[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1203 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1203

To enhance the management of electricity programs at the Department of 
                                Energy.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 2007

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Mr. Domenici) 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 enhance the management of electricity programs at 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy Electricity 
Programs Enhancement Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

    (a) In General.--Section 203(a) of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7133(a)) is amended in the first sentence 
by striking ``7 Assistant Secretaries'' and inserting ``8 Assistant 
Secretaries''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``Assistant Secretaries of Energy (7)'' 
and inserting ``Assistant Secretaries of Energy (8)''.
    (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that leadership 
for missions of the Department of Energy relating to electricity 
delivery and reliability should be at the Assistant Secretary level.
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