12. Department of Energy and Related Commissions · Notable · Needs Congress
Rationalize the National Lab network and eliminate duplicative activities
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“Refocus on mission and eliminate duplication and waste. The Administration should work with Congress to rationalize the National Lab network to meet specific national objectives … Activities that duplicate those of other government agencies or the private sector should be eliminated.”
What has happened
- Not started
No rationalization of the National Laboratory network and no elimination of duplicative laboratory activities was found. All seventeen laboratories remain, and no bill to consolidate them was found in the 119th Congress bill file. P.L. 119-74 funds Science at $8,400,000,000 for FY 2026 with no consolidation direction.
No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
Requires-Congress ask. Covered by the negative search run once for all the National Laboratories asks.
- Action
- eliminate
- Object
- duplicative National Lab activities
- ID
- 996