Department of Energy Elimination and National Security Protection Act of 2001
Latest action · Mar 15, 2001 Executive Comment Requested from DOE.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 31, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Establishes: (1) an independent Energy Laboratory Facilities Commission to reduce energy laboratories and programs; and (2) the Energy Laboratory Facility Closure Account to fund reduction implementation .
Federal Power Asset Privatization Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to sell all Federal electric power generation and transmission facilities under the aegis of the Federal Power Marketing Administrations (except the Bonneville Power Administration).
Transfers to: (1) the Secretary of the Interior all DOE functions affecting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and (2) the Administrator of the Energy Programs Resolution Agency all functions performed with respect to the naval petroleum reserves, except Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills).
Establishes the Defense Nuclear Programs Administration (the Administration) in the Department of Defense (DOD).
Establishes an Under Secretary for Defense Nuclear Programs and transfers to such Under Secretary all: (1) DOE national security functions; (2) supervisory functions previously performed by DOE over Sandia, Los Alamos, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories; (3) functions of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of DOD relating to nuclear weapons systems; and (4) functions of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
Directs the Secretary of Energy to terminate the following DOE research and development activities: (1) clean coal technology; (2) fossil energy; (3) energy conservation; and (4) energy supply research and development (including basic energy sciences, magnetic fusion energy, solar and renewable energy, nuclear fission, and biological and environmental sciences).
Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to terminate the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 15, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Cliff Stearns | Oct 15, 2002 |
Committees 6
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2001 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Feb 14, 2001 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2001 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2001 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Feb 14, 2001 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2001 |
| Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee | Referred Feb 13, 2001 | |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2001 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2001 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Feb 15, 2001 | |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Feb 15, 2001 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2001Executive Comment Requested from DOE.
- Feb 15, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- Feb 15, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Feb 14, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- Feb 14, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To abolish the Department of Energy.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Department of Energy Elimination and National Security Protection Act of 2001
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Federal Power Asset Privatization Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Alternative energy sources
- Animals
- Appropriations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Auditing
- Biological weapons
- California
- Chemical weapons
- Coal
- Commerce
- Competitive bidding
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Congressional veto
- Cost effectiveness
- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
- Delegation of powers
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of the Interior
- Department of the Treasury
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electric power distribution
- Electric power production
- Electric power transmission
- Electric utilities
- Electric utility rates
- Employee selection
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy prices
- Energy research
- Energy supplies
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental research
- Environmental risk assessment
- Epidemiology
- Executive reorganization
- Expedited congressional procedure
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal employees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Foreign investments
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Fossil fuels
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Government spending reductions
- Government trust funds
- Hazardous waste site remediation
- Health
- Higher education
- House rules and procedure
- Hydroelectric power
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Labor and Employment
- Laboratories
- Law
- Legislative resolutions
- Licenses
- Louisiana
- Military and naval supplies
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Nuclear energy
- Nuclear energy research
- Nuclear facilities
- Nuclear fuels
- Nuclear fusion
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear propulsion
- Nuclear security measures
- Nuclear ships
- Nuclear weapons
- Overhead costs
- Petroleum industry
- Petroleum reserves
- Power marketing administrations
- Presidential appointments
- Privatization
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Radioactive waste disposal in the ground
- Radioactive wastes
- Recruiting of employees
- Reprogramming of appropriated funds
- Research and development
- Research and development facilities
- Risk assessment
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Senate rules and procedure
- Solar energy
- Storage
- Strategic materials
- Surplus government property
- Transportation and Public Works
- Uranium
- Waste disposal sites
- Wildlife conservation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2001Introduced in House
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