[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 649 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 649

To amend sections of the Department of Energy Organization Act that are 
 obsolete or inconsistent with other statutes and to repeal a related 
       section of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 1997

   Mr. Dan Schaefer of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Hall of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend sections of the Department of Energy Organization Act that are 
 obsolete or inconsistent with other statutes and to repeal a related 
       section of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974.

    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 ``Department of Energy Standardization 
Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. STANDARDIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REQUIREMENTS WITH 
              GOVERNMENT-WIDE REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Department of Energy Regulations.--Section 501 of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7191) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (b) and (d),
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b) and 
        by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as subsections 
        (c), (d), and (e), respectively, and
            (3) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``subsections (b), (c), and (d)'' and inserting ``subsection 
        (b)''.
    (b) Special Requirements Affecting Advisory Committees.--
            (1) Section 624.--Section 624 of the Department of Energy 
        Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7234) is amended by--
                    (A) striking ``(a)''; and
                    (B) striking subsection (b).
            (2) Technical and conforming amendment.--Section 17 of the 
        Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 776) is 
        repealed.
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