S.Amdt. 1954

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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