Bill > HRes417

This resolution commemorates the 75th anniversary of the National Science Foundation (NSF), a federal agency established in 1950 to support scientific research and innovation. The resolution highlights the NSF's significant contributions to scientific advancement, including supporting research projects in all 50 states and 14 U.S. territories, fostering global scientific collaboration, and helping the United States maintain its leadership in scientific discovery. The NSF has played a crucial role in developing groundbreaking technologies like the internet, MRI machines, 3-D printing, and artificial intelligence, and has supported approximately 350,000 researchers, students, teachers, and entrepreneurs annually. The resolution recognizes the NSF's merit-based grant selection process, its support of critical research infrastructure like observatories and supercomputers, and the fact that 268 NSF-supported researchers have won Nobel Prizes. By passing this resolution, the House of Representatives officially commemorates the NSF's achievements and reaffirms its commitment to supporting the foundation's continued scientific research and advancement in the future.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/417/all-info