[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4185 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4185
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to
Congress annual reports on the budget for international and domestic
nuclear security and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the United
States.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 13, 2019
Mr. Panetta (for himself and Mr. Fleischmann) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to
Congress annual reports on the budget for international and domestic
nuclear security and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the United
States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Security and
Nonproliferation Accounting Act''.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTS ON NUCLEAR SECURITY AND NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
PROGRAM BUDGETS.
(a) Reports by Government Accountability Office.--Not later than
270 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the
budget pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for
fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the budgets for nuclear security
and nuclear nonproliferation programs contained in such budget
submitted by the President.
(b) Matters Included.--The report under subsection (a) shall
include the following with respect to the budget of the President
covered by the report:
(1) A summary, at the program level, of all of the funding
provided for the nuclear security and nuclear nonproliferation
programs of the Department of Defense, the Department of State,
the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, the
Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the
Department of Homeland Security, the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, and the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence.
(2) A summary of the budget for each nuclear security and
nuclear nonproliferation program of the elements of the Federal
Government specified in paragraph (1).
(3) An assessment of--
(A) any changes in the budget estimates for nuclear
security and nuclear nonproliferation programs between
the previous fiscal year and the fiscal year covered by
such budget;
(B) redundancies with respect to nuclear security
and nuclear nonproliferation programs that may exist in
the Federal Government;
(C) how accurately budget estimates have
anticipated funds expended on nuclear security and
nuclear nonproliferation programs; and
(D) how funds for nuclear security and nuclear
nonproliferation programs that are not obligated or
expended for the purpose for which they are
appropriated are transferred or reprogrammed.
(4) Recommendations, as appropriate, for the development of
new metrics to evaluate Federal nuclear security and nuclear
nonproliferation programs.
(c) Form.--Each report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee
on Armed Services, the Committee on the Budget, the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland Security
of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee
on Armed Services, the Committee on the Budget, the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate.
(2) Nuclear security and nuclear nonproliferation
program.--The term ``nuclear security and nuclear
nonproliferation program'' means a program of the Federal
Government with the goal of--
(A) preventing nuclear and radiological terrorism;
(B) preventing nuclear proliferation;
(C) implementing arms control agreements;
(D) stopping illicit transfers of nuclear
technology;
(E) screening cargo at domestic and international
ports;
(F) researching and developing tools and strategies
to address future non-proliferation activities; or
(G) supporting any other activity involving the
security of nuclear and radiological materials.
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