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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 10, 1997
National Energy Laboratories Reorganization Commission Act of 1997 - Establishes the National Energy Laboratories Reorganization Commission to reorganize the Department of Energy National Energy Laboratories and their programs through reconfiguration, corporatization, privatization, and consolidation, while preserving the traditional role the energy laboratories have contributed to the national defense. Requires the Commission to report its own recommendations to specified congressional committees, giving strong consideration to the recommendations of the Task Force on Alternative Futures for the Department of Energy National Laboratories (Galvin Commission). Directs the Secretary to Energy to reconfigure all energy laboratories and complete their corporatization and privatization according to Commission recommendations. Establishes the National Energy Laboratories Reorganization Account to fund such reconfiguration. Instructs the Secretary to transmit to such congressional committees: (1) a reconfiguration schedule as part of the budget request for each pertinent fiscal year; and (2) a description of the energy laboratories to which functions are to be transferred as a result of such reconfigurations. Prescribes procedural guidelines for congressional consideration of the Commission's report.
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Rep. Klug, Scott L. [R-WI-2] · R–WI
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Procurement.
Executive Comment Requested from DOE.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Basic Research.
Referred to House Rules
Referred to House National Security
Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on National Security, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Science
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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