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(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘AD-
VANCED FUEL CYCLE INITIATIVE’’ and inserting 
‘‘FUEL CYCLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (a); 
(3) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) 
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting before subsection (d), as so re-
designated by paragraph (3) of this subsection, the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
fuel cycle research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application program (referred to in this section as 
the ‘program’) on fuel cycle options that improve uranium 
resource utilization, maximize energy generation, minimize 
nuclear waste creation, improve safety, mitigate risk of 
proliferation, and improve waste management in support 
of a national strategy for spent nuclear fuel and the reac-
tor concepts research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application program under section 952(c). 
‘‘(b) FUEL CYCLE OPTIONS.—Under this section the 
Secretary may consider implementing the following initia-
tives: 
‘‘(1) OPEN CYCLE.—Developing fuels, including 
the use of nonuranium materials and alternate 
claddings, for use in reactors that increase energy 
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generation, improve safety performance and mar-
gins, and minimize the amount of nuclear waste pro-
duced in an open fuel cycle. 
‘‘(2) RECYCLE.—Developing advanced recycling 
technologies, including advanced reactor concepts to 
improve resource utilization, reduce proliferation 
risks, and minimize radiotoxicity, decay heat, and 
mass and volume of nuclear waste to the greatest 
extent possible. 
‘‘(3) ADVANCED
STORAGE
METHODS.—Devel-
oping advanced storage technologies for both onsite 
and long-term storage that substantially prolong the 
effective life of current storage devices or that sub-
stantially improve upon existing nuclear waste stor-
age technologies and methods, including repositories. 
‘‘(4) FAST TEST REACTOR.—Investigating the 
potential research benefits of a fast test reactor user 
facility to conduct experiments on fuels and mate-
rials related to fuel forms and fuel cycles that will 
increase fuel utilization, reduce proliferation risks, 
and reduce nuclear waste products. 
‘‘(5) ADVANCED
REACTOR
INNOVATION.—De-
veloping an advanced reactor innovation testbed 
where national laboratories, universities, and indus-
try can address advanced reactor design challenges 
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to enable construction and operation of privately 
funded reactor prototypes to resolve technical uncer-
tainty for United States-based designs for future do-
mestic and international markets. 
‘‘(6) OTHER TECHNOLOGIES.—Developing any 
other technology or initiative that the Secretary de-
termines is likely to advance the objectives of the 
program. 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL
ADVANCED
RECYCLING
AND 
CROSSCUTTING ACTIVITIES.—In addition to and in sup-
port of the specific initiatives described in paragraphs (1) 
through (5) of subsection (b), the Secretary may support 
the following activities: 
‘‘(1) Development and testing of integrated 
process flow sheets for advanced nuclear fuel recy-
cling processes. 
‘‘(2) Research to characterize the byproducts 
and waste streams resulting from fuel recycling 
processes. 
‘‘(3) Research and development on reactor con-
cepts or transmutation technologies that improve re-
source utilization or reduce the radiotoxicity of waste 
streams. 
‘‘(4) Research and development on waste treat-
ment processes and separations technologies, ad-
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vanced waste forms, and quantification of prolifera-
tion risks. 
‘‘(5) Identification and evaluation of test and 
experimental facilities necessary to successfully im-
plement the advanced fuel cycle initiative. 
‘‘(6) Advancement of fuel cycle-related modeling 
and simulation capabilities. 
‘‘(7) Research to understand the behavior of 
high-burnup fuels.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 953 in the table of contents of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 953. Fuel cycle research and development.’’. 
SEC. 626. NUCLEAR ENERGY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES 
PROGRAM. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle E of title IX of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 958. NUCLEAR ENERGY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
program to support the integration of activities under-
taken through the reactor concepts research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application program under 
section 952(c) and the fuel cycle research and development 
program under section 953, and support crosscutting nu-
clear energy concepts. Activities commenced under this 
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section shall be concentrated on broadly applicable re-
search and development focus areas. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—Activities conducted under this 
section may include research involving— 
‘‘(1) advanced reactor materials; 
‘‘(2) advanced radiation mitigation methods; 
‘‘(3) advanced proliferation and security risk 
assessment methods; 
‘‘(4) advanced sensors and instrumentation; 
‘‘(5) high performance computation modeling, 
including multiphysics, multidimensional modeling 
simulation for nuclear energy systems, and contin-
ued development of advanced modeling simulation 
capabilities through national laboratory, industry, 
and university partnerships for operations and safety 
performance improvements of light water reactors 
for currently deployed and near-term reactors and 
advanced reactors and for the development of small 
modular reactors; and 
‘‘(6) any crosscutting technology or trans-
formative concept aimed at establishing substantial 
and revolutionary enhancements in the performance 
of future nuclear energy systems that the Secretary 
considers relevant and appropriate to the purpose of 
this section. 
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‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit, as part 
of the annual budget submission of the Department, a re-
port on the activities of the program conducted under this 
section, which shall include a brief evaluation of each ac-
tivity’s progress.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended by 
adding at the end of the items for subtitle E of title IX 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 958. Nuclear energy enabling technologies.’’. 
SEC. 627. TECHNICAL STANDARDS COLLABORATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology shall establish a nu-
clear energy standards committee (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘technical standards committee’’) to facilitate 
and support, consistent with the National Technology 
Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995, the development 
or revision of technical standards for new and existing nu-
clear power plants and advanced nuclear technologies. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The technical standards 
committee shall include representatives from appro-
priate Federal agencies and the private sector, and 
be open to materially affected organizations involved 
in the development or application of nuclear energy- 
related standards. 
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(2) CO-CHAIRS.—The technical standards com-
mittee shall be co-chaired by a representative from 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
and a representative from a private sector standards 
organization. 
(c) DUTIES.—The technical standards committee 
shall, in cooperation with appropriate Federal agencies— 
(1) perform a needs assessment to identify and 
evaluate the technical standards that are needed to 
support nuclear energy, including those needed to 
support new and existing nuclear power plants and 
advanced nuclear technologies, including developing 
the technical basis for regulatory frameworks for ad-
vanced reactors; 
(2) formulate, coordinate, and recommend pri-
orities for the development of new technical stand-
ards and the revision of existing technical standards 
to address the needs identified under paragraph (1); 
(3) facilitate and support collaboration and co-
operation among standards developers to address the 
needs and priorities identified under paragraphs (1) 
and (2); 
(4) as appropriate, coordinate with other na-
tional, regional, or international efforts on nuclear 
energy-related technical standards in order to avoid 
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conflict and duplication and to ensure global com-
patibility; and 
(5) promote the establishment and maintenance 
of a database of nuclear energy-related technical 
standards. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To the 
extent provided for in advance by appropriations Acts, the 
Secretary may transfer to the Director of the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology not to exceed 
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 for the Secretary of Com-
merce to carry out this section from amounts appropriated 
for nuclear energy research and development within the 
Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies account for the 
Department. 
SEC. 628. AVAILABLE FACILITIES DATABASE. 
The Secretary shall prepare a database of non-Fed-
eral user facilities receiving Federal funds that may be 
used for unclassified nuclear energy research.
The Sec-
retary shall make this database accessible on the Depart-
ment’s website. 
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Subtitle D—Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable 
Energy 
Research 
and Development 
SEC. 641. ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
Section 911 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16191) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 911. ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
‘‘(a) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall conduct pro-
grams of energy efficiency research, development, dem-
onstration, and commercial application, including activi-
ties described in this subtitle. Such programs shall 
prioritize activities that industry by itself is not likely to 
undertake because of technical challenges or regulatory 
uncertainty, and take into consideration the following ob-
jectives: 
‘‘(1) Increasing energy efficiency. 
‘‘(2) Reducing the cost of energy. 
‘‘(3) Reducing the environmental impact of en-
ergy-related activities. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAMS.—Programs under this subtitle shall 
include research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application of— 
‘‘(1) innovative, affordable technologies to im-
prove the energy efficiency and environmental per-
formance of vehicles, including weight and drag re-
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duction technologies, technologies, modeling, and 
simulation for increasing vehicle connectivity and au-
tomation, and whole-vehicle design optimization; 
‘‘(2) cost-effective technologies, for new con-
struction and retrofit, to improve the energy effi-
ciency and environmental performance of buildings, 
using a whole-buildings approach; 
‘‘(3) advanced technologies to improve the en-
ergy efficiency, environmental performance, and 
process efficiency of energy-intensive and waste-in-
tensive industries; 
‘‘(4) technologies to improve the energy effi-
ciency of appliances and mechanical systems for 
buildings in extreme climates, including cogenera-
tion, trigeneration, and polygeneration units; 
‘‘(5) advanced battery technologies; and 
‘‘(6) fuel cell and hydrogen technologies.’’. 
SEC. 642. NEXT GENERATION LIGHTING INITIATIVE. 
Section 912 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16192) and the item relating thereto in the table 
of contents of that Act are repealed. 
SEC. 643. BUILDING STANDARDS. 
Section 914 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16194) is amended by striking subsection (c). 
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SEC. 644. SECONDARY ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY USE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 915 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16195) and the item relating thereto in the table 
of contents of that Act are repealed. 
SEC. 645. NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION 
PROGRAM. 
To the extent provided for in advance by appropria-
tions Acts, the Secretary may transfer to the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology up to $150,000,000 
for the period encompassing fiscal years 2015 through 
2017 from amounts appropriated for advanced manufac-
turing research and development under this subtitle (and 
the amendments made by this subtitle) for the Secretary 
of Commerce to carry out the Network for Manufacturing 
Innovation Program authorized under section 34 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278s). 
SEC. 646. ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 
CENTERS. 
Section 917 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16197) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2)(B); 
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(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (4); 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), re-
spectively; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (6); 
(3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds awarded 
under this section may be used for the construction of fa-
cilities or the deployment of commercially available tech-
nologies.’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (i). 
SEC. 647. RENEWABLE ENERGY. 
Section 931 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16231) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 931. RENEWABLE ENERGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary shall con-
duct programs of renewable energy research, devel-
opment, demonstration, and commercial application, 
including activities described in this subtitle. Such 
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programs shall prioritize discovery research and de-
velopment and take into consideration the following 
objectives: 
‘‘(A) Increasing the conversion efficiency of 
all forms of renewable energy through improved 
technologies. 
‘‘(B) Decreasing the cost of renewable en-
ergy generation and delivery. 
‘‘(C) Promoting the diversity of the energy 
supply. 
‘‘(D) Decreasing the dependence of the 
United States on foreign mineral resources. 
‘‘(E) Decreasing the environmental impact 
of renewable energy-related activities. 
‘‘(F) Increasing the export of renewable 
generation technologies from the United States. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(A) SOLAR ENERGY.—The Secretary shall 
conduct a program of research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application for 
solar energy, including innovations in— 
‘‘(i) photovoltaics; 
‘‘(ii) solar heating; 
‘‘(iii) concentrating solar power; 
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‘‘(iv) lighting systems that integrate 
sunlight and electrical lighting in com-
plement to each other; and 
‘‘(v) development of technologies that 
can be easily integrated into new and exist-
ing buildings. 
‘‘(B) WIND ENERGY.—The Secretary shall 
conduct a program of research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application for 
wind energy, including innovations in— 
‘‘(i) low speed wind energy; 
‘‘(ii) testing and verification tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(iii) distributed wind energy genera-
tion; and 
‘‘(iv) transformational technologies for 
harnessing wind energy. 
‘‘(C) GEOTHERMAL.—The Secretary shall 
conduct a program of research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application for 
geothermal energy, including technologies for— 
‘‘(i) improving detection of geothermal 
resources; 
‘‘(ii) decreasing drilling costs; 
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‘‘(iii) decreasing maintenance costs 
through improved materials; 
‘‘(iv) increasing the potential for other 
revenue sources, such as mineral produc-
tion; and 
‘‘(v) increasing the understanding of 
reservoir life cycle and management. 
‘‘(D) HYDROPOWER.—The Secretary shall 
conduct a program of research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application for 
technologies that enable the development of new 
and incremental hydropower capacity, including: 
‘‘(i) Advanced technologies to enhance 
environmental 
performance 
and 
yield 
greater energy efficiencies. 
‘‘(ii) Ocean energy, including wave en-
ergy. 
‘‘(E) MISCELLANEOUS
PROJECTS.—The 
Secretary shall conduct research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application pro-
grams for— 
‘‘(i) the combined use of renewable 
energy technologies with one another and 
with other energy technologies, including 
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the combined use of renewable power and 
fossil technologies; 
‘‘(ii) renewable energy technologies for 
cogeneration of hydrogen and electricity; 
and 
‘‘(iii) kinetic hydro turbines. 
‘‘(b) RURAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—In car-
rying out this section, the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Agriculture, shall give priority to dem-
onstrations that assist in delivering electricity to rural and 
remote locations including— 
‘‘(1) advanced renewable power technology, in-
cluding combined use with fossil technologies; 
‘‘(2) biomass; and 
‘‘(3) geothermal energy systems. 
‘‘(c) ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct analysis and evaluation in support of the re-
newable energy programs under this subtitle. These 
activities shall be used to guide budget and program 
decisions, and shall include— 
‘‘(A) economic and technical analysis of re-
newable energy potential, including resource as-
sessment; 
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‘‘(B) analysis of past program perform-
ance, both in terms of technical advances and 
in market introduction of renewable energy; 
‘‘(C) assessment of domestic and inter-
national market drivers, including the impacts 
of any Federal, State, or local grants, loans, 
loan guarantees, tax incentives, statutory or 
regulatory requirements, or other government 
initiatives; and 
‘‘(D) any other analysis or evaluation that 
the Secretary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may designate 
up to 1 percent of the funds appropriated for car-
rying out this subtitle for analysis and evaluation ac-
tivities under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—This analysis 
and evaluation shall be submitted to the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate at least 30 days be-
fore each annual budget request is submitted to 
Congress.’’. 
SEC. 648. BIOENERGY PROGRAM. 
Section 932 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16232) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 932. BIOENERGY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct a pro-
gram of research, development, demonstration, and com-
mercial application for bioenergy, including innovations 
in— 
‘‘(1) biopower energy systems; 
‘‘(2) biofuels; 
‘‘(3) bioproducts; 
‘‘(4) integrated biorefineries that may produce 
biopower, biofuels, and bioproducts; and 
‘‘(5) crosscutting research and development in 
feedstocks. 
‘‘(b) BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS.—The goals of 
the biofuels and bioproducts programs shall be to develop, 
in partnership with industry and institutions of higher 
education— 
‘‘(1) advanced biochemical and thermochemical 
conversion technologies capable of making fuels from 
lignocellulosic feedstocks that are price-competitive 
with fossil-based fuels and fully compatible with ei-
ther internal combustion engines or fuel cell-powered 
vehicles; 
‘‘(2) advanced conversion of biomass to biofuels 
and bioproducts as part of integrated biorefineries 
based 
on 
either 
biochemical 
processes, 
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thermochemical processes, or hybrids of these proc-
esses; and 
‘‘(3) other advanced processes that will enable 
the development of cost-effective bioproducts, includ-
ing biofuels. 
‘‘(c) RETROFIT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF ETHANOL FROM CELLULOSIC MATERIALS.— 
The Secretary shall establish a program of research, devel-
opment, demonstration, and commercial application for 
technologies and processes to enable biorefineries that ex-
clusively use corn grain or corn starch as a feedstock to 
produce ethanol to be retrofitted to accept a range of bio-
mass, including lignocellulosic feedstocks. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds authorized 
for carrying out this section may be used to fund commer-
cial biofuels production for defense purposes. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BIOMASS.—The term ‘biomass’ means— 
‘‘(A) any organic material grown for the 
purpose of being converted to energy; 
‘‘(B) any organic byproduct of agriculture 
(including wastes from food production and 
processing) that can be converted into energy; 
or 
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‘‘(C) any waste material that can be con-
verted to energy, is segregated from other waste 
materials, and is derived from— 
‘‘(i) any of the following forest-related 
resources: mill residues, precommercial 
thinnings, slash, brush, or otherwise non-
merchantable material; 
‘‘(ii) wood waste materials, including 
waste pallets, crates, dunnage, manufac-
turing and construction wood wastes (other 
than pressure-treated, chemically treated, 
or painted wood wastes), and landscape or 
right-of-way tree trimmings, but not in-
cluding municipal solid waste, gas derived 
from the biodegradation of municipal solid 
waste, or paper that is commonly recycled; 
or 
‘‘(iii) solids derived from waste water 
treatment processes. 
‘‘(2) 
LIGNOCELLULOSIC
FEEDSTOCK.—The 
term ‘lignocellulosic feedstock’ means any portion of 
a plant or coproduct from conversion, including 
crops, trees, forest residues, grasses, and agricul-
tural residues not specifically grown for food, includ-
ing from barley grain, grapeseed, rice bran, rice 
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hulls, rice straw, soybean matter, cornstover, and 
sugarcane bagasse.’’. 
SEC. 649. CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER RESEARCH PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 934 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16234) and the item relating thereto in the table 
of contents of that Act are repealed. 
SEC. 650. RENEWABLE ENERGY IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
Section 935 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16235) and the item relating thereto in the table 
of contents of that Act are repealed. 
Subtitle E—Fossil Energy Research 
and Development 
SEC. 661. FOSSIL ENERGY. 
Section 961 of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
16291) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 961. FOSSIL ENERGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plication programs in fossil energy, including activities 
under this subtitle, with the goal of improving the effi-
ciency, effectiveness, and environmental performance of 
fossil energy production, upgrading, conversion, and con-
sumption. Such programs shall take into consideration the 
following objectives: 
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‘‘(1) Increasing the energy conversion efficiency 
of all forms of fossil energy through improved tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(2) Decreasing the cost of all fossil energy 
production, generation, and delivery. 
‘‘(3) Promoting diversity of energy supply. 
‘‘(4) Decreasing the dependence of the United 
States on foreign energy supplies. 
‘‘(5) Decreasing the environmental impact of 
energy-related activities. 
‘‘(6) Increasing the export of fossil energy-re-
lated equipment, technology, and services from the 
United States. 
‘‘(b) OBJECTIVES.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall seek to— 
‘‘(1) leverage existing programs; 
‘‘(2) 
consolidate 
and 
coordinate 
activities 
throughout the Department to promote collaboration 
and crosscutting approaches; 
‘‘(3) ensure activities are undertaken in a man-
ner that does not duplicate other activities within 
the Department or other Federal Government activi-
ties; and 
‘‘(4) identify programs that may be more effec-
tively left to the States, industry, nongovernmental 
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