An amendment numbered 58 printed in House Report 110-666 to amend title XXXI of the bill (DOE National Security Programs) to require the Administrator for Nuclear Security to establish a fellowship program for Ph.D. candidates in nuclear chemistry. The amendment would support research and development of our nation's nuclear forensics capability, call for the enhancement and linkage of international nuclear material databases to enable prompt data access, establish a joint independent Nuclear Forensics Advisory Panel of recognized experts, and require the President to report to Congress on Cabinet-level participation in nuclear terrorism preparedness exercises that include nuclear forensics analysis.

1. Adds SEC. 3113. ENHANCING NUCLEAR FORENSICS CAPABILITIES at the end of title XXXI

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   Inserted: SEC. 3113. ENHANCING NUCLEAR FORENSICS CAPABILITIES.

   Inserted: (a) NNSA Fellowship Program for Graduate Students in Nuclear Chemistry.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall establish a fellowship program for graduate students who are Ph.D. candidates in the field of nuclear chemistry.

   Inserted: (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the fellowship program should--

   Inserted: (A) support at least six graduate students per year; and

   Inserted: (B) require each graduate student to spend at least two summers in a national security laboratory over the course of the program.

   Inserted: (3) Funding.--Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations in this Act or otherwise made available from amounts for weapons activities from the National Nuclear Security Administration for national technical nuclear forensics for fiscal year 2009, $3,000,000 shall be available to establish the fellowship program.

   Inserted: (4) Plan.--No later than February 1, 2009, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan describing the costs of continuing the program for fiscal year 2010 and thereafter.

   Inserted: (b) NNSA Research and Development Program on Nuclear Forensics Radiation-Measurement Equipment.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall carry out a research and development program to improve the speed and accuracy of nuclear forensics radiation-measurement equipment.

   Inserted: (2) Funding.--Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations in this Act or otherwise made available from amounts for weapons activities from the National Nuclear Security Administration for national technical nuclear forensics for fiscal year 2009, $2,000,000 shall be available to carry out the research and development program.

   Inserted: (3) Plan.--No later than February 1, 2009, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for the research and development program, including a description of the costs of continuing the program for fiscal year 2010 and thereafter.

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   Inserted: (c) Research and Development Plan for Nuclear Forensics and Attribution.--

   Inserted: (1) Research and development.--The Secretary of Energy shall prepare a research and development plan to prioritize research and development efforts in the Department of Energy, and at the national laboratories overseen by offices of the Department of Energy, on the technical capabilities required--

   Inserted: (A) to enable a robust and timely nuclear forensic response to a nuclear explosion or to the interdiction of nuclear material or a nuclear weapon anywhere in the world; and

   Inserted: (B) to develop an international database containing data on nuclear material, to enable the attribution of nuclear material or a nuclear weapon to its source.

   Inserted: (2) Reports.--

   Inserted: (A) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees--

   Inserted: (i) not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, a report on the contents of the research and development plan described in paragraph (1), and any legislative changes required to implement the plan; and

   Inserted: (ii) not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, a report on the implementation status of the plan.

   Inserted: (B) The Secretary shall submit each report required by this subsection in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex with such report.

   Inserted: (d) Additional Information to Be Included in Report on Nuclear Forensics Capabilities.--Section 3129(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 585) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in paragraph (2), by striking "and" at the end;

   Inserted: (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and

   Inserted: (3) by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(4) any legislative, regulatory, or treaty actions necessary to facilitate international cooperation in enhancement of international nuclear-material databases and the linking of those databases to enable prompt data access.".

   Inserted: (e) Report on Nuclear Forensics Advisory Panel.--

   Inserted: (1) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit a report describing a joint recommendation for establishing an independent Nuclear Forensics Advisory Panel of recognized experts not directly associated with the Federal laboratories.

   Inserted: (2) Role of independent panel.--The function of such an independent panel should be to provide independent validation of any Federal nuclear forensics analysis.

   Inserted: (3) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries referred to in paragraph (1) shall submit a report on the structure and membership of the panel required by that paragraph. The report shall be submitted to--

   Inserted: (A) the Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Armed Services, and Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and

   Inserted: (B) the Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Armed Services, and Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs of the Senate.

   Inserted: (f) Presidential Report on Involvement of Senior-Level Executive Branch Leadership in Certain Exercises That Include Nuclear Forensics Analysis.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a report on the involvement of senior-level executive branch leadership in planned nuclear terrorism preparedness exercises that have nuclear forensics analysis as a component of the exercise. The report shall be submitted to--

   Inserted: (1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and

   Inserted: (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs of the Senate.

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   At the end of title XXXI, insert the following:

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