Department of Energy Civilian Applications Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1985 and 1986

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Department of Energy Civilian Applications Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1985 and 1986 - Title I: Conservation, Information, Regulation, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and Solar Energy - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1985 and 1986 for: (1) energy conservation (other than low-income weatherization assistance); (2) regulation and information activities (other than for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), economic regulation, and the Energy Information Administration; (3) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; (4) renewable energy technology transfer; and (5) carrying out the provisions of the Federal Photovoltaic Utilization Act. Requires the Secretary of Energy to monitor and report to Congress on energy savings achieved under State and local conservation programs funded under the Energy Conservation and Production Act and the National Energy Extension Service Act and to provide information to the administrators of such programs regarding the most and least successful energy-saving measures and practices under such programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1985 and 1986 for such activities. Requires the Secretary to establish a grant program to encourage the development, manufacture, and marketing of renewable energy systems. Specifies the maximum amount of a grant under such program as well as the criteria to be used in awarding such grants. Requires the Secretary to conduct seminars to disseminate information on advancements in renewable energy systems and services and on the establishment of renewable energy businesses and to provide technical and business advice to grant recipients. Sets forth reporting requirements for the Secretary with respect to the grant program. Directs the Secretary to establish a grant program to encourage the development of renewable energy technology demonstration projects. Specifies the maximum amount of a grant under such program. Requires that grants be awarded for proposals for the first commercial application of a technology or for the first end-use of a technology and for projects that would not be developed in the absence of such a grant. Sets forth reporting requirements for the Secretary with respect to such grant program. Requires the Secretary, in implementing energy conservation policies, to: (1) establish and publish energy performance targets for calendar years 1985 and 1986 for each Federal building; (2) establish criteria for evaluating the achievement of the operating managers of each agency responsible for meeting such targets; and (3) report to Congress on measures ensuring that such criteria are used in personnel evaluations of such managers. Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act for the acquisition of any passenger automobile that does not have a fuel economy of at least 27.5 miles per gallon (except in the case of vehicles designed for combat related missions for the armed forces or for use in law enforcement or emergency rescue work). Title II: Other Civilian Energy Programs - Part A: Authorizations for Fiscal Years 1985 and 1986 - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1985 and 1986 for energy supply research and development activities in the following programs: (1) the solar energy program; (2) the renewable energy program; (3) the nuclear fission program (consisting of converter reactor systems, nuclear waste technology, remedial actions, advanced nuclear systems, breeder reactor systems, and civilian radioactive waste research and development); and (4) the magnetic fusion program. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1985 and 1986 for: (1) energy conservation activities other than the activities for which funds are authorized in title I; (2) power marketing activities; (3) department administration; (4) Nuclear Waste Fund expenditures; (5) uranium supply and enrichment activities; and (6) general science and research activities, fossil energy activities, and energy supply research and development activities (other than for solar energy, renewable energy, nuclear fission, or magnetic fusion). Part B: General Provisions - Requires any State receiving financial assistance for energy extension service activities pursuant to the National Energy Extension Service Act or the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide funds from non-Federal sources for such activities equal to not less than 20 percent of the amount allocated to the State during any fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to establish criteria for the selection of an advanced isotope separation technology for further development prior to making a final determination regarding the future direction of the Department of Energy's uranium enrichment program. Requires the Secretary to study the feasibility of the Department of Energy transferring to the private sector any uranium enrichment capacity developed after March 1, 1984, as well as uranium enrichment research and development. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress during FY 1985 and 1986 on the revenues generated by the uranium enrichment program and on the Department of Energy's ability to meet its projected revenues by the end of the fiscal year involved. Requires the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the potential to extend nuclear fuel burnup beyond the present program goals of the Department of Energy; and (2) the effects of extended nuclear fuel burnup on the Department's efforts to subsequently manage higher burnup spent nuclear fuel. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for atomic energy defense activities of the Secretary of Energy. Prohibits the transfer, reprocessing, or use for nuclear explosive purposes of plutonium used, produced in, or obtained from any civilian energy reserch, development, demonstration, or test facility of the Department of Energy.

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• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 17 May 1984

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 7 March 1984

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