REPORT AND PLAN FOR EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT OF NATIONAL LABORATORIES.

SEC. 3154. REPORT AND PLAN FOR EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT OF NATIONAL LABORATORIES. (a) Report.—Not later than July 1, 1999, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report on the external oversight of the national laboratories. (b) Matters Covered.—The report shall contain the following: (1) A description of the external oversight practices at the national laboratories and an analysis of the effectiveness of such practices, including the effect of such practices on the productivity of the laboratories and the research conducted by the laboratories. (2) Recommendations regarding the continuation, consolidation, or discontinuation of the external oversight practices described in paragraph (1), and the rationale for the recommendations. (3) Recommendations for any new external oversight practices that should be implemented, and the rationale for the recommendations. (4) A plan for carrying out the recommendations. (c) National Laboratories Covered.—For purposes of this section, the national laboratories are— (1) the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California; (2) the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico; and (3) the Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico.