[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 137 (Saturday, September 28, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S11670]
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            DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY STANDARDIZATION ACT OF 1996

  Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to Calendar No. 
486, S. 1874.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1874) 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.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be deemed read the 
third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, 
and that any statements relating to the bill be placed at the 
appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1874) was deemed read for a third time and passed, as 
follows:

                                S. 1874

       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 1996''.

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

       (a) Department of Energy Regulations.--
       (1) Section 501 of the Department of Energy Organization 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 7191) is amended by striking subsections (b) 
     and (d).
       (2) Technical and conforming amendment.--Section 501(e) of 
     the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7191(e)) 
     is amended by striking ``subsections (b), (c), and (d)'' and 
     inserting ``subsection (c)''.
       (b) Special Requirements Affecting Advisory Committees.--
       (1) 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 
     hereby repealed.

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