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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 8, 1999
Amends the Department of Energy (DOE) Organization Act to establish the Nuclear Security Administration within DOE, headed by an Administrator who shall be accountable directly to the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary). States that the Under Secretary for National Security shall serve as the Administrator. Identifies the Administrator's duties to: (1) manage a program designed to ensure the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile; (2) direct nuclear weapons production facilities and the national laboratories; and (3) be primarily responsible for other DOE national security functions involving nuclear weapons research and development.Directs the Secretary to assign to the Administrator direct authority over and responsibility for the nuclear weapons production facilities and the national laboratories.Establishes in DOE an Under Secretary for National Security who is specially qualified to: (1) manage a program designed to ensure the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile, production facilities, and the national laboratories; and (2) implement the functions of the Administrator of the Nuclear Security Administration.
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Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] · R–TX
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Science, 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 the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Science, 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 the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Science, 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 the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Science, 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.
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