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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8159 

To require the Secretary of Energy to review and report periodically on 

measures and recommendations to improve general management of the 

Department of Energy, to implement reforms to ensure continuous improvement in such management, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 

Mr. WALDEN (for himself and Mr. PALLONE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 

addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Energy to review and report 

periodically on measures and recommendations to improve general management of the Department of Energy, 

to implement reforms to ensure continuous improvement 

in such management, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Energy 

5 Organization and Management Improvement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EVALUATION AND REPORTING ON IMPROVING MAN2 AGEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part C of title VI of the Depart4 ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7251 et seq.) 

5 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 664. EVALUATION AND REPORTING TO IMPROVE GEN7 ERAL MANAGEMENT. 

8 ‘‘Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

9 of this section, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary 

10 shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

11 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

12 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report con13 taining— 

14 ‘‘(1) an evaluation of the general management 

15 of the Department, including management and mis16 sion support functional programs that have Depart17 ment-wide responsibility for legal services, adminis18 tration, accounting, budgeting, contract and project 

19 management, human resources management, and 

20 such other staff support offices the Secretary deter21 mines appropriate; 

22 ‘‘(2) a description of impediments to effective 

23 Departmental management; 

24 ‘‘(3) a description of recommended measures to 

25 improve Departmental management, including statu26 tory changes to address such impediments; 


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1 ‘‘(4) a strategic plan, to be implemented by the 

2 Office of the Secretary, for continuous improvement 

3 in the management of the Department; and 

4 ‘‘(5) an evaluation of the status of the improve5 ment of Departmental management.’’. 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con7 tents of the Department of Energy Organization Act is 

8 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

9 663 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 664. Evaluation and reporting to improve general management.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. UPDATING ORDERS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF 

11 ENERGY MANAGEMENT. 

12 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the 

14 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 

15 Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat16 ural Resources of the Senate a report containing— 

17 (1) a description of the status of all orders 

18 issued by the Department of Energy relating to 

19 management of the Department; and 

20 (2) a schedule for updating such orders to en21 sure effective management of the Department, in22 cluding personnel of the Department and budget for23 mulation. 


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1 SEC. 4. INTEGRATION OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 

2 ADMINISTRATION AND DEPARTMENT OF EN3 ERGY MISSION-SUPPORT PERSONNEL. 

4 Section 3220 of the National Nuclear Security Ad5 ministration Act (50 U.S.C. 2410) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

7 following new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(a) STATUS OF ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL.— 

9 Each officer or employee of the Administration shall be 

10 responsible to and subject to the authority, direction, and 

11 control of the Secretary consistent with section 202(c)(3) 

12 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 7132(c)(3)).’’; 

14 (2) by striking subsection (b); 

15 (3) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and 

16 (e) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively; 

17 (4) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by 

18 striking ‘‘Subsections (a) and (b)’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘Subsection (a)’’; and 

20 (5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by 

21 striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (b)’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 

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