S.Amdt. 2386

SA 2386. Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Udall) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the
bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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. 3119. PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION.

(a) In General.--The Administrator for Nuclear Security
shall continue the design of the facility described in
subsection (b) to 90 percent design completion with an
independent cost estimate described in subsection (c) before
approval of a combined critical decision-2 and critical
decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B (relating
to program management and project management for the
acquisition of capital assets), or a successor order, in
order to ensure the suitability of the facility for plutonium
pit production.
(b) Facility Described.--The facility described in this
subsection is a plutonium pit production facility--
(1) authorized pursuant to section 3114(c)(2) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (50
U.S.C. 2535 note);
(2) described in the document entitled the ``Engineering
Assessment Report--Pu Pit Production Engineering
Assessment'', dated April 13, 2018; and
(3) capable of producing an additional 31 to 80 pits
annually, as required by section 4219 of the Atomic Energy
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a).
(c) Independent Cost Estimates Described.--An independent
cost estimate described in this subsection shall include an
evaluation of the suitability of the facility described in
subsection (b) for plutonium pit production, including an
evaluation of the following:
(1) Life cycle costs.
(2) Program acquisition unit costs for pit production.
(3) Average program unit costs for pit production.
(4) The costs of start up to full operations capable of
producing 31 to 80 pits annually, as required by section 4219
of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a).
(5) A quantitative risk assessment of pit production.
(d) Report Required.--Combined critical decision-2 and
critical decision-3 for the facility described in subsection
(b) may not commence until the date that is 30 days after the
Administrator submits to the congressional defense committees
a report on the independent cost estimate conducted under
subsection (c).
(e) Plan for Oversight of Pit Production.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Weapons Council
established under section 179 of title 10, United States
Code, shall--
(A) establish a plan for oversight of current and future
plutonium pit production capabilities to meet the
requirements of the Department of Defense, including the
development of a future plutonium pit production facility;
and
(B) submit the plan to the congressional defense
committees.
(2) Signatures.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall
be signed by all members of the Nuclear Weapons Council.
(f) Briefing on Plutonium Strategy.--Not later than March
1, 2019, the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council and the
Administrator for Nuclear Security shall jointly provide to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives, and to any other congressional defense
committee upon request, a briefing detailing the
implementation plan for the plutonium strategy of the
National Nuclear Security Administration, including
milestones, accountable personnel for such milestones, and
mechanisms for ensuring transparency into the progress of the
strategy for the Department of Defense and the congressional
defense committees.
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