S.Amdt. 1674

1. Adds SEC. 1073. REPORT ON STATUS OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX at the end of subtitle G of title X

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   (2) The Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security, and the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: SEC. 1073. REPORT ON STATUS OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:

   Inserted: (1) The Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States found that "the physical infrastructure" of the United States nuclear weapons complex "is in serious need of transformation."

   Inserted: (2) The Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States also found that "the intellectual infrastructure is also in serious trouble. A major cause is the recent (and projected) decline in resources."

   Inserted: (3) The Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States stated, "Once core capabilities are established, the Congress should require that annual NNSA budget submissions include an assessment of whether the budget as proposed will maintain these capabilities. To monitor progress, the NNSA and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) should establish a formal mechanism for tracking funding sources for the weapons laboratories, without additional administrative burden on the laboratories."

   Inserted: (4) The Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States recommended, "The NNSA should conduct a study of the core competencies needed in the weapons complex, and the Congress and Office of Management and Budget should use these as a tool for determining how to fund the NNSA."

   Inserted: (b) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the directors of the national nuclear weapons laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities and as part of the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for each fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code), submit a report on the condition and status of the nuclear weapons complex of the United States. The report shall include the following elements:

   Inserted: (1) An assessment of whether the budget is sufficient to preserve the core intellectual and technical competencies of the United States in nuclear weapons, including weapons design, system integration, manufacturing, security, use control, reliability assessment, and certification.

   Inserted: (2) A description of the demographics and experience of the nuclear weapons workforce, including the number of individuals who have ever participated in an underground nuclear test.

   Inserted: (3) A plan for enabling the design laboratories to grow the required expertise and sustain it over the long term.

   Inserted: (4) An assessment of the condition and status of the national nuclear weapons laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities.

   Inserted: (5) A plan to provide for the long-term safety, security, reliability, and credibility of the United States nuclear deterrent and extended deterrent.

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   Inserted: (6) An assessment of the condition and status of the nuclear weapons production complex and the ability of the complex to sustain and modernize the nuclear deterrent.

   Inserted: (c) Definitions.--In this Act:

   Inserted: (1) The term "national nuclear weapons laboratories" includes Sandia National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

   Inserted: (2) The term "nuclear weapons production facilities" means the Y-12 complex at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Savannah River Site, the Pantex Plant, the Nevada Test Site, and the Kansas City Plant.

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   At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:

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