0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 75
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0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003| 1996
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0004| INTRODUCED BY
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0005| MANNY M. ARAGON
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0011| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012| REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO OPEN THE
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0013| MANAGEMENT CONTRACT FOR LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY TO
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0014| COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND ALLOW A CONSORTIUM THAT INCLUDES THE
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0015| UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO AND OTHER ENTITIES REPRESENTING NEW
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0016| MEXICO'S INTERESTS TO SUBMIT BIDS FOR THE CONTRACT.
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0017|
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0018| WHEREAS, the university of California has managed Los
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0019| Alamos national laboratory (LANL) since 1943, earning as much as
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0020| twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) annually from the
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0021| contract; and
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0022| WHEREAS, LANL is the fourth largest single employer in New
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0023| Mexico, with more than nine thousand employees; and
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0024| WHEREAS, new employees of LANL are required to pledge their
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0025| allegiance to the state of California; and
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0001| WHEREAS, the deputy director of LANL recently proclaimed
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0002| that LANL and the community of Los Alamos are one in the same;
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0003| and
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0004| WHEREAS, LANL was founded in secrecy, isolation and
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0005| privilege, and from this legacy evolved the community of Los
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0006| Alamos; and
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0007| WHEREAS, Los Alamos as a community was recently ranked
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0008| among the most affluent communities in the nation in terms of
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0009| education, employment and household income, yet neighboring
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0010| communities surrounding Los Alamos remain among the poorest in
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0011| the nation; and
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0012| WHEREAS, the importance of LANL to New Mexico's economy is
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0013| such that LANL's management should not be solely in the hands of
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0014| an organization, the university of California, whose financial
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0015| interests are clearly independent of the welfare of New Mexico;
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0016| and
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0017| WHEREAS, many employees of LANL and residents of New Mexico
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0018| believe the management of LANL is insensitive to the needs of
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0019| New Mexico; and
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0020| WHEREAS, New Mexico is largely populated by people of
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0021| Spanish and Native American descent, and the university of
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0022| California, as indicated by its repudiation of affirmative
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0023| action on July 20, 1995, has shown disregard and indifference
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0024| for concerns of minorities in general; and
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0025| WHEREAS, the current LANL restructuring plan reflects
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0001| disregard and indifference towards New Mexicans in particular,
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0002| since most employees in the recent layoffs were native New
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0003| Mexicans; and
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0004| WHEREAS, three university of California panels have
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0005| previously challenged the appropriateness of the university of
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0006| California's continued management of LANL, namely the 1970
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0007| Zinner report, the 1978 Gerberding report and the 1989 Jendresen
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0008| report; and
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0009| WHEREAS, the state of New Mexico might earn as much as
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0010| fifteen to twenty million dollars ($15,000,000 to $20,000,000)
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0011| in management fees as a member of a management consortium, a
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0012| large sum considering the state's current budget problems; and
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0013| WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico has imminent
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0014| scientific and administrative capabilities reflected by the
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0015| calibre of its faculty in the engineering school, the
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0016| engineering research institute, the Robert O. Anderson school of
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0017| business and other science- and management-related departments;
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0018| and
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0019| WHEREAS, a consortium composed of the university of
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0020| California, the university of New Mexico and perhaps expertise
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0021| from other New Mexico-based institutions might strengthen LANL's
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0022| role in the nation's scientific and defense community, serve the
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0023| economic needs of northern New Mexico and stimulate greater
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0024| opportunities for technology transfer and business spinoffs
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0025| throughout the state's economy;
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0001| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0002| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the United States department of energy
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0003| be requested to open the management contract of LANL to
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0004| competitive bidding when the contract expires in 1997; and
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0005| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the university of New Mexico be
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0006| requested to negotiate with the university of California and
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0007| other New Mexico institutions to form a consortium to bid on the
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0008| LANL management contract; and
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0009| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0010| transmitted to the secretary of energy, the president of the
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0011| university of New Mexico, the chancellor of the university of
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0012| California and New Mexico's congressional delegation.
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0015| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0016| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0019| February 10, 1996
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0020|
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0021| Mr. President:
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0022|
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0023| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0024|
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0025| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 75
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0002| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0003| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0005| Respectfully submitted,
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0009| __________________________________
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0010| Gloria Howes, Chairman
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0014| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0015| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0019| Date ________________________
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0022| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0023| Yes: 6
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0024| No: 0
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0025| Excused: Donisthorpe, EJennings, Wray
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0001| Absent: 0
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0004| SJ075RU1
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0005| State of New Mexico
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0006| House of Representatives
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0007|
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0008| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0009| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0012| February 14, 1996
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0015| Mr. Speaker:
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0017| Your ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, to
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0018| whom has been referred
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0019|
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0020| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 75
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0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0023| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0025| 1. On page 3, strike all of lines 8 through 11.
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0002| Respectfully submitted,
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0007| James Roger Madalena, Chairman
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0010| Adopted Not Adopted
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0012| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0014| Date
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0016| The roll call vote was 5 For 1 Against
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0017| Yes: 5
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0018| No: Light
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0019| Excused: Knowles, Ryan, Wallach
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0020| Absent: Corley, Reyes
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0024| SJ075EN1
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