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A MEMORIAL

SUPPORTING LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY AND URGING THE

UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ADEQUATELY FUND AND SAFEGUARD THE

FUTURE OF THIS NATIONAL ASSET.

WHEREAS, Los Alamos national laboratory was founded in

New Mexico in 1943 and for sixty-four years has provided great

scientific services to the nation and a strong partnership

with the state of New Mexico; and

WHEREAS, Los Alamos national laboratory has been a

keystone of our nation's security since the Manhattan project

was instrumental in ending World War II; and

WHEREAS, Los Alamos national laboratory employs about

twelve thousand New Mexicans and provides a payroll of almost

nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000) per year; and

WHEREAS, Los Alamos national laboratory is responsible

for more than five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000)

annually in procurement in the state of New Mexico; and

WHEREAS, Los Alamos national laboratory has played a

significant role in economic and educational development in

New Mexico, including assisting in sponsorship of the valuable

northern New Mexico mathematics and science academy and

adventures in supercomputing challenge; and

WHEREAS, Los Alamos national laboratory remains a

critical element in the security of the United States and is a

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scientific leader in national defense, nuclear

nonproliferation, bioscience, space exploration, energy

development and many other science, engineering and technology

research and development efforts; and

WHEREAS, the United States congress urged transition of

the Los Alamos national laboratory contract from a nonprofit

university to a for-profit corporation, and the ensuing change

to a new financial framework resulted in a shortage of

laboratory funding for its operational and programmatic costs;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that Los Alamos

national laboratory is a welcomed and valued partner to the

state; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Los Alamos national

laboratory is a national asset with a global reputation for

its technical innovation and scientific discovery and must be

adequately funded and organizationally supported by the

legislative and executive branches of the United States; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the United States secretary of energy,

president pro tempore of the United States senate, speaker of

the United States house of representatives, United States

national nuclear security administration administrator and the

New Mexico congressional delegation.