,,iv  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #hdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #bf1         
#bjah,mr4 ,foster 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,takano1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1
 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,ms4       
,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,delaney1 ,ms4          
,del,bene1 ,ms4 ,esty of ,connecticut1  
,ms4 ,hanabusa1 ,mr4 ,johnson of        
,georgia1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,lewis of  
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of            
,california1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4      
,mc,nerney1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,rush1   
,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mrs4   
,watson ,coleman1 and ,ms4 ,lofgren7    
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration  ,,resolution    
,expressing the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that the ,office of    
,technology ,assessment should be       
reestablished4  ,whereas the ,office of 
,technology ,assessment 7hereinafter    
referred to as ,,ota7 was created in    
#aigb to provide ,members of ,congress  

and congressional committees with       
objective analysis of increasingly      
complex scientific and technical issues 
faced by our country2 ,whereas for over 
#bj years and #aa sessions of ,congress1
 the ,,ota produced trustworthy1        
nonpartisan technical reports on issues 
as far ranging as nuclear arms control1 
electronic health records1 and oil and  
shale technologies2 ,whereas the        
expertise provided by the ,,ota saved   
taxpayers billions of dollars by        
identifying cost-effective areas for    
future investment and avoiding wasting  
money on technologies and policies that 
did not and could not work2 ,whereas the
 ,,ota contributed to the security and  
economic growth of our ,nation by       
providing timely and forward looking    
analysis of technological threats and   
opportunities2 ,whereas it is frequently
 necessary for ,members of ,congress to 
make informed policy decisions about    
rapidly changing technologies that are  
often outside their technical areas of  

expertise2 ,whereas in the #bj years    
since ,congress has suspended           
appropriations for the ,,ota1 the       
,united ,states has missed significant  
opportunities for reallocating ,federal 
spending to better align with current   
and future technological reality2 and   
,whereas #ij organizations came together
 to call for the ,,ota to be funded once
 again by ,congress3 ,now1 therefore1 be
 it  ,that it is the sense of the ,house
 of ,representatives that-- 7#a7 the    
legislative process would greatly       
benefit from once again having an office
 dedicated to giving nonpartisan1       
technical advice to ,congress2  7#b7 the
 ,office of ,technology ,assessment     
represents a cost-effective improvement 
to the governance of the ,united        
,states2 and  7#c7 funding should be    
restored for the ,office of ,technology 
,assessment4