HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

1501

1995 T126.15

which $22,000,000 shall be available for Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 144 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 276

T126.14 [Roll No. 702]

AYES—144

Ackerman

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bevill

Bishop

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Chapman

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Condit

Conyers

Coyne

Cramer

de la Garza

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Doyle

Durbin

Edwards

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Frost

Furse

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Geren

Gibbons

Gonzalez

Green

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Hall (TX)

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hefner

Hilliard

Hinchey

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jefferson

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kildee

Kleczka

Lantos

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lofgren

Lowey

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martinez

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McKinney

Meek

Menendez

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Mink

Mollohan

Moran

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Rahall

Rangel

Reed

Richardson

Rivers

Rose

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Skelton

Stenholm

Stokes

Studds

Tanner

Thompson

Thornton

Torricelli

Towns

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Williams

Wise

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

NOES—276

Abercrombie

Allard

Andrews

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Baldacci

Ballenger

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Barrett (WI)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Cardin

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Cooley

Costello

Cox

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

Deal

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dooley

Doolittle

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jacobs

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kasich

Kelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Klink

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaFalce

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Lipinski

Livingston

LoBiondo

Longley

Lucas

Luther

Manzullo

Martini

Mascara

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McNulty

Meehan

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Minge

Molinari

Montgomery

Moorhead

Morella

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Obey

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Sisisky

Skaggs

Skeen

Slaughter

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stark

Stearns

Stockman

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thornberry

Thurman

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Traficant

Upton

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOT VOTING—12

Dornan

Fields (LA)

Kennelly

Leach

Moakley

Murtha

Tejeda

Torres

Tucker

Volkmer

Wilson

Woolsey

So the amendment was not agreed to.

After some further time,

T126.15 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following substitute

amendment submitted by Mr. RICHARDSON for the amendment submitted

by Mr. ROEMER:

Substitute amendment submitted by

Mr. RICHARDSON:

Page 104, after line 5, insert the following

new section:

SEC. 313. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LABORATORY OPERATIONS BOARD.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—

For purposes of this section—

(1) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of Energy;

(2) the term ‘‘laboratory’’ means—

(A) a laboratory, as defined in section

12(d)(2) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology

Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(2)),

or

(B) a Federal laboratory, as defined in section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology

Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703);

but such term does not include defense laboratories, and

(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Energy.

(b) LABORATORY OPERATIONS BOARD.—

(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP.—The

Secretary shall establish a Department of

Energy Laboratory Operations Board (in this

section referred to as the ‘‘Board’’). The

Board shall consist of at least 12 members divided equally between Federal and public

members.

(2) FEDERAL MEMBERS.—The Secretary

shall appoint Federal members from among

the senior management of the Department

on the basis of their responsibilities with respect to the operation of Department laboratories, including research and development,

policy, or administration responsibilities.

(3) PUBLIC MEMBERS.—The Secretary shall

appoint public members from institutions of

higher education, industry, or government

on the basis of their experience or accomplishments in research and development, policy, or administration.

(4) TERMS OF MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary

shall appoint each member for a term of 6

years, except that terms shall be staggered

to provide continuity.

(5) GOVERNANCE OF THE BOARD.—The Board

shall be chaired by one of the public members so designated by the Secretary.

(c) PURPOSE AND GOAL OF THE BOARD.—

(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Board is

to provide advice regarding the strategic direction for Department laboratories, the coordination of budget and policy issues affecting laboratory operations, and effective laboratory management.

(2) GOAL.—The primary goal of the Board is

to facilitate productive and cost-effective

use of Department laboratories.

(d) FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The functions of the

Board shall include—

(A) helping to sharpen the mission focus of

Department laboratories;

(B) assisting the Department in timely resolution of issues and problems across laboratories;

(C) facilitating application of best business

practices in laboratory management, including reduction of unnecessary or counterproductive management burdens;

(D) developing recommendations for the

Secretary regarding the size, mission, or

scope of laboratories and laboratory activities in view of changes in Federal policy or

resources, including funding; and

(E) providing advice and recommendations

to the Secretary with respect to—

(i) management improvement initiatives

to reduce the burden of Department oversight, to clarify lines of control and accountability, and to secure higher levels of research and development performance at

lower cost;

(ii) cost-containment generally, including

application of best business practices, and

more efficient use of resources to comply

with Federal and other administrative and

regulatory requirements;

(iii) strategic direction for the laboratories, including validation of strategic

plans, programmatic and management

issues, and coordination of the laboratories

as a system;

(iv) development and implementation of a

Laboratory Mission Plan for the Department

laboratories to ensure that activities of each

Department laboratory are optimally focussed on the missions of the Department;

and

(v) departmental efforts to integrate its

basic and applied research programs and to

integrate Department laboratory research

programs with research and development

programs of industry, other government

agencies, and institutions of higher education.

(2) PUBLIC MEMBERS ONLY.—A subcommittee of the Board consisting of its public members shall—

(A) analyze issues affecting Department

laboratories to provide the basis for independent views;