1.This Act may be cited as
the Department of Energy National
Security Act of 2012
.
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.
Sec. 4. Scoring of budgetary
effects.
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.
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations,
Restrictions, and Limitations
Sec. 3111. Review of security
vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers.
Sec. 3112. Review by Secretary of Energy
and Secretary of Defense of Comptroller General assessment of budget requests
with respect to the modernization and refurbishment of the nuclear security
complex.
Sec. 3113. Aircraft
procurement.
Sec. 3114. Limitation on use of funds for
establishment of centers of excellence in countries outside of the former
Soviet Union.
Sec. 3115. Recognition and status of
National Atomic Testing Museum.
Subtitle C—Reports
Sec. 3121. Report on feasibility of
federalizing the security protective forces contract guard workforce at certain
Department of Energy facilities.
Sec. 3122. Comptroller General study on
oversight of Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities.
Sec. 3123. Plan to complete the Global
Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program in the Russian
Federation.
TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES
SAFETY BOARD
Sec. 3201. Authorization.
Sec. 3202. Authority of the Defense
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board to review the facility design and construction
of Construction Project 10–D–904 of the National Nuclear Security
Administration.
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.
4.Scoring of budgetary
effectsThe budgetary effects
of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act
of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled
Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation
for this Act, submitted
for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget
Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on
passage.
CDEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS
<enum>XXXI</enum><header>DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS</header>
<subtitle id="idC77F4E8E551B457C98560985418A5030"><enum>A</enum><header>National Security
Programs Authorizations</header>
<section id="id0733F741F67447079E8F3DEF792FDB22"><enum>3101.</enum><header>National
Nuclear Security Administration</header>
<subsection id="id82AC313A8ADD4755927B5D65E8A3E86C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated
to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2012 for the activities of the
National Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs as specified
in the funding table in section 4601.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id0AE389EBC4D94D70B0111E168DDB37BC"><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 the following new plant project for the National Nuclear Security
Administration:</text>
<list level="paragraph">
<list-item>Project 12–D–301, Transuranic (TRU) Waste Facility,
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico,
$13,481,000.</list-item></list>
</subsection></section><section id="idDFAABC068ED6481987083824934CA347"><enum>3102.</enum><header>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 2012 for defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out programs
as specified in the funding table in section 4601.</text>
</section><section id="id557C735ABED54714BE22DBC4CBBFABE5"><enum>3103.</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 2012
for other defense activities in carrying out programs as specified in the
funding table in section 4601.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="id197D2562B7F74941BAC6669BEA8F9785"><enum>B</enum><header>Program
Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations</header>
<section id="id4A6021913305467F81130A785C5F6143"><enum>3111.</enum><header>Review of
security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers</header>
<subsection id="idC634CCE6D71C48AFB64B66E33ECFE7D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4508 of the
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2659) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1533E3FA9A04B07AF5033612658284B" style="OLC">
<section id="id385AF28F20A443A7856DC85929B5B532"><enum>4508.</enum><header>Review of
security vulnerabilities of national laboratory computers</header>
<subsection id="IDd080e7c0d8d4478b841ed87984574db9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of Energy shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idD7057B2649754FC5B9B756B48A4DBD6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2012, and annually thereafter, review the security
vulnerabilities of the computers of each national laboratory; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF9B5B681DBBE4CC3B532BDF3AE0C7AF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if, in conducting
a review under paragraph (1), the Secretary discovers a significant
vulnerability in a national laboratory computer, promptly notify the
congressional defense committees of the vulnerability.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id79EBE51843A84F89BF5E6249AC299D40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>A
notification submitted under subsection (a) with respect to a significant
vulnerability of a national laboratory computer shall include the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDe3b94ff914834c859682ed04092a2a1c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of
the vulnerability.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID47d0761cf72141779302ef2dca00fce4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of
the loss, if any, of classified or unclassified data as a result of the
vulnerability.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd738b146a66b487289ef70b93994f7a8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of
the harm to national security or individual privacy resulting from the loss, if
any, of such data.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID775d149f2f6046bcb799ba44db3e5b37"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of
the actions taken to address the vulnerability.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8770DBF31E5B4BB3A1322798DCBF271D"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National laboratory defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>national
laboratory</term> has the meaning given that term in section
4502(g)(3).</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id9D16FCCEB17343A0B32E7BFE46C111C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Atomic Energy Defense Act
is amended by striking the item relating to section 4508 and inserting the
following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id758D7CAEE78247079293135E32CCB379" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 4508. Review of security
vulnerabilities of national laboratory
computers.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDdcfb47ac342c49bbb560e2b1e746ae2a"><enum>3112.</enum><header>Review by
Secretary of Energy and Secretary of Defense of Comptroller General assessment
of budget requests with respect to the modernization and refurbishment of the
nuclear security complex</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3255(a) of the National Nuclear
Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2455(a)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D2FABBAEF574FEE847CB64F080A716A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID1b84b1b064f74cb4bfc9ab8fdd9411e0" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary of Energy shall, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE0561E78ED85409E843CC2A3911FBE27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review the report submitted by the
Comptroller General under paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5AB8F040A7AF415C847CD64C460CEF4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 30 days after receiving
that report, submit to the congressional defense committees a report that
includes—</text>
<clause id="idE9062482825A42428E8E63753AEFF81E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of the review conducted
under subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause id="id414A665B402E4A17B7996379E01A59E1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the views of the Secretary of
Energy and the Secretary of Defense with respect to—</text>
<subclause id="idE78709F63F414B209CFC19117CCE9A27"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the findings of the Comptroller General
in the report submitted under paragraph (2); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idB92AAAD8385E437798C36F40A3FD6BD0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whether the actual funding level for the
fiscal year in which the report is submitted under this subparagraph is
sufficient for the modernization of the nuclear security complex and the
refurbishment of the nuclear weapons stockpile; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id322449AAF774413EBADC1AE638DCAFCB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a description of any measures the
Administration plans to take in response to the findings of the Comptroller
General.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id2F889C50A15046F4AE7F823920CFC924"><enum>3113.</enum><header>Aircraft
procurement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated and made available for obligation under section
3101 for weapons activities for any fiscal year before fiscal year 2013, the
Secretary of Energy may procure not more than one aircraft.</text>
</section><section id="idA6084CA8AE914D5D8AEFA269C13611D5"><enum>3114.</enum><header>Limitation on
use of funds for establishment of centers of excellence in countries outside of
the former Soviet Union</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not
more than $500,000 of the funds authorized to be appropriated by section 3101
and made available by the funding table in section 4601 for defense nuclear
nonproliferation activities may be obligated or expended to establish a center
of excellence in a country that is not a state of the former Soviet Union until
the date that is 15 days after the date on which the Administrator for Nuclear
Security submits to the congressional defense committees a report that includes
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="id47B49D94D7974555BA63593CB9DA9D26"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An identification
of the country in which the center will be located.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7F57CEA791934949B0DA1337C3C61149"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of
the purpose for which the center will be established.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEB0F1488B93C45E99EEBB066EDCF7797"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The agreement
under which the center will operate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6F100DEDF3E3455F83C1CE7647FC902C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A funding plan
for the center, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id667B73406298424CA23DB2EAA480EF3C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of
funds to be provided by the government of the country in which the center will
be located; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD91D1F02142847899B0680F391E1E491"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the percentage of
the total cost of establishing and operating the center the funds described in
subparagraph (A) will cover.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id6FAD972CA35E4DA0BB45140505C82063"><enum>3115.</enum><header>Recognition
and status of National Atomic Testing Museum</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3137 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (42 U.S.C. 7142) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idAE9CE31352B248A894A9E370E0686300"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and
National Atomic Testing Museum</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Atomic
Museum</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF37FB39FB9824A88B02A9E346B1554BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id442A1225442944059F25671AA15BA2D8" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id60C5AFF491D94A15B06FE72953CB94C8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recognition and
status of National Atomic Testing Museum</header><text>The museum operated by
the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation and located in Las Vegas,
Nevada—</text>
<paragraph id="id8E5CA8A02CBD48D3BCA3058499533ECC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is recognized as
the official atomic testing museum of the United Sates;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7D52360F0FF54A75ABE78588134DB546"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be known as
the <quote>National Atomic Testing Museum</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id068B91A60A5D4AAFADDC985667B7E5F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall have the
sole right throughout the United States and its possessions to have and use the
name <quote>National Atomic Testing
Museum</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idABE35E1A16FE4B9FB80BF0F6F1DCCE55"><enum>C</enum><header>Reports</header>
<section id="id3B49DD9AE65A4B4D94BF08D400350946"><enum>3121.</enum><header>Report on
feasibility of federalizing the security protective forces contract guard
workforce at certain Department of Energy facilities</header>
<subsection id="ID0c98e63d6d41463c8c61aa50f55c9859"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator for Nuclear Security
shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees—</text>
<paragraph id="id11790745D9204253B5D3EDF149DE4D0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a report on the
feasibility of federalizing some or all of the security protective forces
contract guard workforce at the facilities specified in subsection (d);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC83D1D117D7A44DE819F17BAC427C82F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the comments of
the Comptroller General of the United States on that report required under
subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbb70857bfc3e4925a93c0c4208b4e2e2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comments by
Comptroller General</header><text>The Secretary and the Administrator shall
provide the draft text of the report required by subsection (a)(1) to the
Comptroller General of the United States for review and comment before
submitting the report to the congressional defense committees.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDf2d6d18078ec437ca339ec921563f85a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
report required by subsection (a)(1) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID0c08ee033437434485e595142a40071e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An evaluation of
the feasibility of converting the security protective forces contract workforce
at the facilities specified in subsection (d) into a force made up, in whole or
in part, of full-time Federal employees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1272b4cc1dda425b81116a7c28d02651"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An estimate of
the immediate and projected costs of any such conversion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf16f84dd850d4c89b6194ab2de098339"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An estimate of
the immediate and projected costs of maintaining guards under contract status
and of maintaining guards as full-time Federal employee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6952a68477e54d75a15ad9de1834b406"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of
the effects of any such conversion on security, including an analysis of the
effects of using a Federal security guard, a Federal police officer, or a
Federal protective service officer instead of a contract guard.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDecb9c4be0d8447f8af468ea5b9ed4a70"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An estimate of
the hourly and annual costs of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC7C356E54F944EAFA7537CCEEFE96384"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contract guards,
including benefits and overtime; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5CB12025495B4E73BFBEA9908452961A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any comparably
trained and equipped Federal force with comparable physical and other
requirements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6fdf9b1834b7431e8f47e472daa707d0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A comparison of
similar conversions of large groups of contract workers to full-time Federal
employees and an assessment of the potential benefits and challenges of such
conversions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID731710a5c08c400388e1ce912bf4cf43"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The views of the
Secretary and the Administrator on the feasibility of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id090F68EC7E4940C98427214104E1B1C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>converting the
security protective forces contract workforce at the facilities specified in
subsection (d) into a force made up, in whole or in part, of full-time Federal
employees;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9AA6940B05F0426AB6C5F75A7A1B6CD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maintaining the
security protective forces contract workforce in its current form; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB21DA3CADB0A4DCFBF519A94AFE9AD4A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>instituting some
or all of the changes recommended in the Implementation Plan for the 29
Recommendations of the Protective Force Career Options Study Group prepared
pursuant to the Report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives (House Report No. 111–230) accompanying the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–118; 123 Stat. 3409).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6ce52c84274747e19449e933b9bdc0ff"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Facilities
specified</header><text>The facilities specified in this subsection are the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID0f120bd001a24981be9c0e5244f65453"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Albuquerque
National Nuclear Security Administration Service Center, Albuquerque, New
Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8c41fedc2417460484f3f12e27844171"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Argonne
National Laboratory and the Argonne Site Office, Argonne, Illinois, and the
Chicago Service Center, Chicago, Illinois.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID29903ae403334c7d8b05d8984c2f7e7a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Brookhaven
National Laboratory and Brookhaven Site Office, Upton, New York.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID93c0c77dde3847088532fd1077ceae47"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Idaho
National Laboratory and the Idaho Site Office, Idaho Falls, Idaho.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDda740cd09666433fb8fe879f5f54454c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Kansas City
Plant and the Kansas City Site Office, Kansas City, Missouri.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7db9f39bef8f4d78ab044310efef2887"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory and the Livermore Site Office, Livermore,
California.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID567ff93f764e4fb79c5c97ea6c0219bb"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Los Alamos
National Laboratory and the Los Alamos Site Office, Los Alamos, New
Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd6582fd6a0004fb99c299972935acebf"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The National
Energy Technology Laboratory.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID857d8d50d95c448381916bdf4063f145"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The Nevada Site
Office and the Nevada National Security Site, Nevada.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa4520bc6060e4d9b8bc79cb369f16798"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, the Oak Ridge Office of the Department of Energy, and the
East Tennessee Technology Park of the Department of Energy, Oak Ridge,
Tennessee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID52582f946fe14646a5544c643f8559a8"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Office of
Secure Transportation of the Department of Energy and associated field
locations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID53fcfd5531634696ab5d2b41df0aeb58"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The Pantex Plant
and Pantex Site Office, Amarillo, Texas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9727c71d389c427e9303a2b01f940906"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The Pittsburgh
Naval Reactors Office, the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, the Idaho Naval
Reactors Facility, and the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID66bb3b7761ae416d969440338345f32b"><enum>(14)</enum><text>The Portsmouth
Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Piketon, Ohio, and the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion
Plant, Paducah, Kentucky.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb3f094f9026d4aada7e34f9a388c92c2"><enum>(15)</enum><text>The Richland
Operations Office and the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID703a2b2db50f4725873fc02ea7ea9a40"><enum>(16)</enum><text>The Sandia
National Laboratories and the Sandia Site Office, Albuquerque, New
Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID96b355ae408442cb95d3f697a520a833"><enum>(17)</enum><text>The Savannah
River Plant and the Savannah River Site Office of the Office of Environmental
Management of the Department of Energy, Aiken, South Carolina.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe75b2379bcf24558886ba08e11ca6471"><enum>(18)</enum><text>The Savannah
River National Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4d41e60ad1794490b4b8cc31b850ace6"><enum>(19)</enum><text>The National
Savannah River Site Office and the Tritium Extraction Facility and Mixed Oxide
Fuel Fabrication Facility of the National Nuclear Security Administration,
Aiken, South Carolina.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9b7bad0601c148ccbc51a9e9db3616ea"><enum>(20)</enum><text>The Strategic
Petroleum Reserve Project Office and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Sites.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID505b55d0b43c4c5ea874db769fab49f5"><enum>(21)</enum><text>The Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant, Carlsbad, New Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb06fbf7a32874dcd8803509e04fc61cb"><enum>(22)</enum><text>The Y–12 Site
Office and the Y–12 National Security Complex of the National Nuclear Security
Administration, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1407CB9E707D4A3C90DA0BD1B4F3C3CE"><enum>3122.</enum><header>Comptroller
General study on oversight of Department of Energy defense nuclear
facilities</header>
<subsection id="ID14fa5e8bf1214837bf2affdb1899e8c5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a study of the value of and the need for external regulation or
external oversight of the safety of nuclear operations and the design and
construction of nuclear facilities at the Department of Energy defense nuclear
facilities to protect the public health and safety.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4C806B6297A848B9B492BDD1095F5E2F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID0f9281278a4e4f46a685eeec531243e3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of
the value of and the need for external regulation or external oversight, or a
combination of both, of the safety of nuclear operations and the design and
construction of nuclear facilities at the Department of Energy defense nuclear
facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID37eeabe451304ba0aa9f9d2086d45d26"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of
the ability of existing regulatory authorities to regulate safety at the
Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID837b4aa6342f4ba380c26290fb90074c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of
the ability of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board to regulate safety
at the Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID832436a7dc7b453398a0cdd5ab1f0329"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of
the current functions of the Board and whether those functions should be
modified or amended, including whether the Department of Energy should pay an
oversight fee to the Board.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID85ea49aff45b48fe8a7d3eaccc1a1a2f"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An assessment of
the relative advantages and disadvantages to the Department of Energy and the
public of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4BF26123062D48DDBEFD09680AA89768"><enum>(A)</enum><text>continuing the
oversight functions of the Board; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB3276DC1F0D14219B3C38E4715D7AE4E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>replacing the
oversight functions of the Board with external regulation of some or all of the
Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID172fc3a881e743459f9745993a723e6e"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A list of all
existing or planned Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities that are
similar to facilities under the regulatory jurisdiction of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0c49b33c62794cb9a08f073df0d885cc"><enum>(7)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idC4CB288285A548CAA0C35ABBA39834C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A list of each existing
Department of Energy defense nuclear facility or activity relating to such a
facility that the Comptroller General recommends should—</text>
<clause id="id1C06FAC758A242BF9FC0616ECDB6A9CC" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>remain within the oversight
jurisdiction of the Board for a period of time or indefinitely; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id83F33AB1A12149319DB37D2BBE4C84CA" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be transferred to the jurisdiction
of an outside regulatory authority; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23026125AF8844BD84B46EA8A02D077A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the basis for the recommendations of
the Comptroller General.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID528220fa58aa42fc81e2e4381d35eee4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>For any existing
Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities that the Comptroller General
recommends should be transferred to the jurisdiction of an outside regulatory
authority—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC47FFA3BAB3F43C3A78E99A786F561B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date by which
that transfer should occur and the period of time necessary for the transfer;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD71E028DBA7A4A5AA6603730AC5B9E39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether the
regulatory authority should be an existing or new regulatory authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3ce9461a1cac407eb1c1a2e939f04edf"><enum>(9)</enum><text>A list of any
proposed Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities and a recommendation
of the Comptroller General with respect to whether each such facility—</text>
<subparagraph id="id13DD362203FE4D72BF279C4CC8ECBCE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>should come under
the oversight jurisdiction of the Board or be transferred to the jurisdiction
of an outside regulatory authority; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFF55FB740F34440193CFC0F1D3DF23B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the
Comptroller General recommends that the facility be transferred to the
jurisdiction of any outside regulatory authority, whether the regulatory
authority should be an existing or new regulatory authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4ed4fb3168a041faae47ac7345541a10"><enum>(10)</enum><text>An assessment of
the comparative advantages and disadvantages to the Department of Energy and to
public health and safety of the transfer of some or all of the Department of
Energy defense nuclear facilities from the oversight jurisdiction of the Board
to the jurisdiction of an outside regulatory authority.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf5775db8086d4939ac19c318d530e533"><enum>(11)</enum><text>An assessment of
the comparative costs associated with external oversight or external regulation
of safety at Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID05f1103ba3a5454abed391c19cdecea2"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Any other
recommendations of the Comptroller General with respect to external regulation
or oversight of safety at the Department of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC49FADC9D10247DA9A45442835D2CB9F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Interim
report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense
committees an interim report on the status of the study conducted under
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5D70A5358900411EAC2B0CB868445FC1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Final
report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense
committees, the Secretary of Energy, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety
Board, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the final report of the
Comptroller General that contains the findings and recommendations of the
Comptroller General resulting from the study conducted under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA42CA3BD8A5B414DAC9C2AC184868E84"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Comments on
report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after receiving the final report
from the Comptroller General under subsection (d), the Secretary of Energy, the
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
shall submit to the congressional defense committees the comments of the
Secretary, the Board, or the Commission (as the case may be) on the
report.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID61f1ef2798bc490882aafde0a57ba923"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Department of
Energy defense nuclear facility defined</header><text>In this section, the term
<term>Department of Energy defense nuclear facility</term> has the meaning
given that term in section 318 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.
2286g).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id009813C208B34EDDA97467E77F97D8FC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3123.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan to complete the Global Initiatives for
Proliferation Prevention program in the Russian Federation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">At or about the same time that the budget of
the President for fiscal year 2013 is submitted to Congress under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Administrator for Nuclear Security
shall submit to Congress a plan to complete the Global Initiatives for
Proliferation Prevention program in the Russian Federation by the end of
calendar year 2013.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>XXXII</enum><header>DEFENSE
NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD</header>
<section id="idD7A69DA492CF4C85A17023442C164093"><enum>3201.</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2012, $33,317,000 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><section id="id6D85C8BE2E6E4910BC4851FFF1B111A4"><enum>3202.</enum><header>Authority of
the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board to review the facility design and
construction of Construction Project 10–D–904 of the National Nuclear Security
Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding
section 318(1)(A) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286g(1)(A)), the
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board shall exercise the authority of the
Board under section 312(a)(4) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2286a(a)(4)) to review the
design of, and review and monitor construction with respect to, Construction
Project 10–D–904 of the National Nuclear Security Administration.</text>
</section><enum>XXXIII</enum><header>MARITIME
ADMINISTRATION</header>
<section id="ID98738C11F9024E31A1F363A5B7AEBB37"><enum>3301.</enum><header>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="id2A99C9641C2D444A95C223AC1248D4FB" style="USC">
<section id="id93EC7EE84167444CBD2E3D2D5AE93219"><enum>109.</enum><header>Maritime
Administration</header>
<subsection id="ID1FB7F74AEAF946629ED7605626B02566"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Organization</header><text>The
Maritime Administration is an administration in the Department of
Transportation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID66C6791DCF9B4982885EF982372B32AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maritime
administrator</header><text>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 id="ID8BFE43FA8EA24F9EB377214FEAA467BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deputy maritime
administrator</header><text>The Maritime Administration 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 id="ID7E6668DCFAB441FAB29B3F7FFB63CD05"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties and
powers vested in secretary</header><text>All duties and powers of the Maritime
Administration are vested in the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4391D24C15BF4231B21BACE90E76E3C1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regional
offices</header><text>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 id="IDF7C09F5A094F4D8BAE2A7AE5A87A6AB5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Interagency and
industry relations</header><text>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 id="IDB3CCD01BD9F74F518D43D630E436191B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Detailing
officers from armed forces</header><text>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, makes 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 id="ID1B8EA9BBA66040EF8FD230527A397ADE"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Contracts,
cooperative agreements, and audits</header>
<paragraph id="IDF11234A8D99040D3A2746F57C2B83A31"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contracts and
cooperative agreements</header><text>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 and cooperative agreements for the
United States Government and disburse amounts to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2A5ECBE10607488395D60208079FED67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carry out the
Secretary's duties and powers under this section, subtitle V of title 46, and
all other Maritime Administration programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD7DB09D7C67F415EB9C05933F1B47DF0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>protect,
preserve, and improve collateral held by the Secretary to secure
indebtedness.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDB79F1A6CDECB48308586FACBE9D877C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Audits</header><text>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 id="ID0A1340468A6E422FAB0C618687B27A02"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Grant
administrative expenses</header><text>Except as otherwise provided by law, the
administrative and related expenses for the administration of any grant
programs by the Maritime Administrator may not exceed 3 percent.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID152EEB6A07494C7CB6ED156B60F54219"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="ID52E2312759CC488A8A413A1D9A106BC6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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 id="ID9BDAD62E9B0445B18A475C3611420236"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Only
those amounts specifically authorized by law may be appropriated for the use of
the Maritime Administration for—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID233CA55AC24E4F20A5866AA0AC0E13A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>acquisition,
construction, or reconstruction of vessels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID96C2892DBCCE4CF3B564D9C9078D55C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>construction-differential
subsidies incident to the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of
vessels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID05C1DCCACB96498CA6B015C04B00BFA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>costs of national
defense features;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3944ACA2B8AE442B830BD3EF035093E4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>payments of
obligations incurred for operating-differential subsidies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0CA75D4251BB436AAC8A7F97B0C40F45"><enum>(E)</enum><text>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 id="ID30ED57540D904A579E3713D53C719666"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Vessel
Operations Revolving Fund;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEA973674489C4CC9AF1160DF6346B4C9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>National Defense
Reserve Fleet expenses;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF5C386E130C44AF5B68E575CA7B77B7E"><enum>(H)</enum><text>expenses
necessary to carry out part B of subtitle V of title 46; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1091ACA21B144D0DB7BECEDFD1ACDB13"><enum>(I)</enum><text>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 id="ID4A3FFB78ADCC49959D629F132F185279"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Training
vessels</header><text>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>
June 22, 2011
Read twice and placed on the calendar