S.C.R. NO. 29 Summary

• Urges Congress to amend Title 42 United States Code Section 16355 to lift the prohibition on establishing new national laboratories

• Current law prohibits the Department of Energy Secretary from designating any facility established after August 8, 2005 as a national laboratory

• Acknowledges the Department of Energy's seventeen existing national laboratories as leading institutions for scientific innovation addressing critical challenges including climate change and fundamental physics research

• Requests transmission of certified copies to the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, U.S. House Speaker, and Hawaii's congressional delegation