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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

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’’.

6 SEC. 2. REPEALS AND MODIFICATIONS.

7 (a) REPORTS ON INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY

8 PROGRAMS.—
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1 (1) Section 132(d) of the Energy Policy Act of

2 1992 (42 U.S.C. 7349(d)) is amended by striking

3 ‘‘and annually thereafter,’’.

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

5 1992 (42 U.S.C. 6350(c)) is amended by striking

6 ‘‘and biennially thereafter,’’.

7 (b) STUDY AND REPORT ON VIBRATION REDUCTION

8 TECHNOLOGIES.—Section 173 of the Energy Policy Act

9 of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13451 note) is repealed.

10 (c) REPORTS ON POTENTIAL FINANCIAL INVEST11 MENTS BY ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN ELECTRIC BATTERIES

12 FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.—Section 825 of the Energy Pol13 icy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13295) is repealed.

14 (d) BIENNIAL REPORTS ON COAL RESEARCH, DE15 VELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Section

16 1301(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.

17 13331(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘every two years there18 after for a period of 6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than

19 6 years thereafter’’.

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

21 PLAN FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLES TO A BIENNIAL

22 BASIS.—Section 2025(b)(4) of the Energy Policy Act of

23 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13435(b)(4)) is amended by striking

24 ‘‘Annual’’ and inserting ‘‘Biennial’’.
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1 (f) BIENNIAL UPDATE TO NATIONAL ADVANCED MA2 TERIALS INITIATIVE FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM PLAN.—Sec3 tion 2201(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C.

4 13501(b)) is amended by striking the last sentence.

5 (g) BIENNIAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

6 ALASKA SWAP ACT.—Section 6(a) of the Alaska Federal7 Civilian Energy Efficiency Swap Act of 1980 (40 U.S.C.

8 795d) is repealed.

9 (h) REPEAL OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATIVE

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

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

12 amended—

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

14 proviso and inserting a period; and

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

16 provisos.

17 (i) CONVERSION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON SCIENTIFIC

18 DRILLING PROGRAM TO PERIODIC JOINT REPORT.—Sec19 tion 4(6) of the Continental Scientific Drilling and Explo20 ration Act (P.L. 100–441; 102 Stat. 1762) is amended

21 to read as follows:

22 ‘‘(6) submitting to the Congress periodic joint

23 reports on significant accomplishments of, and plans

24 for, the drilling program.’’
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1 (j) INCORPORATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON STEEL

2 AND ALUMINUM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVI3 TIES INTO THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET.—Section 8 of the

4 Steel and Aluminum Conservation and Technology Com5 petitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 5107) is amended to

6 read as follows:

7 ‘‘SEC. 8. REPORTS.

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

9 President under section 1105 of title 31, United States

10 Code, the Secretary shall provide to Congress a description

11 of research and development activities to be carried out

12 under this Act during the fiscal year involved, together

13 with such legislative recommendations as the Secretary

14 may consider appropriate.’’.

15 (k) INCORPORATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON METAL

16 CASTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

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

18 DOE Metal Casting Competitiveness Research Act of

19 1990 (15 U.S.C. 5309) is amended to read as follows:

20 ‘‘SEC. 10. REPORTS.

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

22 President under section 1105 of title 31, United States

23 Code, the Secretary shall provide to Congress a description

24 of research and development activities to be carried out

25 under this Act during the fiscal year involved, together
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1 with such legislative recommendations as the Secretary

2 may consider appropriate.’’.

3 (l) CONVERSION OF NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY

4 PLAN FROM BIENNIAL REPORT TO QUADRENNIAL RE5 PORT.—Section 801(b) of the Department of Energy Or6 ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7321(b)) is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘biennially’’ and inserting ‘‘every 4 years’’.

8 (m) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR DOE OF9 FICES NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE.—

10 (1) OFFICE OF SUBSEABED DISPOSAL RE11 SEARCH.—Section 224 of the Nuclear Waste Policy

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

13 (2) OFFICE OF ALCOHOL FUELS.—(A) Subtitle

14 A of title II of the Energy Security Act (42 U.S.C.

15 8811 through 8821) is repealed.

16 (B) Any existing loan guarantee under section

17 214 of the Energy Security Act shall remain in ef18 fect until the loan is repaid; and the Department of

19 Energy shall continue to administer an existing loan

20 guarantee under section 214 as if subtitle A had not

21 been repealed.

22 (C) The table of contents for the Energy Secu23 rity Act is amended by striking the item relating to
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1 subtitle A of title II and the matters relating to sec2 tions 211 through 221.

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