[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3965]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1954. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 3115 and insert the following:

     SEC. 3115. HANFORD WASTE TREATMENT AND IMMOBILIZATION PLANT 
                   CONTRACT OVERSIGHT.

       (a) In General.--Subtitle C of title XLIV of the Atomic 
     Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2621 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 4446. HANFORD WASTE TREATMENT AND IMMOBILIZATION PLANT 
                   CONTRACT OVERSIGHT.

       ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2016, the Secretary of Energy shall arrange 
     to have an owner's representative assist in carrying out the 
     oversight responsibilities of the Department of Energy with 
     respect to the contract described in subsection (b). The 
     owner's representative shall report to the Office of River 
     Protection of the Department of Energy.
       ``(b) Contract Described.--The contract described in this 
     subsection is the contract between the Office of River 
     Protection of the Department of Energy and Bechtel National, 
     Inc. or its successor relating to the Hanford Waste Treatment 
     and Immobilization Plant (contract number DE-AC27-01RV14136).
       ``(c) Duties.--The duties of the owner's representative 
     under subsection (a) may include the following:
       ``(1) Assisting the Department of Energy with performing 
     design, construction, commissioning, nuclear safety, and 
     operability oversight of each facility covered by the 
     contract described in subsection (b).
       ``(2) Beginning not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2016, assisting the Department of Energy to 
     ensure that the preliminary documented safety analyses for 
     the Low-Activity Waste Vitrification Facility, the Balance of 
     Facilities, and the Analytical Laboratory covered by the 
     contract described in subsection (b) meet the requirements of 
     all applicable regulations and orders of the Department of 
     Energy as required by the contract.
       ``(d) Report Required.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2016, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
     of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on the assistance provided by the owner's 
     representative to the Department of Energy under subsection 
     (a) with respect to the contract described in subsection (b).
       ``(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       ``(A) An identification of any instance of the contractor 
     not meeting the requirements of the applicable regulations or 
     orders of the Department of Energy as required by the 
     contract described in subsection (b) and the plan for and 
     status of correcting any such instance.
       ``(B) Information on the status of and the plan for 
     resolving significant unresolved technical issues at the Low-
     Activity Waste Vitrification Facility, the Balance of 
     Facilities, and the Analytical Laboratory.
       ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `contractor' means Bechtel National, Inc. or 
     its successor.
       ``(2) The terms `preliminary documented safety analysis' 
     has the meaning given that term in section 830.3 of title 10, 
     Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 
     ruling or regulation).
       ``(3) The term `owner's representative' means a third-party 
     entity with expertise in nuclear design, construction, 
     commissioning, and safety management and without any 
     contractual relationship with the contractor.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
     Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 4445 the following new item:

``Sec. 4446. Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant contract 
              oversight.''.
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