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[H.R. 4737 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 Union Calendar No. 597
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4737

                     [Report No. 106-1035, Part I]

To require an inventory of documents and devices containing Restricted 
Data at the national security laboratories of the Department of Energy, 
  to improve security procedures for access to the vaults containing 
     Restricted Data at those laboratories, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2000

  Mr. Hunter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

                           December 15, 2000

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Stupak, and 
                              Mr. Gonzalez

                           December 15, 2000

Reported with amendments and referred to the Committee on Commerce for 
a period ending not later than December 15, 2000, for consideration of 
     such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(f), rule X
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                           December 15, 2000

  Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
    Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 
                               23, 2000]

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                                 A BILL


 
To require an inventory of documents and devices containing Restricted 
Data at the national security laboratories of the Department of Energy, 
  to improve security procedures for access to the vaults containing 
     Restricted Data at those laboratories, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Secrets Safety Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. INVENTORY OF RESTRICTED DATA AT NATIONAL
              SECURITY LABORATORIES.

    (a) Inventory Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall 
conduct an inventory of each document or device at each national 
security laboratory that contains Restricted Data and shall submit to 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report containing the 
results of that inventory.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) The term ``national security laboratory'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 3281 of the National Nuclear 
        Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2471).
            (2) The term ``Restricted Data'' has the meaning given such 
        term in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 11 y. of the Atomic 
        Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(y)).

SEC. 3. INCREASED SECURITY FOR VAULTS AT NATIONAL SECURITY 
              LABORATORIES.

    (a) Access to Vaults.--(1) Section 3234 of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2424) is amended--
            (A) by striking ``The Administrator'' and inserting ``(a) 
        Procedures Required.--The Administrator''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Access to Vaults at National Security Laboratories.--With 
respect to any vault containing Restricted Data at any national 
security laboratory, the procedures shall, at a minimum, provide that 
an individual shall not have unrestricted access to any such vault 
except in accordance with the following requirements:
            ``(1) Before each such access, the identity of the 
        individual is verified by--
                    ``(A) an attendant through direct visual 
                observation;
                    ``(B) biometric technology; or
                    ``(C) other means providing a high confidence level 
                in verifying the identity of the individual.
            ``(2) For each such access, a permanent record of such 
        access is maintained.
    ``(c) Change of Lock Combinations to Vaults at National Security 
Laboratories.--The Administrator shall ensure, for each vault 
containing Restricted Data at each national security laboratory, that 
the combination of each lock to such vault is changed not later than--
            ``(1) one week after each removal of an individual from the 
        list of individuals permitted access to such vault; and
            ``(2) 12 months after the date on which the combination was 
        last changed.''.
    (2) The requirements of subsection (b) of section 3234 of such Act 
(as added by paragraph (1)) shall apply to each access referred to in 
that subsection that occurs after the expiration of the 24-hour period 
beginning upon the enactment of this Act.
    (3) The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall ensure, for each 
vault containing Restricted Data at each national security laboratory, 
that the combination of each lock to such vault is changed not later 
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Report on NNSA Polygraph Policy.--(1) Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for 
Nuclear Security shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives a report on the policy recommendations of the 
Adminstrator regarding the use of counterintelligence polygraph 
examinations within the National Nuclear Security Administration. The 
report shall contain the recommendations of the Administrator as to 
what the policy of the Administration should be regarding--
            (A) the use of such examinations generally as a 
        prerequisite to access (restricted or unrestricted) to 
        Restricted Data; and
            (B) the use of such examinations as a prerequisite to 
        access (restricted or unrestricted) to vaults containing 
        Restricted Data.
    (2) For purposes of this section, the term ``Restricted Data'' has 
the meaning given such term in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 11 y. 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(y)).

SEC. 4. USE OF ELECTRONIC LOCKS FOR CLASSIFIED AREAS AND CLASSIFIED 
              INFORMATION OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 3234 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act 
(50 U.S.C. 2424), as amended by section 3 of this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Electronic Locks Required.--The Administrator shall ensure 
that, after October 1, 2002, each lock used by the Administration to 
secure any vault, safe, or other container used to store Restricted 
Data is an electronic lock that meets or exceeds the FF-L-2740A lock 
standard of the General Services Administration, as in effect on the 
date of the enactment of the Nuclear Secrets Safety Act of 2000.''.

            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to require an 
        inventory of documents and devices containing Restricted Data 
        at the national security laboratories of the National Nuclear 
        Security Administration, to improve security procedures for 
        access to the vaults containing Restricted Data at those 
        laboratories, and for other purposes.''.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 597

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4737

                     [Report No. 106-1035, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To require an inventory of documents and devices containing Restricted 
Data at the national security laboratories of the Department of Energy, 
  to improve security procedures for access to the vaults containing 
     Restricted Data at those laboratories, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 15, 2000

Reported with amendments and referred to the Committee on Commerce for 
a period ending not later than December 15, 2000, for consideration of 
     such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the 
     jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(f), rule X

                           December 15, 2000

  Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
    Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed