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(c) MEMBERSHIP.—Each member of an advisory
committee appointed under this section shall have signifi-
cant scientific, technical, or other appropriate expertise.
The membership of each committee shall represent a wide
range of expertise, including, to the extent practicable,
members with expertise from outside the disciplines cov-
ered by the program, and a diverse set of interests.
(d) MEETINGS AND PURPOSES.—Each advisory com-
mittee under this section shall meet at least semiannually
to review and advise on the progress made by the respec-
tive research, development, demonstration, and commer-
cial application program or programs. The advisory com-
mittee shall also review the measurable cost and perform-
ance-based goals for the applied programs, and the
progress on meeting such goals.
(e) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 6
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall enter into arrangements with the National
Academy of Sciences to conduct reviews and assessments
of the programs authorized by this title, the measurable
cost and performance-based goals for the applied pro-
grams, and the progress in meeting such goals. Such re-
views and assessments shall be completed and reports con-
taining the results of all such reviews and assessments
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transmitted to the Congress not later than 2 years after
the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 915. COMPETITIVE AWARD OF MANAGEMENT CON-
TRACTS.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary by this title may be used to award a manage-
ment and operating contract for a National Laboratory
(excluding those named in subparagraphs (G), (H), (N),
(O) of section 900(b)(6)), unless such contract is competi-
tively awarded, or the Secretary grants, on a case-by-case
basis, a waiver. The Secretary may not delegate the au-
thority to grant such a waiver and shall submit to the Con-
gress a report notifying it of the waiver, and setting forth
the reasons for the waiver, at least 60 days prior to the
date of the award of such contract.
SEC. 916. NATIONAL LABORATORY DESIGNATION.
After the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary
shall not designate a facility that is not referred to in sec-
tion 900(b)(6) as a National Laboratory.
SEC. 917. REPORT ON EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
PRACTICES.
Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall
transmit to Congress a report on the equal employment
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opportunity practices at National Laboratories. Such re-
port shall include—
(1) a thorough review of each laboratory con-
tractor’s equal employment opportunity policies, in-
cluding promotion to management and professional
positions and pay raises;
(2) a statistical report on complaints and their
disposition in the laboratories;
(3) a description of how equal employment op-
portunity practices at the laboratories are treated in
the contract and in calculating award fees for each
contractor;
(4) a summary of disciplinary actions and their
disposition by either the Department or the relevant
contractors for each laboratory;
(5) a summary of outreach efforts to attract
women and minorities to the laboratories;
(6) a summary of efforts to retain women and
minorities in the laboratories; and
(7) a summary of collaboration efforts with the
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to
improve equal employment opportunity practices at
the laboratories.
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SEC. 918. USER FACILITY BEST PRACTICES PLAN.
The Secretary shall not allow any Department facility
to begin functioning as a user facility after the date of
enactment of this Act until the Secretary, for that
facility—
(1) develops a plan to ensure that the facility
will—
(A) have a skilled staff to support a wide
range of users;
(B) have a fair method for allocating time
to users that provides for input from facility
management, user representatives, and outside
experts; and
(C) be operated in a safe and fiscally pru-
dent manner; and
(2) transmits such plan to Congress and 60
days have elapsed.
SEC. 919. SUPPORT FOR SCIENCE AND ENERGY INFRA-
STRUCTURE AND FACILITIES.
(a) STRATEGY.—The Secretary shall develop and im-
plement a strategy for infrastructure and facilities sup-
ported primarily from the Office of Science and the ap-
plied programs at each National Laboratory and Depart-
ment research facility. Such strategy shall provide cost-
effective means for—