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Union Calendar No. 597

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4737

[Report No. 106–1035, Part I]

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

DECEMBER 15, 2000

Additional sponsors: Mr. METCALF, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́

, Mr. STUPAK, and

Mr. GONZALEZ

DECEMBER 15, 2000

Reported with amendments and referred to the Committee on Commerce for

a period ending not later than December 15, 2000, for consideration of

such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction

of that committee pursuant to clause 1(f), rule X

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

DECEMBER 15, 2000

Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 23, 2000]

A BILL

To require an inventory of documents and devices containing
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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 of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. INVENTORY OF RESTRICTED DATA AT NATIONAL

7 SECURITY LABORATORIES.

8 (a) INVENTORY REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis10 trator for Nuclear Security shall conduct an inventory of

11 each document or device at each national security labora12 tory that contains Restricted Data and shall submit to the

13 Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Com14 mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives

15 a report containing the results of that inventory.

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

17 (1) The term ‘‘national security laboratory’’ has

18 the meaning given such term in section 3281 of the

19 National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50

20 U.S.C. 2471).

21 (2) The term ‘‘Restricted Data’’ has the meaning

22 given such term in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
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1 11 y. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.

2 2014(y)).

3 SEC. 3. INCREASED SECURITY FOR VAULTS AT NATIONAL

4 SECURITY LABORATORIES.

5 (a) ACCESS TO VAULTS.—(1) Section 3234 of the Na6 tional Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C.

7 2424) is amended—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘(a) PROCEDURES REQUIRED.—The Adminis10 trator’’; and

11 (B) by adding at the end the following new sub12 section:

13 ‘‘(b) ACCESS TO VAULTS AT NATIONAL SECURITY LAB14 ORATORIES.—With respect to any vault containing Re15 stricted Data at any national security laboratory, the pro16 cedures shall, at a minimum, provide that an individual

17 shall not have unrestricted access to any such vault except

18 in accordance with the following requirements:

19 ‘‘(1) Before each such access, the identity of the

20 individual is verified by—

21 ‘‘(A) an attendant through direct visual ob22 servation;

23 ‘‘(B) biometric technology; or
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1 ‘‘(C) other means providing a high con2 fidence level in verifying the identity of the indi3 vidual.

4 ‘‘(2) For each such access, a permanent record of

5 such access is maintained.

6 ‘‘(c) CHANGE OF LOCK COMBINATIONS TO VAULTS AT

7 NATIONAL SECURITY LABORATORIES.—The Administrator

8 shall ensure, for each vault containing Restricted Data at

9 each national security laboratory, that the combination of

10 each lock to such vault is changed not later than—

11 ‘‘(1) one week after each removal of an indi12 vidual from the list of individuals permitted access to

13 such vault; and

14 ‘‘(2) 12 months after the date on which the com15 bination was last changed.’’.

16 (2) The requirements of subsection (b) of section 3234

17 of such Act (as added by paragraph (1)) shall apply to each

18 access referred to in that subsection that occurs after the

19 expiration of the 24-hour period beginning upon the enact20 ment of this Act.

21 (3) The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall en22 sure, for each vault containing Restricted Data at each na23 tional security laboratory, that the combination of each lock

24 to such vault is changed not later than 30 days after the

25 date of the enactment of this Act.
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1 (b) REPORT ON NNSA POLYGRAPH POLICY.—(1) Not

2 later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this

3 Act, the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit

4 to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the

5 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representa6 tives a report on the policy recommendations of the

7 Adminstrator regarding the use of counterintelligence poly8 graph examinations within the National Nuclear Security

9 Administration. The report shall contain the recommenda10 tions of the Administrator as to what the policy of the Ad11 ministration should be regarding—

12 (A) the use of such examinations generally as a

13 prerequisite to access (restricted or unrestricted) to

14 Restricted Data; and

15 (B) the use of such examinations as a pre16 requisite to access (restricted or unrestricted) to vaults

17 containing Restricted Data.

18 (2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Restricted

19 Data’’ has the meaning given such term in paragraphs (1)

20 and (2) of section 11 y. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954

21 (42 U.S.C. 2014(y)).
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1 SEC. 4. USE OF ELECTRONIC LOCKS FOR CLASSIFIED

2 AREAS AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION OF

3 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA4 TION.

5 Section 3234 of the National Nuclear Security Admin6 istration Act (50 U.S.C. 2424), as amended by section 3

7 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the

8 following new subsection:

9 ‘‘(d) ELECTRONIC LOCKS REQUIRED.—The Adminis10 trator shall ensure that, after October 1, 2002, each lock

11 used by the Administration to secure any vault, safe, or

12 other container used to store Restricted Data is an elec13 tronic lock that meets or exceeds the FF–L–2740A lock

14 standard of the General Services Administration, as in ef15 fect on the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Secrets Safe16 ty Act of 2000.’’.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to require an

inventory of documents and devices containing Restricted

Data at the national security laboratories of the National

Nuclear Security Administration, to improve security procedures for access to the vaults containing Restricted

Data at those laboratories, and for other purposes.’’.

Union Calendar No. 597

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4737

[Report No. 106–1035, Part I]

A BILL

To require an inventory of documents and devices

containing Restricted Data at the national security laboratories of the Department of Energy, toimprove security procedures for access to thevaults containing Restricted Data at those laboratories, and for other purposes.

DECEMBER 15, 2000

Reported with amendments and referred to the Committee on Commerce for a period ending not later than

December 15, 2000, for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(f),rule X

DECEMBER 15, 2000

Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the

Committee of the Whole House on the State of theUnion and ordered to be printed