[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2179 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2179

To provide for the term of office of the first person appointed to the 
 position of Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of 
                                Energy.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2000

  Mr. Domenici (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Murkowski, and Mr. Kyl) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the term of office of the first person appointed to the 
 position of Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of 
                                Energy.

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

SECTION 1. TERM OF OFFICE OF PERSON FIRST APPOINTED AS UNDER SECRETARY 
              FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

    (a) Length of Term.--The term of office as Under Secretary for 
Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy of the first person 
appointed to that position shall be three years.
    (b) Exclusive Reasons for Removal.--The exclusive reasons for 
removal from office as Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the 
person described in subsection (a) shall be inefficiency, neglect of 
duty, or malfeasance in office.
    (c) Position Described.--The position of Under Secretary for 
Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy referred to in this 
section is the position established by subsection (c) of section 202 of 
the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7132), as added by 
section 3202 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (title 
XXXII of Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 954)).
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