S.Amdt. 1008

SA 1008. Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Udall)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R.
2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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:

At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following:

SEC. 3116. PLUTONIUM CAPABILITIES.

(a) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear Security
shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the
Secretary of Defense a report on the recommended alternative
endorsed by the Administrator for recapitalization of
plutonium science and production capabilities of the nuclear
security enterprise. The report shall identify the
recommended alternative endorsed by the Administrator and
contain the analysis of alternatives, including costs, upon
which the Administrator relied in making such endorsement.
(b) Certification.--Not later than 60 days after the date
on which the Secretary of Defense receives the report
required by subsection (a), the Chairman of the Nuclear
Weapons Council shall submit to the congressional defense
committees the written certification of the Chairman
regarding whether--
(1) the recommended alternative described in subsection
(a)--
(A) is acceptable to the Secretary of Defense and the
Nuclear Weapons Council and meets the requirements of the
Secretary for plutonium pit production capacity and
capability;
(B) is likely to meet the pit production timelines and
milestones required by section 4219 of the Atomic Energy
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a);
(C) is likely to meet pit production timelines and
requirements responsive to military requirements;
(D) is cost effective and has reasonable near-term and
lifecycle costs that are minimized, to the extent
practicable, as compared to other alternatives;
(E) contains minimized and manageable risks as compared to
other alternatives; and
(F) can be acceptably reconciled with any differences in
the conclusions made by the Office of Cost Assessment and
Program Evaluation of the Department of Defense in the
business case analysis of plutonium pit production capability
issued in 2013; and
(2) the Administrator has--
(A) documented the assumptions and constraints used in the
analysis of alternatives described in subsection (a); and
(B) tested and documented the sensitivity of the cost
estimates for each alternative to risks and changes in key
assumptions.
(c) Assessment.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of Cost Estimating
and Program Evaluation of the National Nuclear Security
Administration shall, in consultation with the Director of
the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation of the Department
of Defense, provide to the congressional defense committees a
briefing containing the assessment of the Directors of the
analysis of alternatives described in subsection (a).
(2) Elements.--The briefing required by paragraph (1) shall
include--
(A) descriptions of the scope, risks, and costs for
alternatives not considered in the analysis of alternatives
that the Directors deem viable; and
(B) any views of the Administrator regarding such
alternatives.
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