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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Lujan, B.
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
3/01/2007
HM 44
SHORT TITLE Support & Funding for LANL
SB
ANALYST McOlash
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Memorial 44 recognizes Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) as a state and national
asset; provides a statement of support for LANL; and urges the US Congress and Executive to
adequately fund and organizationally support LANL.
Copies of this memorial will be sent to the US Secretary of Energy, President Pro-Tem of the US
Senate, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, the US National Nuclear Security
Administrator and the NM Congressional delegation.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
NFI
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Los Alamos National Laboratory was founded in New Mexico in 1943 and currently employs
nearly 12,000 New Mexicans. Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of four
U.S. organizations with extensive experience in nuclear defense programs—Bechtel National,
University of California, BWX Technologies, and Washington Group International, is the new
management and operating (M&O) contractor.