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HJM022.........................................................by EDUCATION
IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY - Stating findings of the Legislature and
requesting the President and Congress to vigorously support the Idaho
National Laboratory as it develops a world class, multiprogram laboratory
that attracts and retains exceptional scientific, technical and business
talent to accomplish its programs.
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 JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 22
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
3 TIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL
4 DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED
5 STATES.
6 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
7 State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-seventh
8 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
9 WHEREAS, the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory is
10 the largest employer in Eastern Idaho and one of the largest in the state of
11 Idaho; and
12 WHEREAS, the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory has
13 provided support to our nation's security, by manufacturing tank armor that
14 protects our troops, testing materials for the nuclear Navy to make better
15 warships, developing instrumentation that allows our law enforcement agencies
16 and the military to detect chemical or radiological hazards safely, and devel-
17 oping instruments and processes that help us maintain and protect our critical
18 infrastructure such as information, communications and information systems;
19 and
20 WHEREAS, the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory is
21 the United States Department of Energy's leader in the development of nuclear
22 energy, particularly in the next generation of nuclear reactors that will be
23 cleaner, safer, more efficient and more proliferation resistant; and
24 WHEREAS, the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory and
25 Argonne National Laboratory-West will be joined in 2005 to form the Idaho
26 National Laboratory, which the United States Department of Energy intends to
27 develop into the preeminent nuclear research, development and demonstration
28 lab within ten years and the Idaho National Laboratory will also establish
29 itself as a center for national security technology development and demonstra-
30 tion; and
31 WHEREAS, the Idaho National Laboratory will foster new government, indus-
32 try, academic and international collaborations to produce the investment, pro-
33 grams and expertise to assure this vision is realized; and
34 WHEREAS, the Idaho National Laboratory will offer new opportunities to
35 Idaho small business and industry, universities and communities to become
36 involved in developing this world class laboratory.
37 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
38 sion of the Fifty-seventh Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
39 the Senate concurring therein, that we request the President and Congress to
40 vigorously support and expand the Idaho National Laboratory as it develops a
41 world class, multiprogram laboratory that attracts and retains exceptional
42 scientific, technical and business talent to accomplish its programs.
43 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
44 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
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1 Memorial to the President of the United States, the President of the Senate
2 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Congress, and the congres-
3 sional delegation representing the State of Idaho in the Congress of the
4 United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 14188C1
The purpose of this House Joint Memorial is to request the
President of the United States, the U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives and Idaho's Congressional delegation to
vigorously support and expand the Idaho National Laboratory as it
develops a world class multiprogram laboratory.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
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 HJM 022