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Calendar No. 594

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2033

To repeal requirements for unnecessary or obsolete reports from the

Department of Energy, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

AUGUST 2, 1996

Mr. JOHNSTON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

SEPTEMBER 13, 1996

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To repeal requirements for unnecessary or obsolete reports

from the Department of Energy, 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 ‘‘DOE Reports Elimi5 nation and Streamlining Act of 1996’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REPEALS AND MODIFICATIONS.

2 (a) REPORTS ON INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY

3 PROGRAMS.—

4 (1) Section 132(d) of the Energy Policy Act of

5 1992 (42 U.S.C. 7349(d)) is amended by striking

6 ‘‘and annually thereafter,’’.

7 (2) Section 133(c) of the Energy Policy Act of

8 1992 (42 U.S.C. 6350(c)) is amended by striking

9 ‘‘and biennially thereafter,’’.

10 (b) STUDY AND REPORT ON VIBRATION REDUCTION

11 TECHNOLOGIES.—Section 173 of the Energy Policy Act

12 of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13451 note) is repealed.

13 (c) REPORTS ON POTENTIAL FINANCIAL INVEST14 MENTS BY ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN ELECTRIC BATTERIES

15 FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.—Section 825 625 of the Energy

16 Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13295) is repealed.

17 (d) BIENNIAL REPORTS ON COAL RESEARCH, DE18 VELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Section

19 1301(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.

20 13331(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘every two years there21 after for a period of 6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than

22 6 years thereafter’’.

23 (e) CHANGE OF UPDATES TO FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM

24 PLAN FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLES TO A BIENNIAL

25 BASIS.—Section 2025(b)(4) of the Energy Policy Act of
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1 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13435(b)(4)) is amended by striking

2 ‘‘Annual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.

3 (f) BIENNIAL UPDATE TO NATIONAL ADVANCED MA4 TERIALS INITIATIVE FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM PLAN.—Sec5 tion 2201(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.

6 13501(b)) is amended by striking the last sentence.

7 (g) BIENNIAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

8 ALASKA SWAP ACT.—Section 6(a) of the Alaska Federal9 Civilian Energy Efficiency Swap Act of 1980 (40 U.S.C.

10 795d) is repealed.

11 (h) REPEAL OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATIVE

12 VETO AND RELATED REPORT.—Section 54(a) of the

13 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2074(a)) is

14 amended—

15 (1) by striking the colon at the end of the first

16 proviso and inserting a period; and

17 (2) by striking the second, third, and fourth

18 provisos.

19 (i) (h) CONVERSION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON SCI20 ENTIFIC DRILLING PROGRAM TO PERIODIC JOINT RE21 PORT.—Section 4(6) of the Continental Scientific Drilling

22 and Exploration Act (P.L. 100–441; 102 Stat. 1762) is

23 amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(6) submitting to the Congress periodic joint

2 reports on significant accomplishments of, and plans

3 for, the drilling program.’’

4 (j) (i) INCORPORATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON

5 STEEL AND ALUMINUM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

6 ACTIVITIES INTO THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET.—Section 8

7 of the Steel and Aluminum Conservation and Technology

8 Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 5107) is amended

9 to read as follows:

10 ‘‘SEC. 8. REPORTS.

11 ‘‘As part of the annual budget submission of the

12 President under section 1105 of title 31, United States

13 Code, the Secretary shall provide to Congress a description

14 of research and development activities to be carried out

15 under this Act during the fiscal year involved, together

16 with such legislative recommendations as the Secretary

17 may consider appropriate.’’.

18 (k) INCORPORATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON METAL

19 CASTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

20 INTO THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET.—Section 10 of the

21 DOE Metal Casting Competitiveness Research Act of

22 1990 (15 U.S.C. 5309) is amended to read as follows:

23 ‘‘SEC. 10. REPORTS.

24 ‘‘As part of the annual budget submission of the

25 President under section 1105 of title 31, United States
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1 Code, the Secretary shall provide to Congress a description

2 of research and development activities to be carried out

3 under this Act during the fiscal year involved, together

4 with such legislative recommendations as the Secretary

5 may consider appropriate.’’.

6 (l) CONVERSION OF NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY

7 PLAN FROM BIENNIAL REPORT TO QUADRENNIAL RE8 PORT.—Section 801(b) of the Department of Energy Or9 ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7321(b)) is amended by strik10 ing ‘‘biennially’’ and inserting ‘‘every 4 years’’.

11 (m) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR DOE OF12 FICES NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE.—

13 (1) OFFICE OF SUBSEABED DISPOSAL RE14 SEARCH.—Section 224 of the Nuclear Waste Policy

15 Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10204) is repealed.

16 (2) OFFICE OF ALCOHOL FUELS.—(A) (1) Sub17 title A of title II of the Energy Security Act (42

18 U.S.C. 8811 through 8821) is repealed.

19 (B) (2) Any existing loan guarantee under sec20 tion 214 of the Energy Security Act shall remain in

21 effect until the loan is repaid; and the Department

22 of Energy shall continue to administer an existing

23 loan guarantee under section 214 as if subtitle A

24 had not been repealed.
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1 (C) (3) The table of contents for the Energy

2 Security Act is amended by striking the item relat3 ing to subtitle A of title II and the matters relating

4 to sections 211 through 221.

Calendar No. 594

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2033

A BILL

To repeal requirements for unnecessary or obsolete

other purposes.reports from the Department of Energy, and for

SEPTEMBER 13, 1996

Reported with amendments