,,iv  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #cjf  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,april #h1 #bjbe,mr4  
,ne:\se 7= himself1 ,ms4 ,s*ri]1 & ,ms4 
,del,bene7 submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2
 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on        
,sci5ce1 ,space1 & ,te*nology           
,,resolution  ,recogniz+ ! #fj?         
anniv]s>y ( ,pacific ,nor?we/ ,national 
,laboratory4  ,:]eas1 on ,janu>y #d1    
#aife1 ! ,atomic ,en]gy ,commission1 !  
pr$ecessor ag5cy ( ! ,dep>tm5t ( ,en]gy 
7,,doe71 select$ ,battelle ,memorial    
,in/itute1 a n-=-pr(it rese>* &         
developm5t organization1 to take ov] !  
,han=d ,laboratories at ! ,han=d ,site 9
 s\!a/]n ,wa%+ton ,/ate2 ,:]eas1 !n kn[n
 z ,pacific ,nor?we/ ,laboratory1 !     
laboratory focus$ on plutonium          
production & nucle> wa/e cleanup at     
,han=d2 ,:]eas1 ov] "t1 ! laboratory    
exp&$ its mission to become "o ( ,,doe's
 mo/ div]sifi$ national laboratories1   
address+ "s ( ! ,nation's mo/ press+    
*all5ges 9 sci5ce1 en]gy1 & national    

security2 ,:]eas1 ?\gh a national       
laboratory s9ce its #aife inception1 9  
#aiie1 ,,doe add$ national1 =maliz+ ! "n
 z ,pacific ,nor?we/ ,national          
,laboratory 7,,pnnl72 ,:]eas ,,pnnl has 
gr[n f j ov] #b1bjj employees 9 #aife to
 m ?an #f1djj today2 ,:]eas ,,pnnl is ! 
s+le-l>ge/ employ] 9 c5tral ,wa%+ton2   
,:]eas ,,pnnl conduct$ #a1fdj1jjj1jjj 9 
rese>* & developm5t 9 fiscal ye> #bjbd2 
,:]eas ,,pnnl has lev]ag$ its sci5tific 
capabilities to make significant        
contributions 9 areas su* z support+ !  
cleanup ( legacy nucle> wa/e1 und]/&+   
,e>? sy/ems1 mod]niz+ ! en]gy grid1     
advanc+ en]gy /orage1 enabl+ en]gy      
resili5ce1 support+ salmon recov]y1     
support+ nucle> nonprolif]ation1 &      
protect+ aga9/ cyb]attacks1 z well z    
build+ & apply+ artificial intellig5ce  
tools to accel]ate sci5tific discov]y 9 
key areas relat$ to national security & 
en]gy2 ,:]eas ,,pnnl has ov] #bjj jo9t  
appo9tm5ts ) ov] #fj academic           
in/itutions & is home to #g jo9t        

in/itutes1 comb9+ ! exp]tise &          
capabilities ( univ]sities & a national 
laboratory to accel]ate sci5ce impact2  
,:]eas ,,pnnl also collaborates )       
indu/ry1 includ+ bus9esses l>ge & small 
?r\gh\t ! ,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas su*     
collaborations result 9 ,,pnnl          
successfully mov+ innovations develop$  
at ! lab into ! m>ketplace1 su* z       
,,pnnl-develop$ millimet] wave te*nology
 us$ at airport security *eckpo9ts to   
scan = conceal$ objects & increase      
security2 ,:]eas1 9 fiscal ye> #bjbd1   
,,pnnl _h #cai inv5tion disclosures1 &  
,,pnnl rese>*]s 7 nam$ on #ei pat5ts    
grant$2 & ,:]eas ,,pnnl is committ$ to  
tra9+ ! next g5]ation ( sci5ti/s1       
ma!maticians1 & eng9e]s1 rea*+ m ?an    
#ea1jjj /ud5ts & #ijj educators ?r\gh   
its ,,/em outrea* programs 9 fiscal ye> 
#bjbd3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t ! ,h\se (    
,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 congratulates    
,pacific ,nor?we/ ,national ,laboratory 
on six decades ( sci5tific brilliance2  
7#b7 recognizes ! contributions (       

,pacific ,nor?we/ ,national ,laboratory 
work+ on "s ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates mo/       
complex & urg5t *all5ges2 &  7#c7 looks 
=w>d to cont9u$ innovation & sci5tific  
discov]y t w make ! ,nation & ! _w a    
bett] & saf] place4