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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4737

To require an inventory of documents and devices containing Restricted

Data at the national security laboratories of the Department of Energy,

to improve security procedures for access to the vaults containing Restricted Data at those laboratories, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 23, 2000

Mr. HUNTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To require an inventory of documents and devices containing

Restricted Data at the national security laboratories of

the Department of Energy, to improve security procedures for access to the vaults containing Restricted Data

at those laboratories, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Secrets Safety

5 Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. INVENTORY OF RESTRICTED DATA AT NATIONAL

2 SECURITY LABORATORIES.

3 (a) INVENTORY REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary

5 of Energy shall submit to the specified congressional com6 mittees a report containing an inventory of each document

7 or device at each national security laboratory that contains

8 Restricted Data.

9 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:

10 (1) The term ‘‘specified congressional commit11 tees’’ means the Committee on Armed Services of

12 the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of

13 the House of Representatives.

14 (2) The term ‘‘national security laboratory’’ has

15 the meaning given such term in section 3281 of the

16 National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50

17 U.S.C. 2471).

18 (3) The term ‘‘Restricted Data’’ has the mean19 ing given such term in section 11 y. of the Atomic

20 Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(y)).

21 SEC. 3. INCREASED SECURITY FOR VAULTS AT NATIONAL

22 SECURITY LABORATORIES.

23 (a) ACCESS TO VAULTS.—Section 3234 of the Na24 tional Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C.

25 2424) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘(a) PROCEDURES REQUIRED.—The Adminis3 trator’’; and

4 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub5 section:

6 ‘‘(b) ACCESS TO VAULTS AT NATIONAL SECURITY

7 LABORATORIES.—With respect to any vault containing

8 Restricted Data at any national security laboratory, the

9 procedures shall, at a minimum, provide that an individual

10 shall not have access to any such vault unless, before each

11 access, the identity of the individual is verified by an at12 tendant through direct visual observation.’’.

13 (b) VAULT ACCESS POLYGRAPH PROGRAM.—Section

14 3233 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 2423) is amended by adding

15 at the end the following new subsection:

16 ‘‘(c) VAULT ACCESS POLYGRAPH PROGRAM.—(1) At

17 each national security laboratory, the counterintelligence

18 program specified in subsection (a) shall include a poly19 graph program for individuals who have access to any

20 vault containing Restricted Data at that laboratory. The

21 polygraph program shall consist of the administration, to

22 each individual who has access to any such vault, of poly23 graph examinations using questions reasonably calculated

24 to obtain information relating to such access.
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1 ‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),

2 each individual shall undergo a polygraph examination not

3 later than one year after the individual has access to any

4 such vault.

5 ‘‘(B) In the case of an individual’s first access to any

6 such vault, the individual shall undergo a polygraph exam7 ination not later than—

8 ‘‘(i) 30 days after the date of such access, if the

9 individual’s first such access occurred after the date

10 of the enactment of the Nuclear Secrets Safety Act;

11 and

12 ‘‘(ii) 120 days after the date of the enactment

13 of the Nuclear Secrets Safety Act, if the individual’s

14 first such access occurred on or before such date.’’.

15 (c) CHANGE OF LOCK COMBINATIONS.—The Admin16 istrator for Nuclear Security shall ensure, for each vault

17 containing Restricted Data at each national security lab18 oratory, that the combination of each lock to such vault

19 is changed not later than 30 days after the date of the

20 enactment of this Act.

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