Recognizing the contributions of Defense laboratories to national security and supporting the designation of May 18, 2017, as the “Department of Defense Laboratory Day 2017”.

supports the designation of the “Department of Defense Laboratory Day 2017” in celebration of all of the work and accomplishments of the national network of Defense laboratories;

recognizes that one key to maintaining United States innovation and competitiveness in a global economy is to continue to support federally sponsored research and development;

acknowledges that the knowledge base, technologies, and techniques generated in the Defense laboratory system serve as a foundation for additional militarily relevant efforts in the defense industrial base;

commits to find ways to increase investment in the network of Defense laboratories in order to increase support of federally sponsored research and development; and

encourages the laboratories, the executive branch agencies, and Congress to hold an outreach event to be known as “Department of Defense Laboratory Day 2017” to make the public more aware of the work of the Nation’s network of Defense laboratories.