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 119 STAT. 936

PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005

(B) by striking ‘‘(a) There may be appropriated to the Administrator’’ and inserting ‘‘There may be appropriated to the Secretary’’; and (C) by striking subsections (b) and (c). (11) CENTRAL SOURCE OF NONNUCLEAR ENERGY INFORMATION.—Section 17 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5916) is amended— (A) by striking ‘‘Administrator’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; (B) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Administrator’s’’; (C) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’; (D) in the third sentence— (i) in paragraph (2) of the first proviso, by striking ‘‘section 1905 or title 18’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1905 of title 18’’; and (ii) in subparagraph (B) of the second proviso— (I) by striking ‘‘the Federal Energy Administration,’’; (II) by striking ‘‘the Federal Power Commission,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’’; and (III) by striking ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ and inserting ‘‘Government Accountability Office’’; and (E) in the last sentence, by inserting ‘‘or ranking minority member’’ after ‘‘chairman’’. (12) ENERGY INFORMATION, LOAN GUARANTEES, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT.—Sections 18 through 20 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5917 through 5920) are repealed. (c) STEVENSON-WYDLER TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ACT OF 1980.—Section 20 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3712) is amended by striking ‘‘and the National Science Foundation’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of the National Science Foundation’’. Deadline. Reports.

SEC. 1010. UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION.

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress a report that examines the feasibility of promoting collaborations between major universities and other colleges and universities in grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements made by the Secretary for energy projects. For purposes of this section, major universities are schools listed by the Carnegie Foundation as Doctoral Research Extensive Universities. The Secretary shall also consider providing incentives to increase the inclusion of small institutions of higher education, including minority-serving institutions, in energy grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. SEC. 1011. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Secretary should develop and implement more stringent procurement and inventory controls, including controls on the purchase card program, to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds by employees and contractors of the Department; and

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