[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6555 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6555

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to use the Armed Forces to protect 
       certain nuclear material of the National Nuclear Security 
                            Administration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2012

Mr. Turner of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Brooks, Mr. 
 Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, and Mr. 
   Fleming) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Defense to use the Armed Forces to protect 
       certain nuclear material of the National Nuclear Security 
                            Administration.

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

SECTION 1. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN NNSA NUCLEAR MATERIAL BY THE ARMED 
              FORCES.

    (a) In General.--The Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 4508 the following new 
section:

``SEC. 4509. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN NUCLEAR MATERIAL BY THE ARMED 
              FORCES.

    ``(a) Use of the Armed Forces.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator for 
Nuclear Security, shall ensure that category 0 and category I special 
nuclear material of the National Nuclear Security Administration is 
protected by the Armed Forces in accordance with subsection (b).
    ``(b) Level of Protection.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
that the protection provided pursuant to subsection (a) is equivalent 
to the protection provided by the Secretary for nuclear weapons of the 
Armed Forces, including with respect to policies, threat scenarios, 
training requirements, performance testing, and reviews.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents at the beginning of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 4508 the following new item:

``Sec. 4509. Protection of certain nuclear material by the Armed 
                            Forces.''.
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