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This resolution is a formal request from the New Jersey General Assembly urging Congress and the President to increase federal funding for fusion energy research through the Department of Energy's Fusion Energy Sciences program. The resolution highlights New Jersey's stake in this issue as home to the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), one of the world's leading fusion research facilities, and emphasizes fusion energy's potential as a clean, sustainable energy source that produces no atmospheric pollutants or long-term radioactive waste. By passing this resolution, the New Jersey legislature aims to advocate for increased federal investment in fusion technology development, including support for PPPL, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project in France, and public-private partnerships that could benefit the state economically.