<enum>XXXI<?LEXA-Enum XXXI?></enum><header>DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS</header> <subtitle id="id032E5B3D2B50427CB0237437443524ED"><enum>A</enum><header>National Security Programs Authorizations</header> <section id="ID16E7CDB74E464518AB6C48E6F4EF9D37"><enum>3101.<?LEXA-Enum 3101 [MAR07648].?></enum><header>National Nuclear Security Administration</header> <subsection id="ID21ACD5FABB664B0195BE8180C114A635"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2008 for the activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs necessary for national security in the amount of $9,539,693,000, to be allocated as follows:</text> <paragraph id="IDC6753A54EDE1414CA566952590403ADC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For weapons activities, $6,472,172,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDA1A7E9C5E3E443F3B0C36B556C77E836"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, $1,809,646,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID678E4633C33B4D92A43FF015D1FA80D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For naval reactors, $808,219,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDCD36E61849C04AB2A755BDC7FF7FBA72"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security, $399,656,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id99E5B5BCA3794CEC83461978FCE0F949"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For the International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear Fuel Bank, $50,000,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID85C62B1E95FA4720929F161E6F326835"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of New Plant Projects</header><text>From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy may carry out new plant projects for the National Nuclear Security Administration as follows:</text> <paragraph id="ID3ACA48C3BA6E43269603368CA8E6373B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For readiness in technical base and facilities, the following new plant projects:</text> <subparagraph id="IDD6CDD51E904C4C17AC690FE480EDC03F"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–801, High pressure fire loop, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $7,000,000.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCBD1CAD7E13B493A9B3DC509C85167F2"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–802, High explosive pressing facility, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $25,300,000.</text> <list level="subparagraph"> <list-item>Project 08–D–804, Technical Area 55 reinvestment project, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $6,000,000.</list-item></list> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0F3B2A4A98E546189520A0265C7B7F65"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For facilities and infrastructure recapitalization, the following new plant projects:</text> <subparagraph id="ID061775E5403A460A9C58606169017A68"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–601, Mercury highway, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, $7,800,000.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB24BA43FAB3540199B733441F8AB7129"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–602, Potable water system upgrades, Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $22,500,000.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7A7D2D4E6356453D9E5378A81704851B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For safeguards and security, the following new plant project:</text> <subparagraph id="IDa3e53f47db824cd08173fa74f5aaebcb"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–701, Nuclear materials safeguards and security upgrade, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $49,496,000.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA44AE15489144D7DAC76C43B5EFBF5FF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For naval reactors, the following new plant projects:</text> <subparagraph id="ID92C88458F1A8473FB0BBA5D846448506"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–901, Shipping and receiving and warehouse complex, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, $9,000,000.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8246CDF19BD8415A986196E58ED0EF4F"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–190, Project engineering and design, Expended Core Facility M–290 Recovering Discharge Station, Naval Reactors Facility, Idaho Falls, Idaho, $550,000.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDDA0E2879584347ADA07A295F2970F60C"><enum>3102.<?LEXA-Enum 3102 [MAR07547].?></enum><header>Defense environmental cleanup</header> <subsection id="id621E5F0686FB49C8BD30E25D0DBEF5A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2008 for defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out programs necessary for national security in the amount of $5,410,905,000.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id7BC585E558E1419A99C83899DF76C8CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization for new plant project</header><text>From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy may carry out, for defense environmental cleanup activities, the following new plant project:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02FDC92BF3624FE8892C0615ED1A63D9"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–414, Project engineering and design, Plutonium Vitrification Facility, various locations, $15,000,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID5D5B3D268E2B4F3093FC6374406CC616"><enum>3103.<?LEXA-Enum 3103 [MAR07548].?></enum><header>Other defense activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2008 for other defense activities in carrying out programs necessary for national security in the amount of $663,074,000.</text> </section><section id="ID852307AFF127443E9EC396D7BBE8E945"><enum>3104.<?LEXA-Enum 3104 [MAR07549].?></enum><header>Defense nuclear waste disposal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2008 for defense nuclear waste disposal for payment to the Nuclear Waste Fund established in section 302(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NWPA">Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)) in the amount of $242,046,000.</text> </section></subtitle><subtitle id="id52A5FE6BB2344CC887BD974851ECEDD1"><enum>B</enum><header>Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations</header> <section id="id9BC4E29EFCCF4DDEAC2B6981810C5CA8"><enum>3111.<?LEXA-Enum 3111 [MAR07514].?></enum><header>Reliable Replacement Warhead program</header> <subsection id="id56A47AEE463E480D8638CF3B9CFFE135"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on availability of funds</header><text>Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 3101(a)(1) for weapons activities for fiscal year 2008, not more than $195,069,000 may be obligated or expended for the Reliable Replacement Warhead program under section 4204a of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2524a).</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBB139E416954A178E9D98F087B74145"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on availability of funds for certain activities</header><text>No funds referred to in subsection (a) may be obligated or expended for activities under the Reliable Replacement Warhead program beyond phase 2A activities.</text> </subsection></section><section id="id820BF9E090B94BB795BF6241EB305192"><enum>3112.<?LEXA-Enum 3112 [MAR07623].?></enum><header>Limitation on availability of funds for Fissile Materials Disposition program</header> <subsection id="ID2576c7b6254e474aa13886ccb0f63247"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation pending report on use of prior fiscal year funds</header><text>No fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds may be obligated or expended for the Fissile Materials Disposition program until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator for Nuclear Security, submits to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a plan for obligating and expending funds made available for that program in fiscal years before fiscal year 2008 that remain available for obligation or expenditure as of October 1, 2007.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID8009f21c44d14a08a6d457cf8b55abae"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation pending certification on use of current fiscal year funds</header> <paragraph id="id6FDC81685D8448B98316D6BA2551122D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds, the aggregate amount that may be obligated for the Fissile Materials Disposition program may not exceed such amount as the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, certifies to the congressional defense committees will be obligated for that program in fiscal years 2008 and 2009.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID2c450fe47e8f40798b218a987ca48139"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of unutilized funds absent certification</header><text>If the Secretary does not make a certification under paragraph (1), fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds shall not be available for the Fissile Materials Disposition program, but shall be available instead for any defense nuclear nonproliferation activities (other than the Fissile Materials Disposition program) for which amounts are authorized to be appropriated by section 3101(a)(2).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID6c9d664968a34990865e476332f497f0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of unutilized funds under certification of partial use</header><text>If the aggregate amount of funds certified under paragraph (1) as to be obligated for the Fissile Materials Disposition program in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 is less than the amount of the fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds, an amount within fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds that is equal to the difference between the amount of fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds and such aggregate amount shall not be available for the Fissile Materials Disposition program, but shall be available instead for any defense nuclear nonproliferation activities (other than the Fissile Materials Disposition program) for which amounts are authorized to be appropriated by section 3101(a)(2).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id28D3238470DC4557B4141E40CAC76C6C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds</term> means amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 3101(a)(2) and available for the Fissile Materials Disposition program.</text> </subsection></section><section id="id5ADEE9A8FFC84B188B15AB3AABCE1647"><enum>3113.<?LEXA-Enum 3113 [MAR07552].?></enum><header>Modification of limitations on availability of funds for Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 3120(a) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2510) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idB5151FEF0B93449F9299271FF5DFB953"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Defense Contract Management Agency has recommended for acceptance</quote> and inserting <quote>an independent entity has reviewed</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id48A7F01CE8084F42B9FC2C9D08C78C59"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and that the system has been certified by the Secretary for use by a construction contractor at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant</quote> after <quote>Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idBCE6D924DBEE4F198F48ED50318702B0"><enum>C</enum><header>Other Matters</header> <section id="id40D9431F780E4E83B6DF27A05A6A28D0"><enum>3121.<?LEXA-Enum 3121 [MAR07565].?></enum><header>Nuclear test readiness</header> <subsection id="ID5d45f87c4c25428cb759b97aea928fd2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of requirements on readiness posture</header><text>Section 3113 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1743; 50 U.S.C. 2528a) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id7A8A6090A25643ADAB95F9290F6BD647"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports on nuclear test readiness postures</header> <paragraph id="id283C100A88474E1E94D404FF8DC03DE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 4208 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2528) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59B2B64CD5A94E42B2236968D92B7624" style="OLC"> <section id="ID9e892fd5018d423f8762fcb0a32181f1"><enum>4208.</enum><header>Reports on nuclear test readiness</header> <subsection id="id1C2C3EC17B1C450BA04846C33A48A60B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than March 1, 2009, and every odd-numbered year thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the nuclear test readiness of the United States.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id19B16B7E78B843B9B4328A20CF77D4D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each report under subsection (a) shall include, current as of the date of such report, the following:</text> <paragraph id="id2E5EFD8B49064EBC9B1AFC92EE8483EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An estimate of the period of time that would be necessary for the Secretary of Energy to conduct an underground test of a nuclear weapon once directed by the President to conduct such a test.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idF02314FDA3E349008BB6C5C82504D21B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of the level of test readiness that the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, determines to be appropriate.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idE2A55311FF294CFBAB64AE61803E7563"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A list and description of the workforce skills and capabilities that are essential to carrying out an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id3A44D2FC5C1247C9855B2CD7BC33FB9E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A list and description of the infrastructure and physical plant that are essential to carrying out an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idC6D0787BB9CC42DA9B4C7BB5F8664E61"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An assessment of the readiness status of the skills and capabilities described in paragraph (3) and the infrastructure and physical plant described in paragraph (4).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id91A52FBD53FE4E71863A9950DED0C976"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text>Each report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="id8493565A11A6423AADA3FD2B33D58378"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The item relating to section 4208 in the table of contents for such Act is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id646F492A4AC042A8ACC86988DC050974" style="OLC"> <toc> <toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 4208. Reports on nuclear test readiness.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0D507AE522A941408C199ABC879E9CB7"><enum>3122.<?LEXA-Enum 3122 [MAR07671].?></enum><header>Sense of Congress on the nuclear nonproliferation policy of the United States and the Reliable Replacement Warhead program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="IDf31c26e73555409d9eaa2be72ac85815"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States should reaffirm its commitment to Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968, and entered into force March 5, 1970 (in this section referred to as the <quote>Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty</quote>);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID6de37c401e5f49e9aff2d9c76f57918d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the United States should initiate talks with Russia to reduce the number of nonstrategic nuclear weapons and further reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons in the respective nuclear weapons stockpiles of the United States and Russia in a transparent and verifiable fashion and in a manner consistent with the security of the United States;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDa68b0389843945f299b0fdc41d7c1c14"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the United States and other declared nuclear weapons state parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, together with weapons states that are not parties to the treaty, should work to reduce the total number of nuclear weapons in the respective stockpiles and related delivery systems of such states;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDa2ac75717361480cb8dfddc6d7bd644e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the United States, Russia, and other states should work to negotiate, and then sign and ratify, a treaty setting forth a date for the cessation of the production of fissile material;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID839ae79623c04db6b827bc980279766b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Senate should ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, opened for signature at New York September 10, 1996;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID5774acd551af469e8cb5f2d5b77cab0f"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the United States should commit to dismantle as soon as possible all retired warheads or warheads that are planned to be retired from the United States nuclear weapons stockpile;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID315b3fc4252847c38b100b427a2907e5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the United States, along with the other declared nuclear weapons state parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, should participate in transparent discussions regarding their nuclear weapons programs and plans, and how such programs and plans, including plans for any new weapons or warheads, relate to their obligations as nuclear weapons state parties under the Treaty;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID29a13712c959463eb89ef805f39e1bd4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the United States and the declared nuclear weapons state parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty should work to decrease reliance on, and the importance of, nuclear weapons; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID83cc3afe5ad84f028896b3cb1ccf3c7e"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the United States should formulate any decision on whether to manufacture or deploy a reliable replacement warhead within the broader context of the progress made by the United States toward achieving each of the goals described in paragraphs (1) through (8).</text> </paragraph></section><section id="id44B8877BA3394FA0A885FF7B9890CA64"><enum>3123.<?LEXA-Enum 3123 [MAR07621].?></enum><header>Report on status of environmental management initiatives to accelerate the reduction of environmental risks and challenges posed by the legacy of the Cold War</header> <subsection id="ID936ea87b1df74760afc280c157795bbd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On the date described in subsection (d), the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Comptroller General of the United States a report on the status of the environmental management initiatives described in subsection (c) undertaken to accelerate the reduction of the environmental risks and challenges that, as a result of the legacy of the Cold War, are faced by the Department of Energy, contractors of the Department, and applicable Federal and State agencies with regulatory jurisdiction.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID3796a7173c034606851781f844b389e1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="ID7e47caeb185242d2a85bb66c4bdc544a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A discussion of the progress made in reducing the environmental risks and challenges described in subsection (a) in each of the following areas:</text> <subparagraph id="ID6a4d36197aa54e6a86dd63f0247d969f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Acquisition strategy and contract management.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7b598e432170437f9f0d8097bab03be2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Regulatory agreements.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfd260b37c6e44ea09e50129fde4b1e5f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Interim storage and final disposal of high-level waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, and low-level waste.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID99e78d5f41e34907af39afc033483ea3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Closure and transfer of environmental remediation sites.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID08a5606bf4154669b0d6d65959298c53"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Achievements in innovation by contractors of the Department with respect to accelerated risk reduction and cleanup.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe6795cd78e424a29be646656ed1d424f"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Consolidation of special nuclear materials and improvements in safeguards and security.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd49c3faec1c5420eb62b9694fcf43472"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of the progress made in streamlining risk reduction processes of the environmental management program of the Department.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID9240dc3247914d2b960b7838e07bcda2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of the progress made in improving the responsiveness and effectiveness of the environmental management program of the Department.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID5c9574b99ea547f9aaff7f7258d348f8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Any proposals for legislation that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the environmental management initiatives described in subsection (c) and the justification for each such proposal.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id3FF77176DFF84330BE603098587CC8DD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A list of the mandatory milestones and commitments set forth in each enforceable cleanup agreement or other type of agreement covering or applicable to environmental management and cleanup activities at any site of the Department, the status of the efforts of the Department to meet such milestones and commitments, and if the Secretary determines that the Department will be unable to achieve any such milestone or commitment, a statement setting forth the reasons the Department will be unable to achieve such milestone or commitment.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idE04C857B76954121A63A15C2784868D7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>An estimate of the life cycle cost of the environmental management program, including the following:</text> <subparagraph id="ID52d4e9ff740040cca7ecf4126b3e0a6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A list of the environmental projects being reviewed for potential inclusion in the environmental management program as of October 1, 2007, and an estimated date by which a determination will be made to include or exclude each such project.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID26bcfa9919de4521bce19d6de3d0d292"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A list of environmental projects not being considered for potential inclusion in the environmental management program as of October 1, 2007, but that are likely to be included in the next five years, and an estimated date by which a determination will be made to include or exclude each such project.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9011fb4c606741c6a870bec256cdb867"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A list of projects in the environmental management program as of October 1, 2007, for which an audit of the cost estimate of the project has been completed, and the estimated date by which such an audit will be completed for each such project for which such an audit has not been completed.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf6a722885d794c6da1cba4e9166191c1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The estimated schedule for production of a revised life cycle cost estimate for the environmental management program incorporating the information described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb53198c97c874209a6c80095bd3a4a66"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Initiatives described</header><text>The environmental management initiatives described in this subsection are the initiatives arising out of the report titled <quote>Top-to-Bottom Review of the Environmental Management Program</quote> and dated February 4, 2002, with respect to the environmental restoration and waste management activities of the Department in carrying out programs necessary for national security.</text> </subsection><subsection id="IDffbc7e592c1a4db7a09e4169aa6e2072"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Date of submittal</header><text>The date described in this subsection is the date on which the budget justification materials in support of the Department of Energy budget for fiscal year 2009 (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) are submitted to Congress.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE604FAEC079643B7A897B649618C43EE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Review by Comptroller General</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date described in subsection (d), the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing a review of the report required by subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section><section id="idFBDC6780060B41DF946A2916412243B7"><enum>3124.<?LEXA-Enum 3124 [MAR07554].?></enum><header>Comptroller General report on Department of Energy protective force management</header> <subsection id="ID3fce28c7b0994f99a65bc280e3290dbb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 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 management of the protective forces of the Department of Energy.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID531a29569e594b7d92f700a161269509"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="ID759be4018e2f4fc790a6b340b4995a81"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of the management and contractual structure for protective forces at each Department of Energy site with Category I nuclear materials.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID568c03def54340a1b6c470d8f96019fa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A statement of the number and category of protective force members at each site described in paragraph (1) and an assessment of whether the protective force at each such site is adequately staffed, trained, and equipped to comply with the requirements of the Design Basis Threat issued by the Department of Energy in November 2005.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID0b9e9b0129744dfab762a93886dde054"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of the manner in which each site described in paragraph (1) is moving to a tactical response force as required by the policy of the Department of Energy and an assessment of the issues or problems, if any, involved in the moving to a tactical response force at such site.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID6d0f14808df1441f99994e06d2568574"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of the extent to which the protective force at each site described in paragraph (1) has been assigned or is responsible for law enforcement or law-enforcement related activities.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDba5a58d1d1dc485ca6edaf7643f2a900"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An analysis comparing the management, training, pay, benefits, duties, responsibilities, and assignments of the protective force at each site described in paragraph (1) with the management, training, pay, benefits, duties, responsibilities, and assignments of the Federal transportation security force of the Department of Energy.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID7585603dcd924d769c49735a193dfc91"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A statement of options for managing the protective force at sites described in paragraph (1) in a more uniform manner, an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of each option, and an assessment of the approximate cost of each option when compared with the costs associated with the existing management of the protective force at such sites.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID883ccc1ad36e4a76b8b276bd3f37fc98"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </subsection></section><section id="id4A7D7B6FA5D647C095036E368E5035DD"><enum>3125.<?LEXA-Enum 3125 [MAR07524].?></enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521 et seq.) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="idF0AA48C8A17F4CE39EF9CE47978E6D5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The heading of section 4204A (50 U.S.C. 2524a) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DA78C058ACB451588C0BE3CAADD38E1" style="OLC"> <section id="idD15C35838D084C0596B02DCA50B7FBA4"><enum>4204A.</enum><header>Reliable Replacement Warhead program</header> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="id8AA71DFE3AE44C16B8912A0E4F2DD2A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of contents for that Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4204 the following new item:</text> <quoted-block id="id00cc8437-ead0-4631-b79a-454c92077a68" style="OLC"> <toc> <toc-entry idref="idD15C35838D084C0596B02DCA50B7FBA4" level="section">Sec. 4204A. Reliable Replacement Warhead program.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section></subtitle>

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2008

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees.

TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS

Subtitle A—National Security Programs Authorizations

Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration.

Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup.

Sec. 3103. Other defense activities.

Sec. 3104. Defense nuclear waste disposal.

Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations

Sec. 3111. Reliable Replacement Warhead program.

Sec. 3112. Limitation on availability of funds for Fissile Materials Disposition program.

Sec. 3113. Modification of limitations on availability of funds for Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant.

Subtitle C—Other Matters

Sec. 3121. Nuclear test readiness.

Sec. 3122. Sense of Congress on the nuclear nonproliferation policy of the United States and the Reliable Replacement Warhead program.

Sec. 3123. Report on status of environmental management initiatives to accelerate the reduction of environmental risks and challenges posed by the legacy of the Cold War.

Sec. 3124. Comptroller General report on Department of Energy protective force management.

Sec. 3125. Technical amendments.

TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

Sec. 3201. Authorization.

Congressional defense committees

For purposes of this Act, the term congressional defense committees has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.

<enum>XXXI<?LEXA-Enum XXXI?></enum><header>DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS</header> <subtitle id="id032E5B3D2B50427CB0237437443524ED"><enum>A</enum><header>National Security Programs Authorizations</header> <section id="ID16E7CDB74E464518AB6C48E6F4EF9D37"><enum>3101.<?LEXA-Enum 3101 [MAR07648].?></enum><header>National Nuclear Security Administration</header> <subsection id="ID21ACD5FABB664B0195BE8180C114A635"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2008 for the activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs necessary for national security in the amount of $9,539,693,000, to be allocated as follows:</text> <paragraph id="IDC6753A54EDE1414CA566952590403ADC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For weapons activities, $6,472,172,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDA1A7E9C5E3E443F3B0C36B556C77E836"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, $1,809,646,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID678E4633C33B4D92A43FF015D1FA80D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For naval reactors, $808,219,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDCD36E61849C04AB2A755BDC7FF7FBA72"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security, $399,656,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id99E5B5BCA3794CEC83461978FCE0F949"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For the International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear Fuel Bank, $50,000,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID85C62B1E95FA4720929F161E6F326835"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of New Plant Projects</header><text>From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy may carry out new plant projects for the National Nuclear Security Administration as follows:</text> <paragraph id="ID3ACA48C3BA6E43269603368CA8E6373B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For readiness in technical base and facilities, the following new plant projects:</text> <subparagraph id="IDD6CDD51E904C4C17AC690FE480EDC03F"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–801, High pressure fire loop, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $7,000,000.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCBD1CAD7E13B493A9B3DC509C85167F2"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–802, High explosive pressing facility, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $25,300,000.</text> <list level="subparagraph"> <list-item>Project 08–D–804, Technical Area 55 reinvestment project, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $6,000,000.</list-item></list> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0F3B2A4A98E546189520A0265C7B7F65"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For facilities and infrastructure recapitalization, the following new plant projects:</text> <subparagraph id="ID061775E5403A460A9C58606169017A68"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–601, Mercury highway, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, $7,800,000.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB24BA43FAB3540199B733441F8AB7129"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–602, Potable water system upgrades, Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $22,500,000.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7A7D2D4E6356453D9E5378A81704851B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For safeguards and security, the following new plant project:</text> <subparagraph id="IDa3e53f47db824cd08173fa74f5aaebcb"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–701, Nuclear materials safeguards and security upgrade, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $49,496,000.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA44AE15489144D7DAC76C43B5EFBF5FF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For naval reactors, the following new plant projects:</text> <subparagraph id="ID92C88458F1A8473FB0BBA5D846448506"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–901, Shipping and receiving and warehouse complex, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, $9,000,000.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8246CDF19BD8415A986196E58ED0EF4F"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–190, Project engineering and design, Expended Core Facility M–290 Recovering Discharge Station, Naval Reactors Facility, Idaho Falls, Idaho, $550,000.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDDA0E2879584347ADA07A295F2970F60C"><enum>3102.<?LEXA-Enum 3102 [MAR07547].?></enum><header>Defense environmental cleanup</header> <subsection id="id621E5F0686FB49C8BD30E25D0DBEF5A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2008 for defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out programs necessary for national security in the amount of $5,410,905,000.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id7BC585E558E1419A99C83899DF76C8CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization for new plant project</header><text>From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy may carry out, for defense environmental cleanup activities, the following new plant project:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02FDC92BF3624FE8892C0615ED1A63D9"><enum></enum><text>Project 08–D–414, Project engineering and design, Plutonium Vitrification Facility, various locations, $15,000,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID5D5B3D268E2B4F3093FC6374406CC616"><enum>3103.<?LEXA-Enum 3103 [MAR07548].?></enum><header>Other defense activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2008 for other defense activities in carrying out programs necessary for national security in the amount of $663,074,000.</text> </section><section id="ID852307AFF127443E9EC396D7BBE8E945"><enum>3104.<?LEXA-Enum 3104 [MAR07549].?></enum><header>Defense nuclear waste disposal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2008 for defense nuclear waste disposal for payment to the Nuclear Waste Fund established in section 302(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NWPA">Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)) in the amount of $242,046,000.</text> </section></subtitle><subtitle id="id52A5FE6BB2344CC887BD974851ECEDD1"><enum>B</enum><header>Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations</header> <section id="id9BC4E29EFCCF4DDEAC2B6981810C5CA8"><enum>3111.<?LEXA-Enum 3111 [MAR07514].?></enum><header>Reliable Replacement Warhead program</header> <subsection id="id56A47AEE463E480D8638CF3B9CFFE135"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on availability of funds</header><text>Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 3101(a)(1) for weapons activities for fiscal year 2008, not more than $195,069,000 may be obligated or expended for the Reliable Replacement Warhead program under section 4204a of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2524a).</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBB139E416954A178E9D98F087B74145"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on availability of funds for certain activities</header><text>No funds referred to in subsection (a) may be obligated or expended for activities under the Reliable Replacement Warhead program beyond phase 2A activities.</text> </subsection></section><section id="id820BF9E090B94BB795BF6241EB305192"><enum>3112.<?LEXA-Enum 3112 [MAR07623].?></enum><header>Limitation on availability of funds for Fissile Materials Disposition program</header> <subsection id="ID2576c7b6254e474aa13886ccb0f63247"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation pending report on use of prior fiscal year funds</header><text>No fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds may be obligated or expended for the Fissile Materials Disposition program until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator for Nuclear Security, submits to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a plan for obligating and expending funds made available for that program in fiscal years before fiscal year 2008 that remain available for obligation or expenditure as of October 1, 2007.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID8009f21c44d14a08a6d457cf8b55abae"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation pending certification on use of current fiscal year funds</header> <paragraph id="id6FDC81685D8448B98316D6BA2551122D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds, the aggregate amount that may be obligated for the Fissile Materials Disposition program may not exceed such amount as the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, certifies to the congressional defense committees will be obligated for that program in fiscal years 2008 and 2009.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID2c450fe47e8f40798b218a987ca48139"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of unutilized funds absent certification</header><text>If the Secretary does not make a certification under paragraph (1), fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds shall not be available for the Fissile Materials Disposition program, but shall be available instead for any defense nuclear nonproliferation activities (other than the Fissile Materials Disposition program) for which amounts are authorized to be appropriated by section 3101(a)(2).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID6c9d664968a34990865e476332f497f0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of unutilized funds under certification of partial use</header><text>If the aggregate amount of funds certified under paragraph (1) as to be obligated for the Fissile Materials Disposition program in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 is less than the amount of the fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds, an amount within fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds that is equal to the difference between the amount of fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds and such aggregate amount shall not be available for the Fissile Materials Disposition program, but shall be available instead for any defense nuclear nonproliferation activities (other than the Fissile Materials Disposition program) for which amounts are authorized to be appropriated by section 3101(a)(2).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id28D3238470DC4557B4141E40CAC76C6C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program funds</term> means amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 3101(a)(2) and available for the Fissile Materials Disposition program.</text> </subsection></section><section id="id5ADEE9A8FFC84B188B15AB3AABCE1647"><enum>3113.<?LEXA-Enum 3113 [MAR07552].?></enum><header>Modification of limitations on availability of funds for Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 3120(a) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2510) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idB5151FEF0B93449F9299271FF5DFB953"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Defense Contract Management Agency has recommended for acceptance</quote> and inserting <quote>an independent entity has reviewed</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id48A7F01CE8084F42B9FC2C9D08C78C59"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and that the system has been certified by the Secretary for use by a construction contractor at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant</quote> after <quote>Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idBCE6D924DBEE4F198F48ED50318702B0"><enum>C</enum><header>Other Matters</header> <section id="id40D9431F780E4E83B6DF27A05A6A28D0"><enum>3121.<?LEXA-Enum 3121 [MAR07565].?></enum><header>Nuclear test readiness</header> <subsection id="ID5d45f87c4c25428cb759b97aea928fd2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of requirements on readiness posture</header><text>Section 3113 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1743; 50 U.S.C. 2528a) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id7A8A6090A25643ADAB95F9290F6BD647"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports on nuclear test readiness postures</header> <paragraph id="id283C100A88474E1E94D404FF8DC03DE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 4208 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2528) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59B2B64CD5A94E42B2236968D92B7624" style="OLC"> <section id="ID9e892fd5018d423f8762fcb0a32181f1"><enum>4208.</enum><header>Reports on nuclear test readiness</header> <subsection id="id1C2C3EC17B1C450BA04846C33A48A60B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than March 1, 2009, and every odd-numbered year thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the nuclear test readiness of the United States.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id19B16B7E78B843B9B4328A20CF77D4D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each report under subsection (a) shall include, current as of the date of such report, the following:</text> <paragraph id="id2E5EFD8B49064EBC9B1AFC92EE8483EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An estimate of the period of time that would be necessary for the Secretary of Energy to conduct an underground test of a nuclear weapon once directed by the President to conduct such a test.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idF02314FDA3E349008BB6C5C82504D21B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of the level of test readiness that the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, determines to be appropriate.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idE2A55311FF294CFBAB64AE61803E7563"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A list and description of the workforce skills and capabilities that are essential to carrying out an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id3A44D2FC5C1247C9855B2CD7BC33FB9E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A list and description of the infrastructure and physical plant that are essential to carrying out an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idC6D0787BB9CC42DA9B4C7BB5F8664E61"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An assessment of the readiness status of the skills and capabilities described in paragraph (3) and the infrastructure and physical plant described in paragraph (4).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id91A52FBD53FE4E71863A9950DED0C976"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text>Each report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="id8493565A11A6423AADA3FD2B33D58378"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The item relating to section 4208 in the table of contents for such Act is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id646F492A4AC042A8ACC86988DC050974" style="OLC"> <toc> <toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 4208. Reports on nuclear test readiness.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0D507AE522A941408C199ABC879E9CB7"><enum>3122.<?LEXA-Enum 3122 [MAR07671].?></enum><header>Sense of Congress on the nuclear nonproliferation policy of the United States and the Reliable Replacement Warhead program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="IDf31c26e73555409d9eaa2be72ac85815"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States should reaffirm its commitment to Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968, and entered into force March 5, 1970 (in this section referred to as the <quote>Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty</quote>);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID6de37c401e5f49e9aff2d9c76f57918d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the United States should initiate talks with Russia to reduce the number of nonstrategic nuclear weapons and further reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons in the respective nuclear weapons stockpiles of the United States and Russia in a transparent and verifiable fashion and in a manner consistent with the security of the United States;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDa68b0389843945f299b0fdc41d7c1c14"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the United States and other declared nuclear weapons state parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, together with weapons states that are not parties to the treaty, should work to reduce the total number of nuclear weapons in the respective stockpiles and related delivery systems of such states;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDa2ac75717361480cb8dfddc6d7bd644e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the United States, Russia, and other states should work to negotiate, and then sign and ratify, a treaty setting forth a date for the cessation of the production of fissile material;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID839ae79623c04db6b827bc980279766b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Senate should ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, opened for signature at New York September 10, 1996;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID5774acd551af469e8cb5f2d5b77cab0f"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the United States should commit to dismantle as soon as possible all retired warheads or warheads that are planned to be retired from the United States nuclear weapons stockpile;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID315b3fc4252847c38b100b427a2907e5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the United States, along with the other declared nuclear weapons state parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, should participate in transparent discussions regarding their nuclear weapons programs and plans, and how such programs and plans, including plans for any new weapons or warheads, relate to their obligations as nuclear weapons state parties under the Treaty;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID29a13712c959463eb89ef805f39e1bd4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the United States and the declared nuclear weapons state parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty should work to decrease reliance on, and the importance of, nuclear weapons; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID83cc3afe5ad84f028896b3cb1ccf3c7e"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the United States should formulate any decision on whether to manufacture or deploy a reliable replacement warhead within the broader context of the progress made by the United States toward achieving each of the goals described in paragraphs (1) through (8).</text> </paragraph></section><section id="id44B8877BA3394FA0A885FF7B9890CA64"><enum>3123.<?LEXA-Enum 3123 [MAR07621].?></enum><header>Report on status of environmental management initiatives to accelerate the reduction of environmental risks and challenges posed by the legacy of the Cold War</header> <subsection id="ID936ea87b1df74760afc280c157795bbd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On the date described in subsection (d), the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Comptroller General of the United States a report on the status of the environmental management initiatives described in subsection (c) undertaken to accelerate the reduction of the environmental risks and challenges that, as a result of the legacy of the Cold War, are faced by the Department of Energy, contractors of the Department, and applicable Federal and State agencies with regulatory jurisdiction.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID3796a7173c034606851781f844b389e1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="ID7e47caeb185242d2a85bb66c4bdc544a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A discussion of the progress made in reducing the environmental risks and challenges described in subsection (a) in each of the following areas:</text> <subparagraph id="ID6a4d36197aa54e6a86dd63f0247d969f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Acquisition strategy and contract management.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7b598e432170437f9f0d8097bab03be2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Regulatory agreements.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfd260b37c6e44ea09e50129fde4b1e5f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Interim storage and final disposal of high-level waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, and low-level waste.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID99e78d5f41e34907af39afc033483ea3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Closure and transfer of environmental remediation sites.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID08a5606bf4154669b0d6d65959298c53"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Achievements in innovation by contractors of the Department with respect to accelerated risk reduction and cleanup.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe6795cd78e424a29be646656ed1d424f"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Consolidation of special nuclear materials and improvements in safeguards and security.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd49c3faec1c5420eb62b9694fcf43472"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of the progress made in streamlining risk reduction processes of the environmental management program of the Department.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID9240dc3247914d2b960b7838e07bcda2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of the progress made in improving the responsiveness and effectiveness of the environmental management program of the Department.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID5c9574b99ea547f9aaff7f7258d348f8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Any proposals for legislation that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the environmental management initiatives described in subsection (c) and the justification for each such proposal.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id3FF77176DFF84330BE603098587CC8DD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A list of the mandatory milestones and commitments set forth in each enforceable cleanup agreement or other type of agreement covering or applicable to environmental management and cleanup activities at any site of the Department, the status of the efforts of the Department to meet such milestones and commitments, and if the Secretary determines that the Department will be unable to achieve any such milestone or commitment, a statement setting forth the reasons the Department will be unable to achieve such milestone or commitment.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idE04C857B76954121A63A15C2784868D7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>An estimate of the life cycle cost of the environmental management program, including the following:</text> <subparagraph id="ID52d4e9ff740040cca7ecf4126b3e0a6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A list of the environmental projects being reviewed for potential inclusion in the environmental management program as of October 1, 2007, and an estimated date by which a determination will be made to include or exclude each such project.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID26bcfa9919de4521bce19d6de3d0d292"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A list of environmental projects not being considered for potential inclusion in the environmental management program as of October 1, 2007, but that are likely to be included in the next five years, and an estimated date by which a determination will be made to include or exclude each such project.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9011fb4c606741c6a870bec256cdb867"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A list of projects in the environmental management program as of October 1, 2007, for which an audit of the cost estimate of the project has been completed, and the estimated date by which such an audit will be completed for each such project for which such an audit has not been completed.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf6a722885d794c6da1cba4e9166191c1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The estimated schedule for production of a revised life cycle cost estimate for the environmental management program incorporating the information described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb53198c97c874209a6c80095bd3a4a66"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Initiatives described</header><text>The environmental management initiatives described in this subsection are the initiatives arising out of the report titled <quote>Top-to-Bottom Review of the Environmental Management Program</quote> and dated February 4, 2002, with respect to the environmental restoration and waste management activities of the Department in carrying out programs necessary for national security.</text> </subsection><subsection id="IDffbc7e592c1a4db7a09e4169aa6e2072"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Date of submittal</header><text>The date described in this subsection is the date on which the budget justification materials in support of the Department of Energy budget for fiscal year 2009 (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) are submitted to Congress.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE604FAEC079643B7A897B649618C43EE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Review by Comptroller General</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date described in subsection (d), the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing a review of the report required by subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section><section id="idFBDC6780060B41DF946A2916412243B7"><enum>3124.<?LEXA-Enum 3124 [MAR07554].?></enum><header>Comptroller General report on Department of Energy protective force management</header> <subsection id="ID3fce28c7b0994f99a65bc280e3290dbb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 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 management of the protective forces of the Department of Energy.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID531a29569e594b7d92f700a161269509"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="ID759be4018e2f4fc790a6b340b4995a81"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of the management and contractual structure for protective forces at each Department of Energy site with Category I nuclear materials.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID568c03def54340a1b6c470d8f96019fa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A statement of the number and category of protective force members at each site described in paragraph (1) and an assessment of whether the protective force at each such site is adequately staffed, trained, and equipped to comply with the requirements of the Design Basis Threat issued by the Department of Energy in November 2005.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID0b9e9b0129744dfab762a93886dde054"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of the manner in which each site described in paragraph (1) is moving to a tactical response force as required by the policy of the Department of Energy and an assessment of the issues or problems, if any, involved in the moving to a tactical response force at such site.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID6d0f14808df1441f99994e06d2568574"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of the extent to which the protective force at each site described in paragraph (1) has been assigned or is responsible for law enforcement or law-enforcement related activities.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDba5a58d1d1dc485ca6edaf7643f2a900"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An analysis comparing the management, training, pay, benefits, duties, responsibilities, and assignments of the protective force at each site described in paragraph (1) with the management, training, pay, benefits, duties, responsibilities, and assignments of the Federal transportation security force of the Department of Energy.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID7585603dcd924d769c49735a193dfc91"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A statement of options for managing the protective force at sites described in paragraph (1) in a more uniform manner, an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of each option, and an assessment of the approximate cost of each option when compared with the costs associated with the existing management of the protective force at such sites.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID883ccc1ad36e4a76b8b276bd3f37fc98"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text> </subsection></section><section id="id4A7D7B6FA5D647C095036E368E5035DD"><enum>3125.<?LEXA-Enum 3125 [MAR07524].?></enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521 et seq.) is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="idF0AA48C8A17F4CE39EF9CE47978E6D5D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The heading of section 4204A (50 U.S.C. 2524a) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DA78C058ACB451588C0BE3CAADD38E1" style="OLC"> <section id="idD15C35838D084C0596B02DCA50B7FBA4"><enum>4204A.</enum><header>Reliable Replacement Warhead program</header> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="id8AA71DFE3AE44C16B8912A0E4F2DD2A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The table of contents for that Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4204 the following new item:</text> <quoted-block id="id00cc8437-ead0-4631-b79a-454c92077a68" style="OLC"> <toc> <toc-entry idref="idD15C35838D084C0596B02DCA50B7FBA4" level="section">Sec. 4204A. Reliable Replacement Warhead program.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section></subtitle><enum>XXXII</enum><header>DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD</header> <section id="idB6953621200C46E1BAB5431A770162C5"><enum>3201.<?LEXA-Enum 3201 [MAR07537].?></enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008, $27,499,000 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.).</text> </section>

June 5, 2007

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