3.0.0 1049 2023-01-15T15:48:20Z 2023-01-15T15:48:20Z Senate S S 2003-05-13 108 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Reported original measure 2003-05-13T20:06:17Z Markup by 2003-05-08T21:29:12Z National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 108 1588 HR 2003-11-24 Became Public Law No: 108-136. Related bill CRS National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 108 1050 S 2003-06-04 See also H.R. 1588. Related bill House Procedurally-related Senate 2003-06-05 10:31:21 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2003-06-05 10:03:56 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2003-06-05 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2003-05-22 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2003-05-22 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-22 Senate Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1050 amended (Division C of the bill). Floor 2003-05-22 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6941) Floor 2003-05-13 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 95. Calendars 2003-05-13 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Committee on Armed Services. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Warner. Without written report. Committee 2003-05-13 Committee on Armed Services. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Warner. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssas00 Armed Services Committee 2003-05-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-08 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Committee on Armed Services ordered to be reported an original measure. Committee W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM N H.R. 1588 https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/1588 Armed Forces and National Security Air pollution control Aliens Authorization Citizen participation Claims Classified defense information Commerce Computers Congress Congress and military policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Counterintelligence Crime and Law Enforcement Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Defense budgets Defense contracts Department of Energy Economic assistance Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Employee selection Energy Energy supplies Engineering Environmental Protection Environmental law enforcement Federal aid to research Federal employees Fines (Penalties) Fissionable materials Fringe benefits Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government liability Hazardous wastes Health Higher education Immigration Infrastructure International Affairs International control of nuclear power Labor and Employment Laboratories Law Legislation Liability (Law) Licenses Maintenance and repair Military base closures Military posture Military readiness Military research Nevada New Mexico Nuclear energy research Nuclear facilities Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear reactors Nuclear security measures Nuclear weapons Occupational health and safety Plutonium Polygraphs Privatization Radiation victims Radioactive wastes Recycling of waste products Relocation Research and development Research and development facilities Rivers Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Security classification (Government documents) Security clearances South Carolina Tactical nuclear weapons Technical assistance Texas Tritium Warships Washington State Whistle blowing Armed Forces and National Security 00 2003-05-13 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Repeals the prohibition on the research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons.

Directs the Secretary of Energy to achieve and maintain a readiness posture of 18 months for resumption of U.S. underground nuclear tests.

Removes the F-canyon facility from DOE's authority to continue the processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials (leaving only the H-canyon facility).

Authorizes the Secretary to expand the International Materials, Protection, Control, and Accounting Program to carry out nuclear threat reduction activities and projects outside the states of the former Soviet Union.

Authorizes investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of individuals to be employed on programs designated as sensitive.

Amends the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to add to it, for consolidation purposes, certain recurring and general provisions of law on DOE national security programs, including provisions under various defense authorization Acts.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.]]>

80 2003-05-13 Reported to Senate without amendment 2003-07-16T15:06:12Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2004 - Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations - Title XXXI(sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - (Sec. 3101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2004 for: (1) activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs necessary for national security, with specified allocations for weapons activities, defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, naval reactors, and the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security; and (2) environmental restoration and waste management activities in carrying out national security programs, with specified allocations for defense environmental management, other defense activities, defense nuclear waste disposal, and defense energy supply.

Subtitle B: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 3131) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to repeal the prohibition on research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons.

(Sec. 3132) Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to achieve and maintain a readiness posture of 18 months for resumption of U.S. underground nuclear tests. Requires the Secretary to determine and report to the defense and appropriations committees on whether a readiness posture of other than 18 months is advisable.

(Sec. 3133) Directs the Administrator for Nuclear Security (Administrator) to complete the selection of projects for inclusion in the Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) no later than September 30, 2004. Requires the Administrator, by the same date, to report to the defense and appropriations committees the guidelines for conducting the Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities program. Requires the latter program to be operated independently of the Operations of Facilities Program.

(Sec. 3134) Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to remove the F-canyon facility from DOE's authority to continue the processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials (leaving only the H-canyon facility). Revises a report requirement on the use of DOE funds for decommissioning the F-canyon facility.

Subtitle C: Proliferation Matters - (Sec. 3141) Authorizes the Secretary to expand the International Materials, Protection, Control, and Accounting Program to carry out nuclear threat reduction activities and projects outside the states of the former Soviet Union. Requires 15 days' prior notification of the defense and appropriations committees before the obligation of funds for a project or activity under such expansion.

(Sec. 3142) Directs the Administrator to report semiannually to the defense committees on the financial status of all DOE defense nuclear nonproliferation programs for which funds were authorized to be appropriated.

(Sec. 3143) Requires a spending plan report from the Administrator to the defense committees if, on September 30, 2004, the aggregate amount obligated but not expended for defense nuclear nonproliferation activities exceeds 20 percent of the amount already obligated for such activities.

Subtitle D: Other Matters - (Sec. 3151) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize investigations of individuals to be employed on programs designated as sensitive to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(Sec. 3152) Directs the Secretary to include in the FY 2005 materials submitted to Congress in support of the DOE budget a report delineating responsibilities between and among the Environmental Management Program and the NNSA for: (1) environmental cleanup; (2) decontamination and decommissioning; and (3) waste management. Requires a report to Congress on such delineation.

(Sec. 3153) Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees updating a report on stockpile stewardship criteria required under the Atomic Energy Defense Act.

(Sec. 3154) Requires a report from the: (1) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to Congress on the Institute's ability to obtain information necessary to carry out radiation dose reconstructions under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; and (2) Secretary of Labor to Congress on the denial of claims under such Act.

Subtitle E: Consolidation of General Provisions on Department of Energy National Security Programs - (Sec. 3161) Amends the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to add to it, for consolidation purposes, certain recurring and general provisions of law on DOE national security programs, including provisions under various defense authorization Acts relating to: (1) atomic energy defense; (2) the naval nuclear propulsion program; (3) nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship and production; (4) tritium production; (5) nuclear proliferation; (6) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (7) the closure of defense nuclear facilities; (8) laboratories safeguards and security, including background investigations and polygraph programs; (9) classified information; (10) defense emergency response; (11) personnel matters; (12) employee education and training; (13) worker safety at nuclear weapons facilities; (14) budget and financial management matters, including penalties under environmental laws; (15) administrative and other matters; (16) research and development; (17) facilities management; (18) matters relating to particular facilities, including the Hanford Reservation, Washington, and the Savannah River Site, South Carolina; (19) the processing, treatment, and disposal of legacy nuclear materials; (20) decommissioning of the F-canyon facility; and (21) the payment of operation and maintenance costs at the Nevada Test Site.

Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - (Sec. 3201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

]]> 35 2003-05-22 Passed Senate amended 2003-07-15T20:24:33Z Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2004 - Title XXXI(sic): Department of Energy National Security Programs - Subtitle A: National Security Programs Authorizations - (Sec. 3101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 2004 for: (1) activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs necessary for national security, with specified allocations for weapons activities, defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, naval reactors, and the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security; and (2) environmental restoration and waste management activities in carrying out national security programs, with specified allocations for defense environmental management, other defense activities, defense nuclear waste disposal, and defense energy supply.

Subtitle B: Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 3131) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 to repeal the prohibition on research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) from commencing the engineering development or any subsequent phase of a low-yield nuclear weapon unless specifically authorized by Congress. Requires a joint report from the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Energy to Congress assessing whether the repeal of such prohibition will affect the ability of the United States to achieve its nonproliferation objectives and whether changes in programs and activities would be required to achieve those objectives.

(Sec. 3132) Directs the Secretary to achieve and maintain a readiness posture of 18 months for resumption of U.S. underground nuclear tests. Requires the Secretary to determine and report to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on whether a readiness posture of other than 18 months is advisable.

(Sec. 3133) Directs the Administrator for Nuclear Security (Administrator) to complete the selection of projects for inclusion in the Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) no later than September 30, 2004. Requires the Administrator, by the same date, to report to the defense and appropriations committees the guidelines for conducting the Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities program. Requires the latter program to be operated independently of the Operations of Facilities Program.

(Sec. 3134) Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to remove the F-canyon facility from DOE's authority to continue the processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials (leaving only the H-canyon facility). Revises a report requirement on the use of DOE funds for decommissioning the F-canyon facility.

(Sec. 3135) Prohibits the Secretary from commencing the engineering and development or any subsequent phase of a Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator unless specifically authorized by Congress.

Subtitle C: Proliferation Matters - (Sec. 3141) Authorizes the Secretary to expand the International Materials, Protection, Control, and Accounting Program to carry out nuclear threat reduction activities and projects outside the states of the former Soviet Union. Requires 15 days' prior notification of the defense and appropriations committees before the obligation of funds for a project or activity under such expansion.

(Sec. 3142) Directs the Administrator to report semiannually to the defense committees on the financial status of all DOE defense nuclear nonproliferation programs for which funds were authorized to be appropriated.

(Sec. 3143) Requires a spending plan report from the Administrator to the defense committees if, on September 30, 2004, the aggregate amount obligated but not expended for defense nuclear nonproliferation activities exceeds 20 percent of the amount already obligated for such activities.

Subtitle D: Other Matters - (Sec. 3151) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize investigations of individuals to be employed on programs designated as sensitive to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(Sec. 3152) Directs the Secretary to include in the FY 2005 materials submitted to Congress in support of the DOE budget a report delineating responsibilities between and among the Environmental Management Program and the NNSA for: (1) environmental cleanup; (2) decontamination and decommissioning; and (3) waste management. Requires a report to Congress on such delineation.

(Sec. 3153) Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees updating a report on stockpile stewardship criteria required under the Atomic Energy Defense Act.

(Sec. 3154) Requires a report from the: (1) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to Congress on the Institute's ability to obtain information necessary to carry out radiation dose reconstructions under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; and (2) Secretary of Labor to Congress on the denial of claims under such Act.

(Sec. 3155) Directs the Secretaries of Energy and Defense to develop, submit to Congress three months after the date of enactment of this Act, and implement a plan to coordinate the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator feasibility study of DOE with the ongoing conventional hard and deeply buried weapons development programs of the Department of Defense.

Subtitle E: Consolidation of General Provisions on Department of Energy National Security Programs - (Sec. 3161) Amends the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to add to it, for consolidation purposes, certain recurring and general provisions of law on DOE national security programs, including provisions under various defense authorization Acts relating to: (1) atomic energy defense; (2) the naval nuclear propulsion program; (3) nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship and production; (4) tritium production; (5) nuclear proliferation; (6) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (7) the closure of defense nuclear facilities; (8) laboratories safeguards and security, including background investigations and polygraph programs; (9) classified information; (10) defense emergency response; (11) personnel matters; (12) employee education and training; (13) worker safety at nuclear weapons facilities; (14) budget and financial management matters, including penalties under environmental laws; (15) administrative and other matters; (16) research and development; (17) facilities management; (18) matters relating to particular facilities, including the Hanford Reservation, Washington, and the Savannah River Site, South Carolina; (19) the processing, treatment, and disposal of legacy nuclear materials; (20) decommissioning of the F-canyon facility; and (21) the payment of operation and maintenance costs at the Nevada Test Site.

Title XXXII: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board - (Sec. 3201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

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