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HCR054.........................................................by EDUCATION
INEEL - Stating findings of the Legislature and commending the Department
of Energy's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory for its
fifty-five years of service to Idaho and the United States of America.
03/01 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/02 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/03 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/05 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsors - Rydalch & Barraclough
Title apvd - to Senate
03/08 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/18 10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Davis
Title apvd - to House
03/18 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/19 Pres signed - To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 54
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND COMMENDING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S IDAHO
3 NATIONAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY FOR ITS FIFTY-FIVE YEARS
4 OF SERVICE TO IDAHO AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
5 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 WHEREAS, fifty-five years ago, the fledgling Atomic Energy Commission
7 selected a site in Idaho over twenty other potential locations across the
8 nation to become the home of the country's one and only National Reactor Test-
9 ing Station; and
10 WHEREAS, Idaho's National Reactor Testing Station played a key role in
11 carrying out President Eisenhower's landmark Atoms for Peace Initiative by
12 generating the world's first usable amounts of electricity from nuclear power,
13 giving Arco, Idaho, the distinction of being the first American city to be
14 powered by nuclear-generated electricity, and designing and building a total
15 of fifty-two, mostly first of their kind, nuclear reactors; and
16 WHEREAS, Idaho's national laboratory has served so nobly in enhancing our
17 national defense through the development of United States naval nuclear pro-
18 pulsion systems, the training of U.S. Navy nuclear personnel and the develop-
19 ment and manufacture of protective armor packages and numerous other
20 technologies to enhance the safety and efficiency of U.S. military forces; and
21 WHEREAS, scientists and engineers at Idaho's national laboratory have
22 labored tirelessly to advance Idaho and national interests with their contri-
23 butions in alternative and renewable energy systems, neutron capture therapy,
24 subsurface science, biotechnology and many other areas as befits a
25 multiprogram national laboratory; and
26 WHEREAS, Idaho's national laboratory has become a key and respected part-
27 ner with state government, regional universities and industry in advancing
28 Idaho's Science and Technology Strategic Plan and helping secure Idaho's place
29 in the knowledge-based economy of the twenty-first century; and
30 WHEREAS, the Idaho Legislature and the people of the state of Idaho fully
31 appreciate the tremendous scientific and economic asset the Idaho National
32 Engineering and Environmental Laboratory is to Idaho.
33 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
34 sion of the Fifty-seventh Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
35 the Senate concurring therein, that we recognize and commend the Idaho
36 National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory in this, the fifty-fifth
37 year of its service to America and express our support for this Idaho-based
38 national asset so that it can continue its contributions to national science
39 and technology excellence for many years to come.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 14185
The purpose of this resolution is to commend the Idaho National
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory for its 55 years of
service to Idaho and to the United States of America.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no impact on the general fund.
Contact
Names: Representatives Ann Rydalch, Lee Gagner, Jack Barraclough,
Janice McGeachin, Dennis Lake, Doug Jones, Tom Trail, Larry
Bradford, Sharon Block, Gary Bauer, Joseph Cannon, Charles
Eberle, Kathie Garrett, Henry Kulczyk, Peter Nielsen, Clifford
Bayer, Donna Boe, Allen Andersen, Mike Naccarato, George Sayler
Phone: 332-1000
Names: Senator Bart Davis
Senator Mel Richardson
Phone: 332-1300
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HCR 054