70 | | of scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, reaching |
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| 71 | 71 | | more than 51,000 students and 900 educators through |
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| 72 | 72 | | its STEM outreach programs in fiscal year 2024: Now, |
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| 73 | 73 | | therefore, be it |
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| 74 | 74 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (1) congratulates Pacific Northwest National 2 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Laboratory on six decades of scientific brilliance; 3 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (2) recognizes the contributions of Pacific 4 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Northwest National Laboratory working on some of 5 |
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| 79 | 79 | | the United States most complex and urgent chal-6 |
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| 80 | 80 | | lenges; and 7 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (3) looks forward to continued innovation and 8 |
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| 82 | 82 | | scientific discovery that will make the Nation and 9 |
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| 83 | 83 | | the world a better and safer place. 10 |
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