Congressional Foundations of the BES Program |
Congress established the Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program through the following authorization legislations:
For example, the basic research and user facilities
responsibilities of BES are clearly set forth in Section 2203 of
the Energy Policy Act of 1992. These laws created and promulgated the BES program, and
annual appropriation laws provide funding and guidance for the program's activities.
In the Congressional
budget process, the BES program is governed by the four Congressional Committees shown
in the table below. Each Committee contains a
subcommittee that specifically considers the BES portion of the
President's Budget
Request. Details regarding these legislative processes are
available in "How
Our Laws are Made" and "Enactment
of a Law."
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Some former Congressional information:
109th Congress, 1st Session
Listing of all 4 full Committees and all 4 Subcommittees (107th Congress, 1st Session): PDF format
Listing of all 4 full Committees and all 4 Subcommittees (106th Congress, 2nd Session): PDF format; HTML
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