Research Initiatives and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988

Summary

Department of Energy Civilian Energy Research and Development Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989 - Authorizes appropriations for the operating expenses of the following Department of Energy civilian research and development programs: (1) the fossil energy program; (2) energy conservation; (3) energy supply; (4) geothermal resources development fund; and (5) general science and research. Authorizes appropriations for capital equipment expenses not related to construction for the following Department of Energy civilian research and development programs: (1) the fossil energy program; (2) the energy conservation program; (3) energy supply research and development program; and (4) general science and research. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for plant and capital equipment for specified prior year civilian research and development projects with respect to: (1) fossil energy; (2) nuclear energy; (3) magnetic fusion energy; (4) supporting research; (5) environmental research; and (6) general science and research. Authorizes appropriations for new construction projects. Requires specified reductions in authorizations for specified accounts. Authorizes appropriations for the superconducting super collider project. Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to obtain commitments for foreign participation in such project. Prohibits more than a third of any major system or component from being of foreign manufacture, with specified exceptions. Prescribes conflict of interest guidelines with respect to the operation of a superconducting super colliding facility. Requires the Secretary to annually submit a three-year budget estimate to the Congress. Requires the Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health to submit annual reports to certain congressional committees by January 1, 1989, regarding the status of the Department of Energy's environment, safety, and health efforts. Redesignates the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center as the Manuel Lujan, Jr. Neutron Scattering Center.

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 21 October 1988

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 3 June 1988

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 19 May 1988

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 2 May 1988

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