A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit a plan to implement recommendations to improve interactions between the Department of Energy and National Laboratories.

Bill: 114-s-1229
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2015-05-06
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Department of Energy

Energy research

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Research administration and funding

Research and development
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p> This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to submit to certain congressional committees a plan to implement recommendations made by the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories to improve interactions between DOE and its National Laboratories.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1229 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 6, 2015 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To require the Secretary of Energy to submit a plan to implement recommendations to improve interactions between the Department of Energy and National Laboratories.

1. Plan to improve interactions between Department of Energy and National Laboratories Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a plan to implement recommendations made by the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories established under section 319 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 ( Public Law 113–76 ; 128 Stat. 178) to improve interactions between the Department of Energy and the National Laboratories of the Department.