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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5527 

To accelerate the development, demonstration, and deployment of new technologies and innovative solutions to address the environmental cleanup 

mission of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 12, 2024 

Mr. LUJA ́N introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To accelerate the development, demonstration, and deployment of new technologies and innovative solutions to 

address the environmental cleanup mission of the Department of Energy, 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 ‘‘Combining Laboratory 

5 Expertise to Accelerate Novel Solutions for Minimizing 

6 Accumulated Radioactive Toxins Act of 2024’’ or the 

7 ‘‘CLEAN SMART Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

7 and Transportation, the Committee on Energy 

8 and Natural Resources, and the Committee on 

9 Armed Services of the Senate; and 

10 (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and 

11 Technology, the Committee on Energy and 

12 Commerce, and the Committee on Armed Serv13 ices of the House of Representatives. 

14 (2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist15 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of En16 ergy for Environmental Management. 

17 (3) CHAIR.—The term ‘‘Chair’’ means the 

18 Chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

19 (4) CORE NATIONAL LABORATORIES.—The 

20 term ‘‘Core National Laboratories’’ means the Idaho 

21 National Laboratory, the Los Alamos National Lab22 oratory, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Pa23 cific Northwest National Laboratory, the Sandia Na24 tional Laboratories, and the Savannah River Na25 tional Laboratory. 


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1 (5) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

2 means the Department of Energy. 

3 (6) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

4 Director of the Office of Legacy Management. 

5 (7) FEDERAL SITE LIFE-CYCLE ESTIMATE.— 

6 The term ‘‘Federal site life-cycle estimate’’ means 

7 the scope, cost, and schedule profiles of work activi8 ties, including sunk costs and other relevant metrics, 

9 of work activities pertaining to the cleanup mission 

10 for an individual site of the Office of Environmental 

11 Management. 

12 (8) FRAMEWORK.—The term ‘‘Framework’’ 

13 means the Technology Development and Deployment 

14 Framework developed pursuant to section 5. 

15 (9) MEMORANDUM.—The term ‘‘Memorandum’’ 

16 means the memorandum of understanding entered 

17 into pursuant to section 4(c). 

18 (10) NETWORK.—The term ‘‘Network’’ means 

19 the Network of National Laboratories for Environ20 mental Management and Stewardship established 

21 under section 3. 

22 (11) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

23 means the Secretary of Energy. 

24 (12) SITE.—The term ‘‘site’’ means any out25 standing defense- and non-defense-related nuclear 


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1 waste site that is undergoing environmental remedi2 ation and facility decommissioning under the respon3 sibility of the Office of Environmental Management, 

4 and any site that is undergoing long-term mainte5 nance and surveillance under the responsibility of 

6 the Office of Legacy Management. 

7 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NETWORK OF NATIONAL 

8 LABORATORIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MAN9 AGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP. 

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

11 a steering committee to be known as the ‘‘Network of Na12 tional Laboratories for Environmental Management and 

13 Stewardship’’. 

14 (b) PURPOSE.—The Network shall advance the sci15 entific and technical expertise of the National Laboratory 

16 system in support of the environmental cleanup mission 

17 of the Office of Environmental Management and the long18 term surveillance and maintenance mission of the Office 

19 of Legacy Management through support for research, de20 velopment, demonstration, and deployment of treatment 

21 technologies, disposal methods, and other capabilities— 

22 (1) to minimize the impact of environmental 

23 contamination and risks to public health and the en24 vironment from radioactive and hazardous waste and 

25 materials from defense-related nuclear activities; 


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1 (2) to lower lifecycle cleanup costs for sites; 

2 (3) to accelerate cleanup schedules or reduce 

3 the timeframe of site decommissioning; and 

4 (4) to address high-priority technical challenges 

5 in cleanup operations, or otherwise improve the ef6 fectiveness and safety of cleanup methods. 

7 (c) DUTIES.—At the direction of the Assistant Sec8 retary and the Director, the Network and its participants 

9 shall— 

10 (1) leverage National Laboratory partnerships 

11 to develop alternate treatment technologies, disposal 

12 methods, and other capabilities to assist in the 

13 cleanup and long-term management of sites, in order 

14 to improve the cost, timeframe, effectiveness, and 

15 safety of cleanup methods; 

16 (2) identify and coordinate technical support re17 sources and capabilities to address emergent events 

18 associated with environmental cleanup and long-term 

19 monitoring of sites and facilitate the deployment of 

20 viable alternative treatment technologies, disposal 

21 methods, and other capabilities; 

22 (3) conduct scalable performance testing, eval23 uation, verification, and validation of alternate treat24 ment technologies, disposal methods, and other ca25 pabilities to demonstrate the potential cost, safety, 


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1 and performance benefits of such capabilities in 

2 comparison to those currently deployed in support of 

3 the environmental cleanup mission of the Depart4 ment; 

5 (4) conduct independent programmatic and 

6 technical reviews of plans or activities of the Depart7 ment at the national or site level, including assess8 ments of technology performance and alignment with 

9 respect to the programmatic priorities of the Office 

10 of Environmental Management and the Office of 

11 Legacy Management; 

12 (5) collaborate with the contractors and staff of 

13 the Department, other Federal agencies, academia, 

14 industry, and other relevant entities to ensure best 

15 practices are being exchanged and to identify oppor16 tunities for technology transfer; 

17 (6) provide scientific and technical analysis to 

18 the Department and to stakeholders, as directed by 

19 the Department, regarding environmental cleanup, 

20 waste disposal, and long-term stewardship policy op21 tions and issues; 

22 (7) provide an integrated science and tech23 nology perspective to support near- and long-term 

24 strategic planning for the Office of Environmental 

25 Management and the Office of Legacy Management 


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1 at sites, including conducting analyses of alternative 

2 technologies and treatment methods and providing 

3 input on their insertion into the cleanup mission; 

4 (8) coordinate and serve as a liaison among the 

5 Department and contractors of the Department and 

6 the National Laboratories with capabilities relating 

7 to the Office of Environmental Management and the 

8 Office of Legacy Management that have been devel9 oped and supported across all of the program offices 

10 of the Department; 

11 (9) provide technical expertise to inform con12 tract decisions and language, research and develop13 ment investments of the Department, and technical 

14 feasibility of contractor proposals consistent with all 

15 appropriate and applicable compliance requirements 

16 to mitigate potential conflicts of interest; 

17 (10) assist the Department in developing and 

18 maintaining career pathway training opportunities in 

19 environmental remediation science, with a focus on 

20 engaging historically underserved or marginalized 

21 populations; and 

22 (11) other duties as determined by the Assist23 ant Secretary and Director. 

24 (d) MEMBERSHIP.—The Network shall be comprised 

25 of a representative from— 


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1 (1) each Core National Laboratory; 

2 (2) each of the other National Laboratories 

3 with stewarded competencies for research activities 

4 associated with the Office of Environmental Man5 agement and the Office of Legacy Management, in6 cluding the Argonne National Laboratory, the Fermi 

7 National Accelerator Laboratory, the Lawrence 

8 Berkeley National Laboratory, the Lawrence Liver9 more National Laboratory, the National Energy 

10 Technology Laboratory, and the SLAC National Ac11 celerator Laboratory; and 

12 (3) other National Laboratories or entities at 

13 the request of the Assistant Secretary or the Direc14 tor. 

15 (e) LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

16 (1) COMPOSITION.—The leadership of the Net17 work shall be composed of— 

18 (A) a liaison from the Office of Environ19 mental Management, designated by the Assist20 ant Secretary, who shall be responsible for Na21 tional Laboratory stewardship, coordination of 

22 resources, and guidance and oversight of the 

23 Network regarding the needs of the Office of 

24 Environmental Management; 


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1 (B) a liaison from the Office of Legacy 

2 Management, designated by the Director, who 

3 shall work directly with the Director and mem4 bers of the Network to fulfill the needs of the 

5 Office of Legacy Management; 

6 (C) an Executive Director, who shall— 

7 (i) be affiliated with 1 of the Core Na8 tional Laboratories and appointed by the 

9 Network Chair and Network Co-Chair; and 

10 (ii) work on behalf of all National 

11 Laboratories to coordinate the day-to-day 

12 needs of the Network; 

13 (D) an official representative from each 

14 Core National Laboratory, who shall be des15 ignated by the respective Laboratory Director 

16 or Chief Research Officer, and who shall be re17 sponsible for coordinating and procuring the 

18 full complement of capabilities and resources 

19 from the relevant National Laboratory in order 

20 to fulfill its obligations with respect to the Net21 work; and 

22 (E) ad hoc representatives, who are Fed23 eral Government employees or employees of the 

24 management and operating contractors of the 

25 National Laboratories, and who may be— 


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1 (i) representatives of other National 

2 Laboratories, as needed based on the work 

3 undertaken by the Network; or 

4 (ii) additional representatives from 

5 the Core National Laboratories, as needed 

6 and subject to the approval of the Network 

7 Chair and Network Co-Chair, with concur8 rence of the liaisons of the Office of Envi9 ronmental Management and the Office of 

10 Legacy Management. 

11 (2) NETWORK CHAIR AND NETWORK CO12 CHAIR.— 

13 (A) NETWORK CHAIR.—The Laboratory 

14 Director for the Savannah River National Lab15 oratory shall— 

16 (i) serve as Network Chair; 

17 (ii) report to the Assistant Secretary 

18 and the Director; and 

19 (iii) ensure the overall effectiveness 

20 and coordination of the Network. 

21 (B) NETWORK CO-CHAIR.—The Network 

22 Co-Chair shall work with the Network Chair to 

23 ensure the overall effectiveness of the Network 

24 and shall rotate annually among the Directors 


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1 and Deputy Directors of the Core National 

2 Laboratories. 

3 (f) PARTICIPATION OF NONMEMBERS.— 

4 (1) ENGAGEMENT.—The Network may engage 

5 stakeholders, such as industry experts, educators, 

6 nonprofit stakeholders, and advisory groups, for the 

7 purpose of receiving mission-relevant information 

8 from such stakeholders. 

9 (2) LIMITATIONS ON PARTICIPATION.—The 

10 Network shall prevent the regular and systematic 

11 participation of stakeholders at meetings of the Net12 work, unless otherwise authorized by this Act. 

13 (3) LIMITATIONS ON NONMEMBER INPUT.—The 

14 engagement of nonmembers shall be limited to the 

15 provision of individual advice and recommendations, 

16 unless otherwise authorized by this Act. 

17 (g) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 

19 Secretary, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary 

20 and Director, shall submit to the appropriate congres21 sional committees a report that includes a summary of— 

22 (1) the major activities of the Network during 

23 the prior year; 

24 (2) the major science and technology efforts of 

25 the Office of Environmental Management and the 


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1 Office of Legacy Management during the prior year; 

2 and 

3 (3) the state of technology adoption and align4 ment across the Office of Environmental Manage5 ment and the Office of Legacy Management. 

6 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

7 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary— 

8 (1) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each 

9 fiscal year thereafter to support the development 

10 and implementation of activities specified under sub11 section (c); and 

12 (2) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each 

13 fiscal year thereafter to support the operation and 

14 coordination of the Network. 

15 (i) OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP CHAL16 LENGES.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Assist17 ant Secretary and the Director, may enter into an agree18 ment with any Federal agency to utilize the capabilities 

19 of the Network to address radiological hazards and envi20 ronmental contamination challenges at locations where the 

21 Office of Environmental Management and Office of Leg22 acy Management do not have primary cleanup responsibil23 ities, if and only if the agreement— 

24 (1) is subject to the availability of the existing 

25 appropriations of the Department, except for those 


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1 authorized in subsection (h), and to the extent pos2 sible leverages existing appropriations and resources 

3 from the Federal agency with which the agreement 

4 is made; 

5 (2) does not utilize resources made available to 

6 support the cleanup missions of the Office of Envi7 ronmental Management and the Office of Legacy 

8 Management; and 

9 (3) does not utilize the capabilities of the Net10 work in a manner that would prevent or otherwise 

11 limit the Network from fulfilling responsibilities 

12 specified in subsection (c). 

13 (j) INAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM14 MITTEE ACT.—Chapter 10 of title 5 (commonly referred 

15 to as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’’), shall not 

16 apply with respect to the Network or the activities of the 

17 Network. 

18 SEC. 4. COORDINATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT OF19 FICES AND FEDERAL AGENCIES ON ENVIRON20 MENTAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 

22 with the Network, shall improve coordination across the 

23 Department and the Federal government on science and 

24 technology efforts applicable to the environmental cleanup 

25 mission of the Office of Environmental Management as 


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1 necessary to procure sufficient expertise and resources to 

2 address the full range of research challenges and needs 

3 identified by the Office. 

4 (b) INTERAGENCY WORKING ADVISORY ON TECH5 NOLOGY EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 

7 an advisory group to be known as the ‘‘Interagency 

8 Advisory Group on Technology Excellence in Envi9 ronmental Cleanup’’, which shall— 

10 (A) coordinate relevant technology transfer 

11 activities among the National Laboratories, the 

12 Technology Transfer Working Group of the De13 partment, and other appropriate Federal agen14 cies; 

15 (B) facilitate the exchange of mission-rel16 evant information and best practices, including 

17 information on technology transfer practices, 

18 developments in environmental remediation 

19 science and treatment methods, and alternative 

20 approaches to radioactive waste management; 

21 (C) identify and recommend technologies 

22 developed within and outside of the jurisdiction 

23 of the Department with potential applications 

24 for the Office of Environmental Management; 


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1 (D) identify and recommend opportunities 

2 to utilize the services and expertise of the Net3 work to assist in addressing cleanup challenges 

4 at locations where the Office of Environmental 

5 Management does not have cleanup responsibil6 ities, as described in section 3(i); and 

7 (E) develop and disseminate to the public 

8 and prospective technology partners information 

9 about opportunities and procedures for tech10 nology transfer with the Network. 

11 (2) COMPOSITION.— 

12 (A) MEMBERS.—The Advisory Group shall 

13 be comprised of representatives selected from— 

14 (i) the Core National Laboratories; 

15 (ii) the Office of Environmental Man16 agement; 

17 (iii) the Office of Legacy Manage18 ment; 

19 (iv) the Office of Nuclear Energy; 

20 (v) the Office of Science; 

21 (vi) the National Nuclear Security Ad22 ministration; 

23 (vii) the Environmental Protection 

24 Agency; 


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1 (viii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis2 sion; 

3 (ix) the Bureau of Land Management; 

4 (x) the National Park Service; 

5 (xi) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

6 (xii) the United States Forest Service; 

7 (xiii) such other Federal agencies with 

8 relevant science and technology expertise, 

9 as the Secretary determines, including 

10 agencies within the Department involved in 

11 technology development relating to radio12 active waste disposal or environmental re13 mediation; 

14 (xiv) State and Tribal governments; 

15 (xv) academia; and 

16 (xvi) the private sector. 

17 (3) CHAIR.—The Assistant Secretary shall 

18 serve as the Chair of the Advisory Group. 

19 (4) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Group shall 

20 meet not less frequently than once every 180 days. 

21 (5) INAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY

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1 spect to the Advisory Group or the activities of the 

2 Advisory Group. 

3 (c) PARTNERSHIP WITH OFFICE OF SCIENCE.— 

4 (1) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Not 

5 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 

6 this Act, the Assistant Secretary and the Director of 

7 the Office of Science of the Department shall enter 

8 into a memorandum of understanding to facilitate 

9 improved coordination and cooperation between the 

10 Office of Environmental Management and the Office 

11 of Science on areas of basic research that are appli12 cable to the environmental cleanup mission of the 

13 Office of Environmental Management. 

14 (2) BASIC RESEARCH NEEDS WORKSHOPS.— 

15 Not later than 180 days after the Memorandum 

16 takes effect, and on a periodic basis thereafter, the 

17 Director of the Office of Science, in coordination 

18 with the Assistant Secretary and the Network, shall 

19 administer a workshop to solicit the input of rel20 evant Federal agencies, academia, industry, the Na21 tional Laboratories, and other relevant entities— 

22 (A) to identify the major basic research 

23 needs of the Office of Environmental Manage24 ment; and 


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1 (B) to develop strategic research plans to 

2 advance knowledge and technological capabili3 ties to address the basic research needs identi4 fied in subparagraph (A). 

5 (3) REPORTS.— 

6 (A) INITIAL WORKSHOP REPORT.—Not 

7 later than 180 days after the date of the initial 

8 workshop described in paragraph (2), the As9 sistant Secretary and the Director of the Office 

10 of Science shall submit to the appropriate con11 gressional committees a report summarizing the 

12 major findings of the workshop, including gaps 

13 in basic research knowledge relating to the envi14 ronmental cleanup mission of the Office of En15 vironmental Management. 

16 (B) Not later than 1 year after the Memo17 randum takes effect, the Assistant Secretary 

18 and the Director of the Office of Science shall 

19 submit to the appropriate congressional com20 mittees a report summarizing the steps that the 

21 Office of Environmental Management and the 

22 Office of Science have taken to fulfill the obli23 gations of the Memorandum. 


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1 SEC. 5. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS OF THE OF2 FICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—At the request and direction of 

4 the Assistant Secretary, the Network shall provide an inte5 grated science and technology perspective to assist the Of6 fice of Environmental Management in implementing and 

7 enhancing established, technology-focused strategic plans, 

8 roadmaps, and program management protocols as nec9 essary to incorporate leading program management prac10 tices and facilitate safe, timely, and cost-efficient cleanup 

11 of sites. 

12 (b) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT

13 FRAMEWORK.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall direct 

15 the Network, in coordination with the Assistant Sec16 retary, to develop and update biennially a framework 

17 to be known as the ‘‘Technology Development and 

18 Deployment Framework’’ that outlines— 

19 (A) the key science and technology objec20 tives of the Office of Environmental Manage21 ment; and 

22 (B) an integrated strategy to assist the Of23 fice of Environmental Management in— 

24 (i) selecting safe, effective, and cost25 efficient approaches to resolve technically 

26 complex challenges or reduce the cost, 


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1 time, and scope associated with the clean2 up mission; 

3 (ii) advancing the development, dem4 onstration, and deployment of new innova5 tions, such as alternate treatment tech6 nologies, disposal methods, and other capa7 bilities; and 

8 (iii) maximizing the benefits of exist9 ing research and technology investments. 

10 (2) OBJECTIVES.—The Framework shall com11 plement and support existing program management 

12 protocols, strategic plans, and roadmaps of the Of13 fice of Environmental Management and, at min14 imum, shall— 

15 (A) emphasize support for a wide of range 

16 of research and technology development activi17 ties, including— 

18 (i) applied technology research and 

19 technology development programs that 

20 seek to— 

21 (I) improve existing technologies 

22 or mature early concept and emerging 

23 technologies as specified under section 

24 4406A(a) of the Atomic Energy De25 fense Act (50 U.S.C. 2586a(a)); and 


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1 (II) pursue breakthrough innova2 tions or improvements to the cleanup 

3 mission that substantially lower 

4 lifecycle cleanup costs and schedules 

5 or address technically complex cleanup 

6 challenges, as specified under section 

7 4406A(b) of the Atomic Energy De8 fense Act (50 U.S.C. 2586a(b)); 

9 (ii) basic research; 

10 (iii) scientific studies and technical 

11 issue resolution to support evaluation and 

12 selection of technologies for insertion into 

13 the cleanup mission; and 

14 (iv) research that addresses both 

15 near-term, site-specific needs and long16 term, program-wide needs; 

17 (B) summarize the major focus areas and 

18 objectives of the science and technology efforts 

19 of the Office of Environment Management; 

20 (C) detail plans to leverage relevant ad21 vances and expertise in other technology devel22 opment programs across the Department, the 

23 National Laboratories, academia, private indus24 try, and other technology providers; and 


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1 (D) support the development or mainte2 nance of a workforce pipeline that leverages the 

3 capabilities of institutions of higher education, 

4 especially those serving minority or historically 

5 underserved populations. 

6 (c) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS.—Section 4713 of 

7 the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2753) is 

8 amended by inserting at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(e) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS FOR DEFENSE EN10 VIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PROJECTS.—If a root cause 

11 analysis for a defense environmental cleanup project is re12 quired under the project management protocols of the De13 partment of Energy or under subsection (c)(3), then— 

14 ‘‘(1) the site contracting entity, in consultation 

15 with the site manager and Assistant Secretary, shall 

16 develop a corrective action plan to address the un17 derlying causes for the cost or schedule change iden18 tified in the analysis; and 

19 ‘‘(2) the Secretary, at the conclusion of the cor20 rective action plan, shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) conduct an independent review that 

22 includes an assessment and validation of the ef23 ficacy of the corrective measures utilized; 


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1 ‘‘(B) submit to the appropriate congres2 sional committees the outcome of the assess3 ment described in subparagraph (A); and 

4 ‘‘(C) certify to the appropriate congres5 sional committees that program management 

6 measures are in place to manage the cost and 

7 schedule of the project and mitigate against fu8 ture cost overruns.’’. 

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