1.This Act may be cited as the
Department of Energy National Security
Act for Fiscal Year 2010
.
2.The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short
title.
Sec. 2.Table of
contents.
Sec. 3. Congressional defense
committees.
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
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.
Sec. 3105. Funding
table.
Subtitle B—Program
Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations
Sec. 3111. Nuclear weapons
stockpile life extension program.
Sec. 3112. Elimination of
nuclear weapons life extension program from exception to requirement to request
funds in budget of the President.
Sec. 3113. Repeal of Reliable
Replacement Warhead program.
Sec. 3114. Authorization of use
of International Nuclear Materials Protection and Cooperation program funds for
bilateral and multilateral nonproliferation and disarmament
activities.
Sec. 3115. Repeal of
prohibition on funding activities associated with international cooperative
stockpile stewardship.
Sec. 3116. Modification of
minor construction threshold for plant projects.
Sec. 3117. Two-year extension
of authority for appointment of certain scientific, engineering, and technical
personnel.
Sec. 3118. Repeal of sunset
date for consolidation of counterintelligence programs of Department of Energy
and National Nuclear Security Administration.
Subtitle C—Other
Matters
Sec. 3131. Ten-year plan for
utilization and funding of certain Department of Energy facilities.
Sec. 3132. Review of management
and operation of certain national laboratories.
Sec. 3133. Inclusion in 2010
stockpile stewardship plan of certain information relating to stockpile
stewardship criteria.
Sec. 3134. Comptroller General
of the United States review of projects carried out by the Office of
Environmental Management of the Department of Energy pursuant to the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Sec. 3135. Identification in
budget materials of amounts for certain Department of Energy pension
obligations.
Sec. 3136. Expansion of authority of Ombudsman of Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.
Sec. 3137. Comptroller General study of stockpile stewardship
program.
Sec. 3138. Sense of the Senate on production of
molybdenum–99.
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR
FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD
Sec. 3201.
Authorization.
TITLE XXXIII—MARITIME
ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 3301. Maritime
Administration.
3.Congressional defense
committeesFor 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.
CDEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY
AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
<enum>XXXI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY
PROGRAMS</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="idF979CDD42A1F4468A6C1011D4D6F951F" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Security Programs
Authorizations</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60437362194649AC8536278ECCA53509" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Nuclear Security
Administration</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0807A393663745EE8944F4790093C3D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 2010 for the activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration in
carrying out programs necessary for national security in the amount of
$10,051,215,000, to be allocated as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H759C3FEC50A946B7902DBC901FBD1471"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For weapons activities,
$6,490,619,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H069259A6379F4B32ACBA7134E7E08D37"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For defense nuclear nonproliferation
activities, including $705,900,000 for fissile materials disposition,
$2,136,709,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93C4BEAE79194085BA7E01386F7276EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For naval reactors, $1,003,133,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5718B1DAFF6642BCB800C04D86D2A937"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the Office of the Administrator for
Nuclear Security, $420,754,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78534EAD19814C9B92000098B36E0552"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of new plant
projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49A67868D4714F8D9E880427EA3EC506"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For readiness in technical base and
facilities, the following new plant project:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H827CB03E47724AC2BB496FF46CCDC4D0"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project 10–D–501, Nuclear Facility Risk
Reduction (NFRR), Y–12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
$12,500,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B597F57757A4B48A9E9AAAC807E9EC4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For defense nuclear security, the following
new plant project:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5AB4EC306BF4D7F90AC9D963308569D"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project 10–D–701, Security Improvement
Project (SIP), Y–12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
$49,000,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H584F7017AF27460887C616D5B6D4464D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For naval reactors, the following new plant
projects:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0FD92337DDE4C3C9305A200E2B410B1"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project 10–D–904, Naval Reactors Facility
(NRF) infrastructure upgrades, Naval Reactors Facility, Idaho Falls, Idaho,
$700,000.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA792E5ECFDAE4ECBA6001C0286169DBE"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project 10–D–903, Security upgrades, Knolls
Atomic Power Laboratory, Knolls Site and Kesselring Site, Schenectady, New
York, $1,500,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0E16B6E39954AA5B0CF6C9ACB917F5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Defense environmental cleanup</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are hereby authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2010 for defense
environmental cleanup activities in carrying out programs necessary for
national security in the amount of $5,395,831,000.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC230BC032FA4CD3A34DF5B094B9D66B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 2010 for other defense
activities in carrying out programs necessary for national security in the
amount of $852,468,000.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32268907780F423B8BD5CB766FEBFF9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 2010
for defense nuclear waste disposal for payment to the Nuclear Waste Fund
established in section 302(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42
U.S.C. 10222(c)) in the amount of $98,400,000.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92203211B9FD4CB9AED7EAEA7EB38186" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding table</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amounts authorized to be appropriated by
sections 3101, 3102, 3103, and 3104 shall be available, in accordance with the
requirements of section 4001, for projects, programs, and activities, and in
the amounts, specified in the funding table in section 4501.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="id2F9B5617B98740F7A8252EC672F0F092" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and
Limitations</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94FB258A9EEC4384B5C5653AD6BE931F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nuclear weapons stockpile life extension
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4204 of the
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2524) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF15D346B5DFC471AA30B20C11764B0DA" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB42264AA38524513B9985C9EBCE810E7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nuclear weapons stockpile life extension
program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD263128C441D40EFB87211A06B51076B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, carry out a program to provide for
the extension of the effective life of the weapons in the nuclear weapons
stockpile without nuclear weapons testing.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41F9651F4D8B4530B448AF0B601693A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative responsibility for
program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF20830EAFBC4C5FAF85BFB1A5E55692"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program under subsection (a) shall be
carried out through the National Nuclear Security Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60ECBF9EB4924C749E479B2241651050"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion of program funds in
budget</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each budget
submitted by the President to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United
States Code, the amounts requested for the program under subsection (a) shall
be clearly identified in the budget justification materials submitted to
Congress in support of that budget.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6408D71E06A40C4AE3506D52CBCB06E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the program under subsection
(a), the Secretary of Energy shall develop a long-term plan to extend the
effective life of the weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear
weapons testing. The plan shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C0D0485940B413CBB04B2D14F846D68"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mechanisms to provide for the manufacture,
maintenance, and modernization of each weapon design in the nuclear stockpile,
as needed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE4CDD249A96A439191ECEF8FD64DF287"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mechanisms to expedite the collection of
information necessary for carrying out the program, including information
relating to the aging of materials and components, new manufacturing
techniques, and the replacement or substitution of materials.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C0B83F66E2B4698B87FD5EE2DF83814"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mechanisms to ensure the appropriate
assignment of roles and missions for each nuclear weapons laboratory and
production plant of the Department of Energy, including mechanisms for
allocation of workload, mechanisms to ensure the carrying out of appropriate
modernization activities, and mechanisms to ensure the retention of skilled
personnel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18FCDFCE6F5D442A95C77D04C9791565"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mechanisms to ensure that each national
laboratory of the National Nuclear Security Administration has full and
complete access to all weapons data to enable a rigorous peer review process to
support the annual assessment of the condition of the nuclear weapons stockpile
required under section 4205.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA419CBA7C4D4388B760FB02DF494812"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mechanisms for allocating funds for
activities under the program, including allocations of funds by weapon type and
facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0E94BAC6FE14B0295C62F56ADDA1771"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An identification of the funds needed, in
the current fiscal year and in each of the next 5 fiscal years, to carry out
the program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93B6FCB7D18A418299DC907F2FB71B44"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual
updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Energy shall update the plan required under subsection (c) annually and shall
submit the updated plan to Congress as part of the plan for maintaining the
nuclear weapons stockpile submitted to Congress under section 4203(c).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8965C2E457AD4742B60509A5F2086FDB"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress on funding of
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the President should include in each budget for a fiscal year
submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,
sufficient funds to carry out in that fiscal year the activities under the
program under subsection (a) that are specified in the most current version of
the plan required under subsection
(c).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0681BCC2AB42460782A52ADFA84F0740" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elimination of nuclear weapons life
extension program from exception to requirement to request funds in budget of
the President</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4209 of
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2529) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4B068318D0749DF852C0F352B17922C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking
<quote>necessary—</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting
<quote>necessary to address proliferation concerns.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D3D930E3756408D94F24BEBCCEA4112"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id420EC668DAD54F1D898C47F51278FAF8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id677C50B0B6B940EEA4641F7F59AB7641"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEEA66C4FFD147E99010ECF2EE2BCCEB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3113.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of Reliable Replacement Warhead
program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E81E4825637492E8E3DEF8B3DF0C98B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4204A of the Atomic Energy Defense
Act (50 U.S.C. 2524a) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9FA44B742B641E08B21A5B4DA29406E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for that Act is
amended by striking the item relating to section 4204A.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id575402366B88454C9F41F9488FDCDF1C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3114.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of use of International
Nuclear Materials Protection and Cooperation program funds for bilateral and
multilateral nonproliferation and disarmament activities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCBD1DEC6F93F422A980289988D887706"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law
and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Energy may obligate or expend
not more than 10 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated or
otherwise made available for the International Nuclear Materials Protection and
Cooperation program in a fiscal year to provide assistance for or to otherwise
carry out bilateral or multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation or
disarmament.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC6CB4CC0526400A8688D2B0FC9CEAA1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notification of congressional defense
committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
obligate or expend funds pursuant to subsection (a) if, not less than 15 days
before obligating or expending such funds—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id410567ED785740C29F840C7DCE6A710A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary notifies the congressional
defense committees of the intent of the Secretary to obligate or expend such
funds; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD78E951649F34B3F82A116251497E5CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the President certifies to the
congressional defense committees that obligating or expending such funds is
necessary to support the national security objectives of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0028C34B1C6748149D537983960FBBCA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3115.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of prohibition on funding activities
associated with international cooperative stockpile stewardship</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37A8B7DD38D54818BD8E95880A40CD75"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4301 of the Atomic Energy Defense
Act (50 U.S.C. 2561) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E55282C91054598A58577635BCC1F47"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for that Act is
amended by striking the item relating to section 4301.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAC4FE413B4447CE8978FBD045D7A72D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3116.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modification of minor construction
threshold for plant projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4701(3) of the Atomic Energy Defense
Act (50 U.S.C. 2741(3)) is amended by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and
inserting <quote>$7,000,000</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA0C6F07E64E439C9EFA69693955FC39" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3117.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Two-year extension of authority for
appointment of certain scientific, engineering, and technical
personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4601(c)(1)
of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2701(c)(1)) is amended by striking
<quote>September 30, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30,
2011</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id150F77CFBC4B458683F2B8052733512B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3118.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of sunset date for consolidation of
counterintelligence programs of Department of Energy and National Nuclear
Security Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3117 of the John Warner National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat.
2507; 42 U.S.C. 7144b note) is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C871AF5A5164B1A914FE4CA0336DA1F" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id068F59DE58754E90A96078E6C5131D7B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The functions, personnel, funds, assets,
and other resources of the Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence of the
National Nuclear Security Administration are transferred to the Secretary of
Energy, to be administered (except to any extent otherwise directed by the
Secretary) by the Director of the Office of Counterintelligence of the
Department of
Energy.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="idC59A8704124C4C959C38F0EBA2E7392E" level-type="subsequent"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other Matters</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id400F28FF5CED483C88340A1A8D970EE2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3131.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ten-year plan for utilization and funding
of certain Department of Energy facilities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeb6810a7461f4c0a9dc834523deadc2e"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator for Nuclear Security and
the Under Secretary for Science of the Department of Energy shall jointly
develop a plan to use and fund, over a ten-year period, the following
facilities of the Department of Energy:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID57deb5955c3641f39b553330e988cd1f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Ignition Facility at the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe0061428af3c4739b74a6e196a978b16"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center at
the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4dd7e636f4f54ed3b70576e07ed53d93"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The <quote>Z</quote> Machine at the Sandia
National Laboratories, New Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd1e6bfe0659243d68deae789005d4d76"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Microsystems and Engineering Sciences
Application (MESA) Facility at the Sandia National Laboratories, New
Mexico.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6949DFDFBCA7407DA5DD9CA5883152E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submittal of plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 45 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Under
Secretary for Science of the Department of Energy shall submit to the
congressional defense committees the plan required by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3bb203e52ecf49a2ad061635d6fdf92f"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement to specify source of facility
funding in budget requests</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
any budget request for the Department of Energy for a fiscal year that is
submitted to Congress after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Energy shall identify for that fiscal year the portion of the
funding for each facility specified in subsection (a) that is to be provided by
the National Nuclear Security Administration and by the Office of Science of
the Department of Energy.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C49008761714CF4955E4596C1FC4607" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3132.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of management and operation of
certain national laboratories</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc2f92565a4a9439dac6d98b73f457956"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall, in consultation with
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives, appoint an independent panel of
experts to conduct a review of the management and operation of the
following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8261A01E861144508A5FE346223083C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF41963B7A1144DA8AE6FF9BF44EC45B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Los Alamos National Laboratory, New
Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6711AC3A54A94490A5C9F991243D7DA4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Sandia National Laboratories, New
Mexico.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id577B12D2EB0E4A4C9D4E7C7959B5A6B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative provisions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa93a99ab55124512b67576f1ac4c8c22"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointment of chairperson</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall appoint a
chairperson of the panel from among the members of the panel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6078cbc0c3c647a58c829bfed5e81793"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation of agency staff to
panel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of National Intelligence
shall each designate one or more employees of the Department of Energy, the
Department of Defense, and the intelligence community, respectively, to serve
as liaisons between the panel and the Department of Energy, the Department of
Defense, or the intelligence community, as the case may be.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf7e1bd23e8fc4c3eb5189df532d32f34"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency cooperation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National
Intelligence, ensure that the panel receives full and timely cooperation from
the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and the Director of
National Intelligence in conducting the review required under subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE46F33122E8F4FF3A2DC16205219F7E1"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support from federally funded research and
development center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of Energy may use a federally funded research and development center
not associated with the Department of Energy to provide support to the
panel.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5238b70c52c444c3a2e4409173fe8321"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The review required under subsection (a)
shall include, with respect to each laboratory specified in such subsection, an
evaluation of the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc2bab4bea7b34e34a3757ca8676af456"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The quality of the scientific research
being conducted at the laboratory, including research with respect to weapons
science, nonproliferation, energy, and basic science.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2fe924ef4c2d4f68907274cfc3f73e38"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The quality of the engineering being
conducted at the laboratory.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe8fdcc9d8dd24ccca81db5d69ec92772"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The general operations of the laboratory,
including the management of facilities and procedures with respect to safety,
security, environmental management and compliance, and human capital.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID48d32ec4b22a44fdbd3417dd7e1a8967"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The financial operations of the laboratory,
including contract administration, accounting controls, and management of
property and equipment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa8780d99632d4e83bbecc7b27e4f28fd"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The management of work conducted by the
laboratory for entities other than the Department of Energy, including academic
institutions and other Federal agencies, and interactions between the
laboratory and such entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID45b7465b3f4149a7801cb0ff2e5cae5e"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The adequacy and effectiveness of the form
and scope of current management contracts in implementing the mission of the
laboratory.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa85208c7700645f2bba64175b17e728b"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The effectiveness of the management and
oversight of the laboratory by the Department of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5a479a890ec741c7b0d7101688d4b78a"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report of panel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The panel shall submit to the Secretary of
Energy a report containing the results of the review and any recommendations of
the panel resulting from the review.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC161A98957A54A419D94564C4EE2DE2D"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transmittal to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than January 1, 2011, the
Secretary of Energy shall transmit to the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives the
report of the panel submitted under subsection (d) and any comments or
recommendations of the Secretary with respect to that report.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF5DF495106244B996E2CC10127F1D48" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3133.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion in 2010 stockpile stewardship
plan of certain information relating to stockpile stewardship criteria</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9318a7977f104ab2921a847aa7cf09c9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall include in
the 2010 stockpile stewardship plan the elements specified in subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID73f412662f974a1d83ca81357c3b91b3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The elements specified in this subsection
are the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID566a4ec0d7f24af8bb3467e66846af52"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An update of any information or criteria
included in the report on stockpile stewardship criteria submitted under
subsection (c) of section 4202 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C.
2522).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfb11ad416ade4117bc4db59abe85117c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of any additional information
identified under paragraph (1) of such subsection (c) or criteria established
under subsection (a) of such section 4202 during the period beginning on the
date of the submittal of the report under section 3133 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1751; 50
U.S.C. 2523 note) and ending on the date of the submittal of the 2010 stockpile
stewardship plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDde3b64a9b5a24fa3a294094cc24776e7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each science-based tool developed or
modified by the Department of Energy during the period described in paragraph
(2) to collect information needed to determine that the nuclear weapons
stockpile is safe, secure, and reliable—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfc46675bbf8d40a4beff6289710e127c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the relationship of the
science-based tool to the collection of such information; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID251785e3fc2d48ca8026e0d898d2e4f1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of criteria for assessing the
effectiveness of the science-based tool in collecting such information.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID325c15f4b3a5435ea0d9f1d3245b8b6a"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">2010 stockpile stewardship plan
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <term>2010 stockpile stewardship plan</term> means the updated version of
the plan for maintaining the nuclear weapons stockpile developed under section
4203 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2523) and required to be
submitted to Congress on May 1, 2010, by subsection (c) of such section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2AA159EB4A6F4579B1A1D103AB4E1291" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3134.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comptroller General of the United States
review of projects carried out by the Office of Environmental Management of the
Department of Energy pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6B9E9DE855F47EE9D22A2D1291795FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a series of three reviews, as described in subsections
(b), (c), and (d), of projects carried out by the Office of Environmental
Management of the Department of Energy (in this section referred to as the
<quote>Office</quote>) using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB58D0477C224370A53522CE90E4FD08"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phase One review</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66EA6BA7CE2D411C9D6845D5D1DA165E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct a review of the
following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd45085be6b2f4056aeaeb1ba6e279be6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The criteria used by the Office to select
projects to be carried out using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa7ae7363621646b1859adc67b224db55"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The extent to which lessons learned during
previous accelerations of defense environmental cleanup efforts were used in
the development of such criteria.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID68f124ed9a894b8180c0bd8655c5f7fa"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The process used by the Office to estimate
costs and develop schedules for such projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDce0029253bc24757be4e34a0d809f65d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The process used by the Office for the
independent validation of the scope, cost, and schedule for such
projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4ae3ea1176234bb4b3c3e3dd9e8652b1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The criteria and methodology used by the
Office to measure the contribution of each such project toward reducing the
overall costs, and meeting the goals, of defense environmental cleanup.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5916CEE378C4A4B82D0A28761397011"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the review
conducted under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1550090197844477A50E3E4D53B3B2D2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phase Two review</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id893B972048A84747B25D3AE5C7CFCAED"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall conduct a
review, during the period described in paragraph (2), of the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID05e1ad273b154363bbf164fe7b7a32c8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The implementation of each project carried
out using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbbc38bfc454d48e4b1c2292481392325"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The extent to which each such project is
meeting the cost and scheduling goals of the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd34671de10e140c2a96d7305c77bf4ee"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of jobs created or maintained
through such projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfd68df6a5c17428693a4eb9e1674b83b"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The adequacy of contract oversight for such
projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDade5f6faebc7450eb5f869273b792001"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any technical problems or other problems in
connection with such projects that are identified by the Comptroller General in
the course of the review.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcb46731274594adf8033cfe1cbbaa0e3"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any management and implementation issues or
actions, or other systemic issues, identified by the Comptroller General in the
course of the review that either hinder or assist the effective management of
defense environmental cleanup efforts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB308BE5A401F4467BC528814954BAB42"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Period described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The period described in this paragraph is
the period—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97880EBC58EF443DAB3E8975ED8F8C37"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">beginning on the date on which the
Comptroller General submits the report required under subsection (b)(2);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10E0F7CD8B4A40F9917CBAC7318EB27D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ending on the later of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1BDB736BBEB446F88842AB6F1383E28"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which all projects carried out
using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds have been completed;
or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id944057DA2DEF4ED6AFCBC36EDBAC8C0B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which all American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act funds have been obligated or expended or are no longer
available to be obligated or expended.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA48F66E448E4CCC851A05CD7DE84176"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the status of the review conducted
under paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after submitting the report required
under subsection (b)(2) and every 120 days thereafter until the end of the
period described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED0C31EC29584A9EBE5F84CCF3C424C0"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Phase Three review</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC358FF0E1BF46D2876060B5B1DFC9DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date on which the
Comptroller General submits the last report required under subsection (c)(3),
the Comptroller General shall conduct a review of the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdd3e2d2c3f9b40c381b15ee6f36a8cf2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The implementation of all projects carried
out using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, including the number of
such projects that were completed, that were not completed, that were completed
on budget, that exceeded the budget for such project, that were completed on
schedule, and that exceeded the scheduling goals for such project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe18ad27f88414878bd2ead0b4198f450"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The impact on employment as a result of the
completion of such projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID31222f2e912e4cb1824f5dbbf4041b90"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any lessons learned as a result of
accelerating such projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0764fc17f75b49379a312f7995221512"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The extent to which the achievement of the
overall goals of defense environmental cleanup were accelerated, and the
overall costs of defense environmental cleanup were reduced, as a result of
such projects.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe5c311279d624e2ca3e0e51353978fcc"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any other issues the Comptroller General
considers appropriate with respect to such projects.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id402D1E0BB535432E92B16C80E8B0AF00"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after submitting the
last report required under subsection (c)(3), the Comptroller General shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results
of the review conducted under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id419C78D66A3245D6801DEACB0FBE8C89"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
funds defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <term>American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds</term>
means funds made available for the Office of Environmental Management under the
heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-intermediate" style="appropriations">Defense Environmental Cleanup</header-in-text></quote>
under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-major" style="traditional">environmental and other defense
activities</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-major" style="appropriations">Department of
Energy</header-in-text></quote> under title IV of division A of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 140).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC37FD3830BE4F48B7ED8F9678BC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3135.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification in budget materials of
amounts for certain Department of Energy pension obligations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Energy shall include in the
budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the
Department of Energy budget for a fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of
the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) specific
identification, as a budgetary line item, of the amounts required to meet the
pension obligations of the Department of Energy for contractor employees at
each facility of the Department of Energy operated using amounts authorized to
be appropriated for the Department of Energy.</text>
</section><section id="id7B278890ED054261861C86DB8324EA28"><enum>3136.</enum><header>Expansion of
authority of Ombudsman of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program</header>
<subsection id="id3F0FBFAFDC64443AB188016D9EAE5C1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3686 of the
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42
U.S.C. 7385s–15) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4EB3FA70C99F4CD9AD0814BE0EB28C92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by inserting <quote>and subtitle B</quote> after <quote>this
subtitle</quote> each place it appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEF7E959873A34BD89C474CB0BB6CF811"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by inserting <quote>and subtitle B</quote> after <quote>this
subtitle</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9EF26FFF47BA4EEFB9D4107ED6A00B9A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), by inserting <quote>and subtitle B</quote> after <quote>this
subtitle</quote> each place it appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfca908cb8fcb438d881fbfbad8815e21"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (g) as subsection (h); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA5B97FCCFB9042A88701C36A01FC9884"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (f) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A28C4A2E5824DBE82E9A787FE8A520D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idC12890D32D4D4957B45A28D569D36FDF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ombudsman</header><text>In
carrying out the duties of the Ombudsman under this section, the Ombudsman
shall work with the individual employed by the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health to serve as an ombudsman to individuals making
claims under subtitle
B.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2E44E91025E84AEAAF7A52917315D7C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Except
as specifically provided in subsection (g) of section 3686 of the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended by
subsection (a) of this section, nothing in the amendments made by such
subsection (a) shall be construed to alter or affect the duties and functions
of the individual employed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health to serve as an ombudsman to individuals making claims under subtitle
B of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000
(42 U.S.C. 7384l et seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idC748EDBF65D141A7803322AAF687A22A"><enum>3137.</enum><header>Comptroller
General study of stockpile stewardship program</header>
<subsection id="ID2ae0cb5b94174589b96e65b74a85fa02"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a study of the stockpile stewardship program established under section
4201 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521) to determine if the
program was functioning, as of December 2008, as envisioned when the program
was established.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idF57341D6FC844F70BEDD1E674B0AAC3A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID92342e8a98674ce0abec0e1041a670a4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of
whether the capabilities determined to be necessary to maintain the nuclear
weapons stockpile without nuclear testing have been implemented and the extent
to which such capabilities are functioning.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9817f4c70bca4a08b0e919255c150285"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A review and
description of the agreements governing use, management, and support of the
capabilities developed for the stockpile stewardship program and an assessment
of enforcement of, and compliance with, those agreements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID41129e6bfd7842eda43cd69f910b70e0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of
plans for surveillance and testing of nuclear weapons in the stockpile and the
extent of the compliance with such plans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID97490c8781994a72b776c228d14c6c60"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8E18A412AE4F4C4687F7E9DEF7C41F38"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the condition of
the infrastructure at the plants and laboratories of the nuclear weapons
complex;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAA986D203536495CA1304C1408C75C78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the value of
nuclear weapons facilities built after 1992;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id26FAA3CCE87B4B55B2666F57E3FE9A37"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any plans that
are in place to maintain, improve, or replace such infrastructure;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id88A00084A50248788B3EB75F5E794C31"><enum>(D)</enum><text>whether there is
a validated requirement for all planned infrastructure replacement projects;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id96B304D03AA74B108F76C740D8AA69F5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the projected
costs for each such project and the timeline for completion of each such
project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc9234b19df7041eda9c9d69e55d5a779"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An assessment of
the efforts to ensure and maintain the intellectual and technical capability of
the nuclear weapons complex to support the nuclear weapons stockpile.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdbc783db3be24844bde94088d85b9ac3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Recommendations
for the stockpile stewardship program going forward.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd88f476e6e2641ebb13a83a546de16e0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a
report containing the results of the study required by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idD1B712E13B2D489A95F133B3240CEA2E"><enum>3138.</enum><header>Sense of the
Senate on production of molybdenum–99</header>
<subsection id="id6C6CC65212074FE484A93777A0884779"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The
Senate makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="IDc2368a58b2f9410f8b0395a41b02e2c4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>There are fewer
than five reactors around the world currently capable of producing
molybdenum–99 (Mo–99) and there are no such reactors in the United States that
can provide a reliable supply of Mo–99 to meet medical needs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4cec62d229554d02a9f11717a4496161"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Since November
2007, there have been major disruptions in the global availability of Mo–99,
including at facilities in Canada and the Netherlands, which have led to
shortages of Mo–99-based medical products in the United States and around the
world.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2fb8bd3aff0540968ad498977b673e5f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Ensuring a
reliable supply of medical radioisotopes, including Mo–99, is of great
importance to the public health.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2286ef53f2024232a55590e19d850437"><enum>(4)</enum><text>It is also a
national security priority of the United States, and specifically of the
Department of Energy, to encourage the production of low-enriched uranium-based
radioisotopes in order to promote a more peaceful international nuclear
order.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb5457e11309f40c88e8125658e0e503b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The National
Academy of Sciences has identified a need to establish a reliable capability in
the United States for the production of Mo–99 and its derivatives for medical
purposes using low-enriched uranium.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8ffd25659fa14589a054688b72746c69"><enum>(6)</enum><text>There also exists
a capable industrial base in the United States that can support the development
of Mo–99 production facilities and can conduct the processing and distribution
of radiopharmaceutical products for use in medical tests worldwide.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCACA64089E6844F1B430D5930E3D00B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of the
Senate</header><text>It is the sense of the Senate that—</text>
<paragraph id="id51EA8303B5A3493894625A9B9208A384"><enum>(1)</enum><text>radioisotopes and
radiopharmaceuticals, including Mo–99 and its derivatives, are essential
components of medical tests that help diagnose and treat life-threatening
diseases affecting millions of people each year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb6db62cb0b904821a769ad4f4e87d568"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Energy should continue and expand a program to meet the need identified by the
National Academy of Sciences to ensure a source of Mo–99 and its derivatives
for use in medical tests to help ensure the health security of the United
States and around the world and promote peaceful nuclear industries through the
use of low-enriched uranium.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>XXXII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY
BOARD</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4356105B53AF4D069F27CA0B9B8686D1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2010, $26,086,000 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><enum>XXXIII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">MARITIME ADMINISTRATION</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91572748B2A142B680207585D10518DF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 109 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F0485998A9443E7B805B9EF902F077B" style="USC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3825C96B14A46539AA9028BCFF60854" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime Administration</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1FC21BA119D47BF876DC593E6390D83"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Maritime Administration is an
administration in the Department of Transportation.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id141ACD32026141978A6BF9972C5B25D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maritime Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of the Maritime Administration is
the Maritime Administrator, who is appointed by the President by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate. The Administrator shall report directly to
the Secretary of Transportation and carry out the duties prescribed by the
Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A0A8B1914BC4AA19877ADFC37B4C013"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deputy Maritime Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Maritime Administrator shall have a
Deputy Maritime Administrator, who is appointed in the competitive service by
the Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator. The Deputy
Administrator shall carry out the duties prescribed by the Administrator. The
Deputy Administrator shall be Acting Administrator during the absence or
disability of the Administrator and, unless the Secretary designates another
individual, during a vacancy in the office of Administrator.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id896D1C65DEB44C98967F83BCFCF70D73"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties and powers vested in
Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All duties and
powers of the Maritime Administration are vested in the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2CDD62CF70E4FD49926CC8C5AC5CDE7"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regional offices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Maritime Administration shall have
regional offices for the Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes, and Pacific port ranges,
and may have other regional offices as necessary. The Secretary shall appoint a
qualified individual as Director of each regional office. The Secretary shall
carry out appropriate activities and programs of the Maritime Administration
through the regional offices.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56798CEF331A423D96CA8145ED59C5F6"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interagency and industry
relations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
establish and maintain liaison with other agencies, and with representative
trade organizations throughout the United States, concerned with the
transportation of commodities by water in the export and import foreign
commerce of the United States, for the purpose of securing preference to
vessels of the United States for the transportation of those
commodities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18821EF0947C456C87C69405E66D14A3"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Detailing officers from armed
forces</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To assist the
Secretary in carrying out duties and powers relating to the Maritime
Administration, not more than five officers of the armed forces may be detailed
to the Secretary at any one time, in addition to details authorized by any
other law. During the period of a detail, the Secretary shall pay the officer
an amount that, when added to the officer's pay and allowances as an officer in
the armed forces, make the officer's total pay and allowances equal to the
amount that would be paid to an individual performing work the Secretary
considers to be of similar importance, difficulty, and responsibility as that
performed by the officer during the detail.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3DB3BEC67A64A35B2211AF44D454F6A"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contracts and audits</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75311BE9C4804EE19D7D9F12E8EFA84D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the same manner that a private
corporation may make a contract within the scope of its authority under its
charter, the Secretary may make contracts for the United States Government and
disburse amounts to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2342459081C449CA8545D67A8DEF5C63"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out the Secretary's duties and powers
under this section and subtitle V of title 46; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC86A897B73F4BB89947CFC47AAE3D34"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">protect, preserve, and improve collateral
held by the Secretary to secure indebtedness.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A616D2E2D484B2882DCCD55583B4517"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The financial transactions of the Secretary
under paragraph (1) shall be audited by the Comptroller General. The
Comptroller General shall allow credit for an expenditure shown to be necessary
because of the nature of the business activities authorized by this section or
subtitle V of title 46. At least once a year, the Comptroller General shall
report to Congress any departure by the Secretary from this section or subtitle
V of title 46.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id020A9D2EBACE49F6BEF4AB132A6206E5"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0B2D83B2965483F841CC0A36F6D86B8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be
necessary to carry out the duties and powers of the Secretary relating to the
Maritime Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF1844C539C245D9A245D3170DAA8664"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Only those amounts specifically authorized
by law may be appropriated for the use of the Maritime Administration
for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89611AFB9BFE4EFA813E753B467C7872"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquisition, construction, or
reconstruction of vessels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id832E3F40928044CBB8686E1DBD64C94D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">construction-differential subsidies
incident to the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of
vessels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id425496D8B27F4E59A12D06B4D8F0055D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">costs of national defense features;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42DF71FA5D654B2289EBB8FD9E4485A7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">payments of obligations incurred for
operating-differential subsidies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF721FCAA66642CA915EABF75CF1F658"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expenses necessary for research and
development activities, including reimbursement of the Vessel Operations
Revolving Fund for losses resulting from expenses of experimental vessel
operations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD11B13D3BAD14548BCC4475D692362EB"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Vessel Operations Revolving
Fund;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD791EA275B5D4DDF856E676479A0277C"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Defense Reserve Fleet
expenses;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6C28C198422B412C92DF33B163C11DA0"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expenses necessary to carry out part B of
subtitle V of title 46; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id841BCD465ACE4125AB6BF39762779F4A"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other operations and training expenses
related to the development of waterborne transportation systems, the use of
waterborne transportation systems, and general administration.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DCF099C9EE54621A47FAD6E5A300B09"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training vessels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts may not be appropriated for the
purchase or construction of training vessels for State maritime academies
unless the Secretary has approved a plan for sharing training vessels between
State maritime
academies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section>
Passed the Senate
July 23, 2009.
Secretary.