S.Amdt. 508

SA 508. Mr. DONNELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. REVIEW OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR AND RADIOLOGICAL
TERRORISM PREVENTION STRATEGY.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy, acting through
the Administrator for Nuclear Security, shall enter into an
arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to assess
and recommend improvements to the strategies of the United
States for preventing, countering, and responding to nuclear
and radiological terrorism, specifically terrorism involving
the use of nuclear weapons, improvised nuclear devices, or
radiological dispersal or exposure devices, or the sabotage
of nuclear facilities.
(b) Review.--The assessment conducted under subsection (a)
shall address the adequacy of the strategies of the United
States described in that subsection and identify technical,
policy, and resource gaps with respect to--
(1) identifying national and international nuclear and
radiological terrorism risks and critical emerging threats;
(2) preventing state and non-state actors from acquiring
the technologies, materials, and critical expertise needed to
mount nuclear or radiological attacks;
(3) countering efforts by state and non-state actors to
mount such attacks;
(4) responding to nuclear and radiological terrorism
incidents to attribute their origin and help manage their
consequences; and
(5) other important matters identified by the National
Academy of Sciences that are directly relevant to those
strategies.
(c) Recommendations.--The assessment conducted under
subsection (a) shall include recommendations to the Secretary
of Energy, Congress, and such other Federal entities as the
National Academy of Sciences considers appropriate, for
preventing, countering, and responding to nuclear and
radiological terrorism, including recommendations for--
(1) closing technical, policy, or resource gaps;
(2) improving cooperation and appropriate integration among
Federal entities and Federal, State, and tribal governments;
(3) improving cooperation between the United States and
other countries and international organizations; and
(4) other important matters identified by the National
Academy of Sciences that are directly relevant to the
strategies of the United States described in subsection (a).
(d) Liaisons.--The Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of
State, and the Director of National Intelligence shall
appoint appropriate liaisons to the National Academy of
Sciences with respect to supporting the timely conduct of the
assessment required by subsection (a).
(e) Access to Materials.--The Secretary of Energy, the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the
Secretary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence
shall provide access to the National Academy of Sciences to
materials relevant to the assessment required by subsection
(a).
(f) Clearances.--The Secretary of Energy and the Director
of National Intelligence shall ensure that appropriate
members and staff of the National Academy of Sciences have
the necessary clearances, obtained in an expedited manner, to
conduct the assessment required by subsection (a).
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