[105th Congress Public Law 28]
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Public Law 105-28
105th Congress

                                 An Act


 
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. <<NOTE: July 
                        18, 1997 -  [H.R. 649]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Department of Energy 
Standardization Act of 1997.>> assembled,

SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 42 USC 7101 note.>>  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        repealed.

    Approved July 18, 1997.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 649:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 105-11 (Comm. on Commerce).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 105-26 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 143 (1997):
            Mar. 11, considered and passed House.
            June 27, considered and passed Senate.

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