[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 2033 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2033

  To repeal requirements for unnecessary or obsolete reports from the 
             Department of Energy, and for other purposes.


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                   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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal requirements for unnecessary or obsolete reports from the 
             Department of Energy, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``DOE Reports Elimination and 
Streamlining Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. REPEALS AND MODIFICATIONS.

    (a) Reports on Industrial Energy Efficiency Programs.--
            (1) Section 132(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
        U.S.C. 7349(d)) is amended by striking ``and annually 
        thereafter,''.
            (2) Section 133(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
        U.S.C. 6350(c)) is amended by striking ``and biennially 
        thereafter,''.
    (b) Study and Report on Vibration Reduction Technologies.--Section 
173 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13451 note) is 
repealed.
    (c) Reports on Potential Financial Investments by Electric 
Utilities in Electric Batteries for Motor Vehicles.--Section 825 of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13295) is repealed.
    (d) Biennial Reports on Coal Research, Development, and 
Demonstration Projects.--Section 1301(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 
1992 (42 U.S.C. 13331(d)) is amended by striking ``every two years 
thereafter for a period of 6 years'' and inserting ``not later than 6 
years thereafter''.
    (e) Change of Updates to Five-Year Program Plan for Electric Motor 
Vehicles to a Biennial Basis.--Section 2025(b)(4) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13435(b)(4)) is amended by striking ``Annual'' 
and inserting ``Biennial''.
    (f) Biennial Update to National Advanced Materials Initiative Five-
Year Program Plan.--Section 2201(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 13501(b)) is amended by striking the last sentence.
    (g) Biennial Report on Implementation of the Alaska Swap Act.--
Section 6(a) of the Alaska Federal-Civilian Energy Efficiency Swap Act 
of 1980 (40 U.S.C. 795d) is repealed.
    (h) Repeal of Unconstitutional Legislative Veto and Related 
Report.--Section 54(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2074(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the colon at the end of the first proviso 
        and inserting a period; and
            (2) by striking the second, third, and fourth provisos.
    (i) Conversion of Annual Report on Scientific Drilling Program to 
Periodic Joint Report.--Section 4(6) of the Continental Scientific 
Drilling and Exploration Act (P.L. 100-441; 102 Stat. 1762) is amended 
to read as follows:
            ``(6) submitting to the Congress periodic joint reports on 
        significant accomplishments of, and plans for, the drilling 
        program.''
    (j) Incorporation of Annual Report on Steel and Aluminum Research 
and Development Activities Into the President's Budget.--Section 8 of 
the Steel and Aluminum Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act 
of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 5107) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 8. REPORTS.

    ``As part of the annual budget submission of the President under 
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary shall 
provide to Congress a description of research and development 
activities to be carried out under this Act during the fiscal year 
involved, together with such legislative recommendations as the 
Secretary may consider appropriate.''.
    (k) Incorporation of Annual Report on Metal Casting Research and 
Development Activities Into the President's Budget.--Section 10 of the 
DOE Metal Casting Competitiveness Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 5309) 
is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 10. REPORTS.

    ``As part of the annual budget submission of the President under 
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary shall 
provide to Congress a description of research and development 
activities to be carried out under this Act during the fiscal year 
involved, together with such legislative recommendations as the 
Secretary may consider appropriate.''.
    (l) Conversion of National Energy Policy Plan From Biennial Report 
to Quadrennial Report.--Section 801(b) of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7321(b)) is amended by striking 
``biennially'' and inserting ``every 4 years''.
    (m) Repeal of Authorizations for DOE Offices No Longer in 
Existence.--
            (1) Office of subseabed disposal research.--Section 224 of 
        the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10204) is 
        repealed.
            (2) Office of alcohol fuels.--(A) Subtitle A of title II of 
        the Energy Security Act (42 U.S.C. 8811 through 8821) is 
        repealed.
            (B) Any existing loan guarantee under section 214 of the 
        Energy Security Act shall remain in effect until the loan is 
        repaid; and the Department of Energy shall continue to 
        administer an existing loan guarantee under section 214 as if 
        subtitle A had not been repealed.
            (C) The table of contents for the Energy Security Act is 
        amended by striking the item relating to subtitle A of title II 
        and the matters relating to sections 211 through 221.
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