LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



House of Representatives, 

 Committee on Science and Technology, 



Washington, DC, September 24, 1986. 



To the Members of the Task Force on Science Policy: 



We submit herewith the fourth in a series of background studies 

 prepared for the use of the Task Force on Science Policy. This 

 Study is a "World Inventory of 'Big Science' Research Instru- 

 ments and Facilities" which includes specific information about 

 each facility and an analysis of the extent of international coopera- 

 tion in their construction and use. The Study was prepared at the 

 request of the Task Force by the Congressional Research Service. 



A significant topic which the Science Policy Study will consider 

 is the rapidly growing costs of the large research instruments and 

 facilities which have become necessary in order to conduct leading 

 edge scientific research in many fields of science. This growing cost 

 of both their initial construction and their subsequent operation 

 has led the Task Force to inquire whether, in the future, more reli- 

 ance on the joint international shouldering of these costs should be 

 sought. 



We are indebted to Mr. William Boesman of the Congressional 

 Research Service for undertaking the extensive data collection that 

 made this inventory possible, and to the many experts throughout 

 the government agencies who contributed. While every effort has 

 been made to include in the study all the relevant big science fa- 

 cilities, additions and corrections would be welcome and should be 

 addressed by the Chairman of the Task Force. 



This report with its data base and its analysis will serve as a 

 solid point of departure for the further work of the Science Policy 

 Task Force in this area. We commend it to the attention of the 

 Task Force Members, our witnesses, the members of the Committee 

 on Science and Technology, and all members of the House of Rep- 

 resentatives. 



Manuel Lujan, Don Fuqua, 



Ranking Republican Member. Chairman. 



(Ill) 



