To require an independent report on the efforts of the National Nuclear Security Administration to understand the aging of plutonium in nuclear weapons.
What it does: Adds SEC. 3122. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION TO UNDERSTAND PLUTONIUM AGING on page 394, line 22
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)Adds SEC. 3122. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION TO UNDERSTAND PLUTONIUM AGING on page 394, line 22
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 3122. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION TO UNDERSTAND PLUTONIUM AGING.
Inserted: (a) Study.--(1) The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall enter into a contract with a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFROC) providing for a study to assess the efforts of the National Nuclear Security Administration to understand the aging of plutonium in nuclear weapons.
Inserted: (2) The Administrator shall make available to the FFROC contractor under this subsection all information that is necessary for the contractor to successfully complete a meaningful study on a timely basis.
Inserted: (b) Report Required.--(1) Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the study on the efforts of the Administration to understand the aging of plutonium in nuclear weapons.
Inserted: (2) The report shall include the recommendations of the study for improving the knowledge, understanding, and application of the fundamental and applied sciences related to the study of plutonium aging.
Inserted: (3) The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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On page 394, after line 22, insert the following:
SEC. 3122. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION TO UNDERSTAND PLUTONIUM AGING.
(a) Study.--(1) The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall enter into a contract with a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFROC) providing for a study to assess the efforts of the National Nuclear Security Administration to understand the aging of plutonium in nuclear weapons.
(2) The Administrator shall make available to the FFROC contractor under this subsection all information that is necessary for the contractor to successfully complete a meaningful study on a timely basis.
(b) Report Required.--(1) Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the study on the efforts of the Administration to understand the aging of plutonium in nuclear weapons.
(2) The report shall include the recommendations of the study for improving the knowledge, understanding, and application of the fundamental and applied sciences related to the study of plutonium aging.
(3) The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3284 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Bingaman.(consideration: CR 6/18/2004 S6971-6980)
June 17, 2004
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3284 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Bingaman.(consideration: CR 6/18/2004 S6971-6980)
June 17, 2004
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3284 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.(text as modified: CR 6/18/2004 S6977)
June 17, 2004
Amendment SA 3284 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Bingaman. (consideration: CR 6/18/2004 S6971-6980) To require an independent report on the efforts of the National Nuclear Security Administration to understand the aging of plutonium in nuclear weapons.
June 17, 2004
Amendment SA 3284 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR 6/18/2004 S6977)
June 17, 2004
Senate amendment submitted
June 4, 2004