S.Amdt. 2559

SA 2559. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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. 3123. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION AS TECHNICAL NUCLEAR FORENSICS
LEAD.

(a) In General.--Section 3211(b) of the National Nuclear
Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2401(b)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(7) To lead the technical nuclear forensics efforts of
the United States.''.
(b) Rule of Construction.--The amendment made by this
section may not be construed to alter the functions vested in
any department or agency of the Federal Government by statute
other than the National Nuclear Security Administration
pursuant to such amendment.
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