Department of Energy Organization and Management Improvement Act

Department of Energy Organization and Management Improvement Act

This bill sets forth new reporting requirements relating to the general management of the Department of Energy (DOE).

DOE must submit to Congress a report containing

• an evaluation of the general management of DOE, including management and mission support functional programs that have responsibility for legal services, administration, accounting, budgeting, contract and project management, and human resources management;
• a description of impediments to effective management;
• a description of recommended measures to improve management;
• a strategic plan for continuous improvement in management;
• an evaluation of the status of the improvement of management;
• a description of the status of all orders issued by DOE relating to its management; and
• a schedule for updating such orders to ensure effective management, including management of DOE personnel and budget formulation.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8159 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8159

To require the Secretary of Energy to review and report periodically on 
   measures and recommendations to improve general management of the 
    Department of Energy, to implement reforms to ensure continuous 
        improvement in such management, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 4, 2020

Mr. Walden (for himself and Mr. Pallone) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
    addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Energy to review and report periodically on 
   measures and recommendations to improve general management of the 
    Department of Energy, to implement reforms to ensure continuous 
        improvement in such management, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy Organization 
and Management Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. EVALUATION AND REPORTING ON IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF DEPARTMENT 
              OF ENERGY.

    (a) In General.--Part C of title VI of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section:

``SEC. 664. EVALUATION AND REPORTING TO IMPROVE GENERAL MANAGEMENT.

    ``Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
section, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a 
report containing--
            ``(1) an evaluation of the general management of the 
        Department, including management and mission support functional 
        programs that have Department-wide responsibility for legal 
        services, administration, accounting, budgeting, contract and 
        project management, human resources management, and such other 
        staff support offices the Secretary determines appropriate;
            ``(2) a description of impediments to effective 
        Departmental management;
            ``(3) a description of recommended measures to improve 
        Departmental management, including statutory changes to address 
        such impediments;
            ``(4) a strategic plan, to be implemented by the Office of 
        the Secretary, for continuous improvement in the management of 
        the Department; and
            ``(5) an evaluation of the status of the improvement of 
        Departmental management.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 663 the following:

``Sec. 664. Evaluation and reporting to improve general management.''.

SEC. 3. UPDATING ORDERS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing--
            (1) a description of the status of all orders issued by the 
        Department of Energy relating to management of the Department; 
        and
            (2) a schedule for updating such orders to ensure effective 
        management of the Department, including personnel of the 
        Department and budget formulation.

SEC. 4. INTEGRATION OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AND 
              DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MISSION-SUPPORT PERSONNEL.

    Section 3220 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act 
(50 U.S.C. 2410) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following 
        new subsection:
    ``(a) Status of Administration Personnel.--Each officer or employee 
of the Administration shall be responsible to and subject to the 
authority, direction, and control of the Secretary consistent with 
section 202(c)(3) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7132(c)(3)).'';
            (2) by striking subsection (b);
            (3) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as 
        subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively;
            (4) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``Subsections (a) and (b)'' and inserting ``Subsection (a)''; 
        and
            (5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``subsections (a) and (b)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)''.
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