§7274c. Report on environmental restoration expenditures

Each year, at the same time the President submits to Congress the budget for a fiscal year (pursuant to section 1105 of title 31), the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report on how the environmental restoration and waste management funds for defense activities of the Department of Energy were expended during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year during which the budget is submitted. The report shall include details on expenditures by operations office, installation, budget category, and activity. The report also shall include any schedule changes or modifications to planned activities for the fiscal year in which the budget is submitted.

( Pub. L. 101–510, div. C, title XXXI, §3134, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1833 .)

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.

Department of Energy Management Plan for Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Activities

Section 3135 of Pub. L. 101–510 provided that:

"(a) Plan.-The Secretary of Energy shall develop a comprehensive five-year plan for the management of environmental restoration and waste management activities at facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Energy.

"(b) Report.-Not later than June 1, 1991, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report on the management plan developed under subsection (a). The report shall include the following:

"(1) A description of management capabilities necessary to carry out environmental programs covered by the management plan for the next five years.

"(2) A description of current Department of Energy management capabilities and inadequacies.

"(3) A description of the technical resources, including staff and management information systems, needed to carry out the management plan.

"(4) A description of assistance from other Federal agencies and private contractors included in the management plan.

"(5) A description of the cost verification and quality control elements included in the management plan."