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 102 STAT. 4926

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—OCT. 19, 1988

dent of the United States, and the proposal of the Bill of Rights as the first ten amendments to the Constitution, and shall invite the President to join this delegation in participating in these ceremonies. (b) The specific planning of the ceremonies described in subsection (a) shall be coordinated directly with the Historian of the Senate, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Senate, and the Historian of the House of Representatives, under the jurisdiction of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Agreed to October 19, 1988.

Oct. 19.1988 [H. Con. Res. 369]

DEPARTMENT OF STATE—CONGRATULATING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICERS Whereas scientific and technological strength is closely associated with the economic and political strength of this Nation; Whereas the increasingly global nature of scientific and technological activities has broadened opportunities for both competition and cooperation in these activities; Whereas the Congress is increasingly concerned with a number of issues related to international cooperation and competition in science and technology, including the role of cooperative science and technology in global development; the balance between international cooperation and national security; exchange of scientific and technological personnel; and access to scientific and technological facilities and knowledge; Whereas the Department of State's Science and Technology Officers have for many years provided the United States Government with excellent information and advice on these and other matters, both in the United States and abroad; Whereas the Department of State's Science and Technology Officers carry out a variety of functions in an extraordinarily competent manner, including providing liaison between scientific communities in the United States and overseas, informing the United States Government of foreign science and technology policies and developments, participating in international negotiations, and managing cooperative bilateral science and technology programs; Whereas the Department of State's Science and Technology Officers are often outnumbered by their counterparts from other nations, placing the United States at a distinct disadvantage in terms of monitoring and influencing international science and technology; Whereas periodic informal meetings between the Congress and the Department of State's Science and Technology Officers have yielded timely, relevant and valuable guidance and perspective with respect to foreign policy considerations; and Whereas it is the desire of the Congress to ensure that the corps of Science and Technology Officers abroad and at the Department of ' State remain strong not only in its scientific abilities, which are of high quality, but also in number, so that United States policy on science, technology, and diplomacy may be well coordinated: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That—

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