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S 1229 114th Congress Senate Energy Congressional oversight Department of Energy Energy research Government buildings, facilities, and property Research administration and funding Research and development

A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit a plan to implement recommendations to improve interactions between the Department of Energy and National Laboratories.

Introduced: May 6, 2015 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jun 9, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-344.
May 6, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 6, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to submit to certain congressional committees a plan to implement recommendations made by the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories to improve interactions between DOE and its National Laboratories.

What's happening now June 9, 2015

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-344.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1229: A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit a plan to implement recommendations to improve interactions between the Department of Energy and National Laboratories.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1229/
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"S. 1229: A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit a plan to implement recommendations to improve interactions between the Department of Energy and National Laboratories.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1229/.
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S. 1229, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1229/.
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