S.Amdt. 4211

SA 4211. Mr. PADILLA 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. REALIGNMENT OF NATIONAL TECHNICAL NUCLEAR
FORENSICS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

(a) Repeal of the Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act.--
(1) In general.--The Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act
(Public Law 111-140; 124 Stat. 31) is repealed.
(2) Conforming amendments to homeland security act of
2002.--Subtitle B of title XIX of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591g et seq.) is amended--
(A) in section 1923--
(i) in subsection (a)--

(I) by striking ``(a) mission.--'';
(II) in paragraph (9), by striking the semicolon and
inserting ``; and'';
(III) by striking paragraphs (10), (11), (12), and (13);
and
(IV) by redesignating paragraph (14) as paragraph (10); and

(ii) by striking subsection (b); and
(B) in section 1927(a)(1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking the semicolon and
inserting ``; and'';
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ``; and'' and
inserting a period; and
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C).
(3) References and construction.--Any reference in any law,
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center
established within the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
Office of the Department of Homeland Security, shall be
deemed to be a reference to the National Technical Nuclear
Forensics Center established by section 3265 of the National
Nuclear Security Administration Act, as added by subsection
(b).
(b) Establishment of a National Technical Nuclear Forensics
Center.--
(1) In general.--Subtitle E of the National Nuclear
Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 3265. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL TECHNICAL NUCLEAR
FORENSICS CENTER.

``(a) Establishment.--There is established within the
Administration a National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center
(in this section referred to as the `Center').
``(b) Mission.--The mission of the Center shall be to
coordinate stewardship, planning, assessment, gap analysis,
exercises, improvement, expertise development, and
integration for all Federal nuclear forensics and attribution
activities to ensure an enduring national technical nuclear
forensics capability to strengthen the collective response of
the United States to nuclear terrorism or other nuclear
attacks.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for the
National Nuclear Security Administration Act is amended by
adding after the item relation to section 3264 the following
new item:

``Sec. 3265. Establishment of National Technical Nuclear Forensics
Center.''.

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(c) University Nuclear Leadership Program.--Section 313 of
the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2009 (42 U.S.C. 16274a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Minority serving institution participation.--
Notwithstanding section 954(a)(6) of the Energy Research,
Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16274(a)(6)), in carrying out programs under
this section and section 954 of that Act, each the Secretary,
the Administrator, and the Chairman shall prioritize
encouraging the participation of historically Black colleges
and universities and other minority serving institutions.'';
and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new
paragraphs:
``(2) Historically black college and university.-- The term
`historically Black college and university' has the meaning
given the term `part B institution' in section 322 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).
``(3) Minority serving institution.--The term `minority
serving institution' means an institution described in
section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1067q(a)).''.
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