S.Amdt. 3955

SA 3955. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2022 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 E of title XXXI, add the following:

SEC. 3157. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FACILITY-DIRECTED
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

(a) In General.--Subtitle B of title XLVIII of the Atomic
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2791 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 4815. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FACILITY-DIRECTED
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

``(a) Authorization.--The Administrator may authorize the
director of each covered nuclear weapons production facility
to allocate not more than 5 percent of amounts made available
to the facility for a fiscal year pursuant to a DOE national
security authorization (as defined in section 4701) to engage
in research, development, and demonstration activities in
order to maintain and enhance the engineering and
manufacturing capabilities at the facility.
``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `covered
nuclear weapons production facility' means the following:
``(1) The Kansas City National Security Campus, Kansas
City, Missouri, as well as related satellite locations.
``(2) The Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge,
Tennessee.
``(3) The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.
``(4) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the
Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 4814 the following new item:

``Sec. 4815. Limitation on use of funds for National Nuclear Security
Administration facility-directed research and
development.''.
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