DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY related term(s) Secretary of Energy

Addresses

Nuclear Power—Waste Disposal, New Reactor Technology—``Pyramids Underground'': Joseph Rhodes, Jr., S3725-S3727 [20MR]

Solar Energy Research Institute Announcement: President Bush, S13210 [18SE]

Amendments

Eddy County, NM: withdrawal of public lands and operation of a nuclear waste isolation pilot plant (S. 1671), S15976, S15990 [5NO]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11379 [30JY], S11414, S11415, S11437, S11449, S11485, S11498, S11500, S11502, S11504, S11505, S11506, S11507, S11508, S11509, S11510, S11511, S11512, S11513, S11514, S11589, S11593, S11594, S11595, S11596, S11597, S11598, S11599, S11600, S11601, S11602 [31JY], S11620, S11632, S11640, S11644, S11660, S11698, S11759, S11763, S11767, S11768, S11769, S11775, S11776, S11778, S11790, S11855, S11860, S11906, S11912, S11913, S11914, S11915 [1AU], S11941, S11946, S11959, S11970, S11971, S12036, S12041, S12048, S12053, S12059, S12062, S12067, S12068, S12069, S12073, S12074, S12076, S12077, S12078, S12080, S12081, S12082, S12083, S12084, S12085, S12086, S12088, S12089, S12116, S12320, S12321, S12322, S12323, S12324, S12325, S12326, S12327, S12328 [2AU]

———revitalize the defense industrial base (S. 347), S2107, S2109, S2219 [21FE]

Analyses

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act (S. 1007), S5506 [8MY]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 347, National defense industrial base revitalization, S15144 [24OC]

———S. 347, revitalize the defense industrial base, H7776 [10OC]

Articles and editorials

Administration Cuts Conservation From Energy Plan, E92 [7JA]

``Big E'' Reactors a Big Pain, Say Veteran Refuelers, S13783 [26SE]

Big Ticket Blues, S11634 [1AU]

Budget Follies Have To Stop, S11634 [1AU]

Get That Nuke Dump Rolling Again, S3721-S3725 [20MR]

If America Ever Runs Out of Ideas, It'll Run Out of Energy—Time To Put Nuclear Power in Perspective and Develop Other Options, S3721 [20MR]

New Plan for Missile Defense, S11613 [1AU]

Nightmare at Yucca Mountain, S3721 [20MR]

Nuclear Navy Sails in for Repairs, Raises Concerns, S13783 [26SE]

U.S. Should Drop Waste Burial Plan, S3721 [20MR]

Waste Sites Face Massive Cleanup Task, S13783 [26SE]

When the Government Runs Afoul of Its Own Regulations, S3356 [14MR]

Why Deep Cuts in Nuclear Weapons Make Sense, E4102 [26NO]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: authorizing for defense activities (see S. 1514, S10554 [22JY])

———authorizing for research and development (see H.R. 2399, H3279 [20MY])

Assistant Secretary for Natural Gas: establish (see H.R. 1017, H1078 [20FE])

Eddy County, NM: withdraw certain public lands surrounding a waste isolation pilot plant (see S. 1007, S5502 [8MY]; H.R. 3692, H8919 [31OC])

———withdrawal of public lands and operation of a nuclear waste isolation pilot plant (see S. 1671, S12182 [2AU])

Electric power: effects of electrical and electromagnetic leakage known as stray voltage (see S. 1685, S12182 [2AU])

———study health effects of exposure to extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields (see H.R. 3293, H6455 [11SE])

Grand Junction, CO: establish an area office (see S. 1199, S6996 [4JN])

———establish an independent branch of the Dept. of Energy Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (see H.R. 2787, H5209 [26JN])

Hazardous substances: terminate U.S. production of tritium, plutonium, and weapons-grade uranium (see H.R. 3746, H9614 [8NO])

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act: use of facilities where high-level radioactive waste is stored (see H.R. 1012, H1078 [20FE])

National Atomic Museum: grant charter (see S. 477, S2256 [22FE])

National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (see S. 1507, S10495 [19JY]; S. 1508, S10554 [22JY])

———revitalize the defense industrial base (see S. 347, S1505 [5FE])

National Weapons Laboratories: establish commission to study U.S. research (see H.R. 3529, H7648 [8OC])

Nuclear energy: allow certain utilities to receive credits for the storing of spent fuel (see S. 699, S3712 [20MR])

———evaluation of bids to perform nuclear hot cell services (see H.R. 3113, H6138 [30JY])

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: site characterization activities at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada (see S. 1138, S6355 [22MY])

Occupational health and safety: improve standards in nuclear facilities (see H.R. 2098, H2563 [25AP])

Petroleum: information on gasoline octane ratings (see H.R. 219, H60 [3JA])

Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: availability of pumping power to non-Federal irrigation projects in Montana (see S. 1370, S8592 [25JN]; H.R. 3186, H6316 [1AU])

Power resources: alternative and replacement fuels program (see H.R. 3190, H6317 [1AU])

———development, production, and use of domestic energy sources (see H.R. 2960, H5650 [18JY])

———encourage development of renewable energy sources and the conservation of energy (see S. 2100, S18335 [26NO])

———establish an electric energy storage and utilization program (see S. 886, S4836 [23AP])

———partnerships between the Dept. of Energy laboratories and other laboratories (see S. 1351, S8458 [21JN])

Radioactive substances: health benefits to employees of Dept. of Energy nuclear facilities for certain injuries (see H.R. 3908, H11287 [25NO])

———payment for decontamination and decommissioning of Dept. of Energy uranium enrichment facilities (see H.R. 3973, H11886 [26NO])

Refuse disposal: nuclear waste management at weapons facilities (see S. 1402, S8952 [27JN])

———private sector participation (see H.R. 1636, H2084 [22MR])

Research Reactor User Complex: establish (see S. 395, S1789 [7FE]; H.R. 910, H990 [6FE])

Solid waste: authorize private sector participation in defense waste cleanup (see S. 1030, S5614 [9MY])

State Energy Conservation Program: supplemental grants for energy education projects (see S. 928, S4984 [24AP])

Technology: research and development of critical technologies (see S. 979, S5137 [25AP])

Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act: reauthorizing (see S. 1885, S15400 [29OC])

Whistle blowing: prohibit contractors from retaliating (see H.R. 1488, H1848 [19MR])

———protection of employees who report violations at Dept. of Energy facilities (see H.R. 3941, H11885 [26NO])

Explanations

Principal features of S. 1671, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act, S15996 [5NO]

Factsheets

Activities Deleted from National Laboratories Under the President's Dept. of Energy Budget, S9350 [9JY]

Letters

Dept. of Energy nuclear weapons laboratories funding: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories, S9349 [9JY]

Dept. of Energy withdrawal of land for New Mexico waste isolation plant: James D. Watkins, Sec. of Energy, H7415, H7416 [3OC]

GAO report on the superconducting supercollider project: James D. Watkins, Sec. of Energy, S8958 [27JN]

National Defense Authorization Act: CBO, S11439 [31JY]

National Energy Security Act, S8836 [27JN]

———James D. Watkins, Sec. of Energy, S10064 [16JY]

———Sierra Club, S10065 [16JY]

National energy strategy: Senators Wallop and Johnston, S567 [15JA]

Rocky Flats, CO, nuclear weapons plant appropriations, S6084 [16MY]

State regulatory authority over nuclear energy strategy: several Members of Congress and Nevada State officials, S3721 [20MR]

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program, S3558 [19MR]

———Senator Wirth, S3558 [19MR]

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act, S5507 [8MY]

———Dept. of Energy, S5507 [8MY]

———Senators Domenici and Bingaman, S15995 [5NO]

Memorials of legislature

Washington, S6146 [20MY], S6919 [3JN]

Messages

National Defense Industrial Base Revitalization (S. 347), S15144 [24OC]

Motions

National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11643 [1AU], S12061 [2AU]

———revitalize the defense industrial base (S. 347), S15144 [24OC], H7769 [10OC]

———revitalize the defense industrial base (S. 347), table Dodd amendment, S2116 [21FE]

Notices

Dept. of Energy recovery of government costs, S15738 [1NO]

Papers

Stopping a Budget Meltdown—Reorganizing the Federal Uranium Enrichment Program: National Taxpayers Union Foundation, S15739-S15748 [1NO]

Press releases

New Mexico students win Department of Energy national contest, Los Alamos National Laboratory, E2254 [19JN]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: authorizing for research and development (H.R. 2399), H4963 [25JN]

Assistant Secretary for Natural Gas: establish (H.R. 1017), E535 [20FE]

Corps of Engineers: research and development of magnetic levitation transportation systems, H3657 [29MY]

EPA: noncompliance penalties, E1820 [16MY]

Fermi Laboratory: funding, H3660, H3661 [29MY]

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: funding, E1339 [18AP]

Grand Junction, CO: establish an independent branch of the Dept. of Energy Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (H.R. 2787), E2369 [26JN]

Hazardous substances: cleanup of hazardous waste, H5399 [11JY]

Heartland Fuels Corp.: K-fuel grant, E3745 [6NO]

Housing: weatherization of low-income homes, H6742 [24SE]

Las Conchas Dam Elementary School: national poster contest finalist, E2254 [19JN]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: transition to non-defense research, E2223 [14JN]

Life Technologies, Inc.: partnership with Dept. of Energy laboratory to study DNA, E1132 [22MR]

National defense: revitalize the defense industrial base (S. 347), H7775, H7776 [10OC]

National Weapons Laboratories: establish commission to study U.S. research (H.R. 3529), E3311 [8OC]

New Mexico: withdrawal of land for waste isolation plant, H7415 [3OC]

Nuclear weapons: appropriations for the operation of the Rocky Flats Plant, H1505-H1508 [7MR]

———production, E4102 [26NO]

Power resources: energy policies, H1108 [21FE]

Radioactive substances: health benefits to employees of Dept. of Energy nuclear facilities for certain injuries (H.R. 3908), E4055 [25NO]

Refuse disposal: unauthorized nuclear waste dump in New Mexico, H7653 [9OC]

Research: superconducting supercollider funding, H3630, H3663-H3686 [29MY]

Research Reactor User Complex: establish (H.R. 910), E495 [7FE]

Washington: privatization of waste management, H10283 [18NO]

Whistle blowing: prohibit contractors from retaliating (H.R. 1488), E1003 [20MR]

———protection of employees who report violations at Dept. of Energy facilities (H.R. 3941), E4163 [26NO]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: authorizing for defense activities (S. 1514), substitute portions of S. 1507, S12115 [2AU]

Colorado: community impact assistance payments, S3522-S3526 [19MR]

Conservation of energy: weatherization assistance program, S13034 [16SE]

———weatherization assistance programs, S12981 [13SE]

Contracts: attach copies of payment bonds to all solicitations for supply, labor, and materials for Dept. of Defense, S12089 [2AU]

———costs, S13049 [16SE]

Domestic policy: transfer funds from weapons activities to environmental restoration and waste management programs, S9346-S9355 [9JY]

Duffy, Leo P.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Energy, S18687 [27NO]

Easton, John J., Jr.: nomination to be General Counsel of the Dept. of Energy, S13828 [26SE]

Ecology and environment: Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program funding, S13761, S13763 [26SE]

Eddy County, NM: withdraw certain public lands surrounding a waste isolation pilot plant (S. 1007), S5504 [8MY]

———withdrawal of public lands and operation of a nuclear waste isolation pilot plant (S. 1671), S12254, S12256 [2AU], S15984, S15988, S15989, S15995, S15996-S15997 [5NO]

Electric power: effects of electrical and electromagnetic leakage known as stray voltage (S. 1685), S12272 [2AU]

Foreign policy: defense burden sharing, S11504 [31JY]

Government regulations: rights in technical data, S12112, S12113 [2AU]

Grand Junction, CO: establish an area office (S. 1199), S6999 [4JN]

Happer, William: nomination to be Director of the Office of Energy Research, S12012 [2AU]

Hawaii: geothermal resource verification, S3556 [19MR]

Motor vehicles: advanced battery research program, S15673 [31OC]

National Atomic Museum: grant charter (S. 477), S2259 [22FE]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11397-S11408, S11412-S11487, S11491-S11524 [31JY], S11613-S11685, S11687-S11701, S11757-S11791 [1AU], S11933-S11978, S12036, S12115, S12369 [2AU], S12686 [10SE]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), modification of amendment, S12116 [2AU]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), modification of unanimous-consent agreement, S11549 [31JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), technical corrections, S11514 [31JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), unanimous consent agreement, S10697 [23JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), unanimous-consent agreement, S11414, S11484, S11491 [31JY], S11640 [1AU], S11945 [2AU]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1508), substitute text of S. 1507, S12115 [2AU]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1509), substitute text of S. 1507, S12115 [2AU]

———revitalize the defense industrial base (S. 347), S1570-S1573 [5FE], S2094-S2131 [21FE], S15143 [24OC]

———revitalize the defense industrial base (S. 347), placed on calendar, S1643 [5FE]

———revitalize the defense industrial base (S. 347), unanimous-consent agreement, S2112 [21FE]

National Renewable Energy Laboratory: establish, S13210 [18SE]

Natural gas: research, development, and demonstration program funding, S12131 [2AU]

New Production Reactor Program: funding, S9429 [10JY]

North Dakota: Great Plains coal gasification project, S13252-S13255 [19SE]

Nuclear energy: allow certain utilities to receive credits for the storing of spent fuel (S. 699), S3719 [20MR]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: site characterization activities at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada (S. 1138), S6399, S6401 [22MY]

Nuclear weapons: appropriations for the operation of the Rocky Flats Plant, S3353-S3356, S3359 [14MR], S9358 [9JY]

———appropriations for the Rocky Flats plant, S6083 [16MY]

Petroleum: emergency oil reserves, S13230 [18SE]

———test of refined petroleum product reserve, S13034 [16SE]

Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: availability of pumping power to non-Federal irrigation projects in Montana (S. 1370), S8614 [25JN]

Power resources: alternative fuels production, S6024 [16MY]

———biofuels energy systems program, S9429 [10JY]

———encourage development of renewable energy sources and the conservation of energy (S. 2100), S18418 [26NO]

———establish an electric energy storage and utilization program (S. 886), S5329 [25AP]

———fossil energy research and development funding, S15672 [31OC]

———health effects of electric and magnetic fields, S9429 [10JY]

———partnerships between the Dept. of Energy laboratories and other laboratories (S. 1351), S8460 [21JN]

———renewable energy technologies, S9444-S9446, S9454, S9455 [10JY]

Randolph, James: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Energy, S17243 [20NO]

Refuse disposal: nuclear waste management at weapons facilities (S. 1402), S8961 [27JN]

Research: role of national laboratories, S2693 [5MR]

Research Reactor User Complex: establish (S. 395), S1813, S1814 [7FE]

Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, CO: Health sand environment concerns, S1772 [7FE]

Solid waste: authorize private sector participation in defense waste cleanup (S. 1030), S5634 [9MY]

State Energy Conservation Program: supplemental grants for energy education projects (S. 928), S5030 [24AP]

Technology: research and development of critical technologies (S. 979), S5286 [25AP]

University of North Dakota Energy and Environment Research Center: funding, S15673 [31OC]

Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act: reauthorizing (S. 1885), S15400 [29OC]

Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program: funding, S3558 [19MR]

Ward, Gregg: nomination to be Assistant Secretary of Energy, S16744 [14NO]

Weapons: research, development, and testing, S8694 [26JN]

Reports

Contractor Costs: GAO, S13049-S13051 [16SE]

Rocky Flats Plant Production and Surveillance Program, S3524 [19MR]

Reports filed

Appropriations for Dept. of Defense's Military Construction, Defense Activities of the Dept. of Energy, and To Prescribe Personnel Strengths: Committee on Armed Services (S. 1508), S10554 [22JY]

———Committee on Armed Services (S. 1509), S10554 [22JY]

Authorizing Appropriations for Dept. of Defense Military Functions and To Prescribe Military Personnel Levels: committee of conference (H.R. 2100) (H. Rept. 102-311), H9757 [13NO]

Authorizing Appropriations for Military Activities and Personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy: Committee on Armed Services (S. 1507) (S. Rept. 102-113), S10494 [19JY]

Commencement of Site Characterization Activities at the Yucca Mountain Site in Nevada: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1138) (S. Rept. 102-87), S8309 [20JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2100, Authorizing Appropriations for Dept. of Defense Military Functions and To Prescribe Military Personnel Levels: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 281) (H. Rept. 102-316), H10268 [14NO]

Dept. of Energy Defense Activities Appropriations: Committee on Armed Services (S. 1514), S10554 [22JY]

Nomination of Greg Ward To Be an Assistant Sec. of Energy: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, S16610 [13NO]

Nomination of James G. Randolph To Be an Assistant Sec. of Energy: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, S16610 [13NO]

Nomination of John J. Easton, Jr., To Be General Counsel: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, S13696 [25SE]

Nomination of Leo P. Duffy To Be an Assistant Sec. of Energy: Committee on Armed Services, S18334 [26NO]

———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, S17245 [20NO]

Nomination of William Happer To Be Director of the Office of Energy Research: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, S10768 [24JY]

Withdrawal of Public Lands and Operation of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Eddy County, NM: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1671) (S. Rept. 102-196), S15292 [28OC]

Statements

Administration Policy Toward Defense Production Act Amendments: OMB, S2099 [21FE]

Environmental Impact of Oil Fires in the Persian Gulf, H5225 [27JN]

Great Plains Coal Gasification Project: John S. Herrington, S13254 [19SE]

Studies

Nuclear Weapons Complex Reconfiguration, S1773-S1775 [7FE]

Summaries

Committee on Armed Services Markup Guidelines of Defense Authorization Bill, S11398 [31JY]

Radioactive Waste Provisions of S. 570, National Energy Strategy Act and S. 1138, Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments, S6400 [22MY]

Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Act (S. 2100), S18423 [26NO]

Withdrawal of Eddy County, NM, Public Lands and Operation of a Nuclear Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (S. 1671), S12255 [2AU]

Tables

Atomic energy defense activities—House and Senate differences, S8695 [26JN]

Comparison of WIPP administrative and legislative withdrawals (S. 1671), S15996 [5NO]

Rocky Flats Plant production and surveillance program, S3359 [14MR]

Rocky Flats plant production and surveillance program, S3524 [19MR]

Testimonies

Roles and Mission of the Dept. of Energy's National Laboratories: Alvin W. Trivelpiece, S2693-S2701 [5MR]

Texts of

H.R. 3529, establish commission to study U.S. research performed by the National Weapons Laboratories, E3312 [8OC]

S. 236, End of the Cold War Act, S989 [17JA]

S. 347, revitalize the defense industrial base, S1573-S1584 [5FE], S2119-S2131 [21FE], H7757-H7769 [10OC]

S. 477, National Atomic Museum Act, S11544 [31JY]

S. 699, allow certain utilities to receive credits for the storing of spent fuel (S. 699), S3720 [20MR]

S. 928, supplemental grants for State Energy Conservation Program energy education projects, S5030 [24AP]

S. 979, research and development of critical technologies, S5287-S5289 [25AP]

S. 1007, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act, S5505 [8MY]

S. 1138, site characterization activities at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, S6400 [22MY]

S. 1370, availability of Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program pumping power to non-Federal irrigation projects in Montana, S8614 [25JN]

S. 1507, authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy, S12401-S12483 [15AU]

S. 1514, authorizing appropriations for defense activities, S12541-S12548 [15AU]

S. 1671, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act, S15984-S15988, S15990-S15995 [5NO]

S. 1685, effects of electrical and electromagnetic leakage known as stray voltage, S12273 [2AU]

S. 2100, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Act, S18419-S18423 [26NO]