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<title>Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014</title>
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<action-date>2014-05-01</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Energy (DOE) for FY2015 for coal, natural gas, and oil research and development.</p>Prohibits the use of such funds, however, to: (1) transform any element of the National Energy Technology Laboratory into a government-owned, contractor-operated laboratory, or to consider or plan for any such transformation; (2) consolidate or close any element of the Laboratory; or (3) transfer the Laboratory's human resources functions from any laboratory.]]></summary-text>
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