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Calendar No. 480

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2210

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for defense activities of

the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 20 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Mr. NUNN, from the Committee on Armed Services, reported the following

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for defense

activities 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 ‘‘Department of Energy

5 National Security Act for Fiscal Year 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.
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Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined.

TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL

SECURITY PROGRAMS

Subtitle A—National Security Programs Authorizations

Sec. 3101. Weapons activities.

Sec. 3102. Environmental restoration and waste management.

Sec. 3103. Nuclear materials support and other defense programs.

Sec. 3104. Defense nuclear waste disposal.

Sec. 3105. General reduction in authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B—Recurring General Provisions

Sec. 3121. Reprogramming.

Sec. 3122. Limits on general plant projects.

Sec. 3123. Limits on construction projects.

Sec. 3124. Funds transfer authority.

Sec. 3125. Authority for construction design.

Sec. 3126. Requirement for completion of conceptual design to precede request

for construction funds.

Sec. 3127. Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities.

Sec. 3128. Funds available for all national security programs of the Department of Energy.

Sec. 3129. Availability of funds.

Subtitle C—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and

Limitations

Sec. 3131. Stockpile stewardship recruitment and training program.

Sec. 3132. Defense inertial confinement fusion program.

Sec. 3133. Payment of penalties.

Sec. 3134. Water management programs.

Sec. 3135. Limitation on use of funds for special access programs.

Sec. 3136. Protection of nuclear weapons facilities workers.

Sec. 3137. National security programs.

Sec. 3138. Scholarship and Fellowship Program for Environmental Restoration

and Waste Management.

Sec. 3139. Hazardous materials management and hazardous materials emergency response training program.

Sec. 3140. Programs for persons who may have been exposed to radiation released from Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Sec. 3141. Solar energy activities at Nevada Test Site, Nevada,

Subtitle D—Other Matters

Sec. 3151. Accounting procedures for Department of Energy funds.

Sec. 3152. Approval for certain nuclear weapons activities.

Sec. 3153. Study of feasibility of conducting certain activities at the Nevada

Test Site, Nevada.

Sec. 3154. Tritium production.

Sec. 3155. Office of Fissile Materials Disposition.

Sec. 3156. Extension of authority to loan personnel and facilities at Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.
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Sec. 3157. Elimination of requirement for five-year plan for defense nuclear facilities.

Sec. 3158. Increase in number of positions for environmental restoration and

waste management personnel excepted from civil service laws.

TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY

BOARD AUTHORIZATION

Sec. 3201. Authorization.

1 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.

2 For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional de3 fense committees’’ means the Committees on Armed Serv4 ices and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate

5 and House of Representatives.

6 TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF

7 ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY

8 PROGRAMS

9 Subtitle A—National Security

10 Programs Authorizations

11 SEC. 3101. WEAPONS ACTIVITIES.

12 (a) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Subject to sub13 section (f), funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated

14 to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1995 for re15 search and development in carrying out weapons activities

16 necessary for national security programs in the amount

17 of $1,187,818,000, to be allocated as follows:

18 (1) For core research and development,

19 $795,551,000, to be allocated as follows:

20 (A) For operating expenses, $649,341,000.

21 (B) For capital equipment, $69,420,000.
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1 (C) For plant projects (including mainte2 nance, restoration, planning, construction, ac3 quisition, modification of facilities, and the con4 tinuation of projects authorized in prior years,

5 and land acquisition related thereto),

6 $76,790,000, to be allocated as follows:

7 Project GPD–101, general plant

8 projects, various locations, $8,500,000.

9 Project 95–D–102, Chemical and

10 Metallurgy Research Building upgrades,

11 Los Alamos National Laboratory, New

12 Mexico, $3,300,000.

13 Project 94–D–102, nuclear weapons

14 research, development, and testing facili15 ties revitalization, Phase V, various loca16 tions, $13,000,000.

17 Project 92–D–102, nuclear weapons

18 research, development, and testing facili19 ties revitalization, Phase IV, various loca20 tions, $21,810,000.

21 Project 90–D–102, nuclear weapons

22 research, development, and testing facili23 ties revitalization, Phase III, various loca24 tions, $7,700,000.
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1 Project 88–D–106, nuclear weapons

2 research, development, and testing facili3 ties revitalization, Phase II, various loca4 tions, $22,480,000.

5 (2) For inertial fusion, $176,473,000, to be al6 located as follows:

7 (A) For operating expenses, $166,755,000.

8 (B) For capital equipment, $9,718,000.

9 (3) For technology transfer, $215,794,000, to

10 be allocated as follows:

11 (A) For operating expenses, $209,794,000.

12 (B) For capital equipment, $6,000,000.

13 (b) TESTING.—Subject to subsection (f), funds are

14 hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department

15 of Energy for fiscal year 1995 for testing in carrying out

16 weapons activities necessary for national security pro17 grams in the amount of $384,719,000, to be allocated as

18 follows:

19 (1) For testing capabilities and readiness

20 $374,719,000, to be allocated as follows:

21 (A) For operating expenses, $338,249,000.

22 (B) For capital equipment, $15,470,000.

23 (C) For plant projects (including mainte24 nance, restoration, planning, construction, ac25 quisition, modification of facilities, and the con-
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1 tinuation of projects authorized in prior years,

2 and land acquisition related thereto),

3 $21,000,000, to be allocated as follows:

4 Project GPD–101, general plant

5 projects, various locations, $4,000,000.

6 Project 93–D–102, Nevada support

7 facility, North Las Vegas, Nevada,

8 $17,000,000.

9 (2) For operating expenses for solar energy de10 velopment, $10,000,000.

11 (c) STOCKPILE SUPPORT.—Subject to subsection (f),

12 funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the De13 partment of Energy for fiscal year 1995 for stockpile sup14 port in carrying out weapons activities necessary for na15 tional security programs in the amount of

16 $1,557,085,000, to be allocated as follows:

17 (1) For operating expenses for stockpile sup18 port, $1,487,085,000.

19 (2) For capital equipment, $15,880,000.

20 (3) For plant projects (including maintenance,

21 restoration, planning, construction, acquisition,

22 modification of facilities, and the continuation of

23 projects authorized in prior years, and land acquisi24 tion related thereto), $54,120,000, to be allocated as

25 follows:
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1 Project GPD–121, general plant projects,

2 various locations, $1,000,000.

3 Project 95–D–122, sanitary sewer upgrade

4 Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,

5 $2,200,000.

6 Project 95–D–123, replace transportation

7 safeguards, aviation facility, Albuquerque, New

8 Mexico, $2,000,000.

9 Project 94–D–124, hydrogen fluoride sup10 ply system, Oak Ridge Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge,

11 Tennessee, $6,300,000.

12 Project 94–D–125, upgrade life safety,

13 Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri,

14 $1,000,000.

15 Project 94–D–127, emergency notification

16 system, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas,

17 $1,000,000.

18 Project 94–D–128, environmental safety

19 and health analytical laboratory, Pantex Plant,

20 Amarillo, Texas, $1,000,000.

21 Project 93–D–122, life safety upgrades,

22 Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,

23 $5,000,000.
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1 Project 88–D–122, facilities capability as2 surance program, various locations,

3 $19,620,000.

4 Project 88–D–123, security enhancements,

5 Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $15,000,000.

6 (d) PROGRAM DIRECTION.—Subject to subsection (f),

7 funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the De8 partment of Energy for fiscal year 1995 for program di9 rection in carrying out weapons activities necessary for na10 tional security programs in the amount of $169,852,000,

11 to be allocated as follows:

12 (1) For operating expenses for weapons pro13 gram direction, $167,498,000.

14 (2) For capital equipment, $2,354,000.

15 (e) RECONFIGURATION.—Subject to subsection (f),

16 funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the De17 partment of Energy for fiscal year 1995 for nuclear weap18 ons complex reconfiguration in carrying out weapons ac19 tivities necessary for national security programs in the

20 amount of $152,271,000, to be allocated as follows:

21 (1) For operating expenses for reconfiguration,

22 $94,271,000.

23 (2) For plant projects (including maintenance,

24 restoration, planning, construction, acquisition,

25 modification of facilities, and the continuation of
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1 projects authorized in prior years, and land acquisi2 tion related thereto), $58,000,000, all of which to be

3 allocated as follows:

4 Project 93–D–123, complex-21, various lo5 cations.

6 (f) ADJUSTMENTS.—Subject to section 3105, the

7 total amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to

8 this section is the sum of the amounts authorized to be

9 appropriated in subsections (a) through (e) reduced by the

10 sum of—

11 (1) $131,077,000, for use of prior year bal12 ances; and

13 (2) $11,000,000, for savings resulting from

14 procurement reform.

15 SEC. 3102. ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE

16 MANAGEMENT.

17 (a) CORRECTIVE ACTIVITIES.—Subject to subsection

18 (h), funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the

19 Department of Energy for fiscal year 1995 for corrective

20 activities in carrying out environmental restoration and

21 waste management activities necessary for national secu22 rity programs in the amount of $1,012,000, all of which

23 to be allocated to a plant project (including maintenance,

24 restoration, planning, construction, acquisition, modifica25 tion of facilities, and the continuation of projects author-
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1 ized in prior years, and land acquisition related thereto)

2 as follows:

3 Project 92–D–403, tank upgrades project, Law4 rence Livermore National Laboratory, California.

5 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.—(1) Subject to

6 paragraph (2), funds are hereby authorized to be appro7 priated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1995

8 for environmental restoration for operating expenses in

9 carrying out environmental restoration and waste manage10 ment activities necessary for national security programs

11 in the amount of $1,531,969,000.

12 (2) Subject to subsection (h), the amount authorized

13 to be appropriated pursuant to this subsection is the

14 amount authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1)

15 reduced by $133,900,000, as a result of the productivity

16 savings initiative.

17 (c) WASTE MANAGEMENT.—(1) Subject to paragraph

18 (2), funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the

19 Department of Energy for fiscal year 1995 for waste man20 agement in carrying out environmental restoration and

21 waste management activities necessary for national secu22 rity programs in the amount of $2,913,045,000, to be allo23 cated as follows:

24 (A) For operating expenses, $2,408,029,000.

25 (B) For capital equipment, $104,790,000.
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1 (C) For plant projects (including maintenance,

2 restoration, planning, construction, acquisition,

3 modification of facilities, and the continuation of

4 projects authorized in prior years, and land acquisi5 tion related thereto), $400,226,000, to be allocated

6 as follows:

7 Project GPD–171, general plant projects,

8 various locations, $23,742,000.

9 Project 95–D–401, radiological support fa10 cilities, Richland, Washington, $1,585,000.

11 Project 95–D–402, install permanent elec12 trical service, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New

13 Mexico, $700,000.

14 Project 95–D–403, hazardous waste stor15 age facility, Mound Plant, Miamisburg, Ohio,

16 $597,000.

17 Project 95–D–405, industrial landfill V

18 and construction demolition landfill VII, Oak

19 Ridge Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,

20 $1,000,000.

21 Project 95–D–406, road 5–01 reconstruc22 tion, area 5, Nevada Test Site, Nevada,

23 $2,338,000.
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1 Project 95–D–407, 219-S secondary con2 tainment upgrade, Richland, Washington,

3 $2,000,000.

4 Project 95–D–408, Phase II liquid effluent

5 treatment and disposal, Richland, Washington,

6 $7,100,000.

7 Project 94–D–400, high explosive

8 wastewater treatment system, Los Alamos Na9 tional Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico,

10 $1,000,000.

11 Project 94–D–402, liquid waste treatment

12 system, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, $3,292,000.

13 Project 94–D–404, Melton Valley storage

14 tank capacity increase, Oak Ridge National

15 Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,

16 $21,373,000.

17 Project 94–D–406, low-level waste disposal

18 facilities, K–25, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,

19 $6,000,000.

20 Project 94–D–407, initial tank retrieval

21 systems, Richland, Washington, $17,700,000.

22 Project 94–D–408, office facilities—200

23 East, Richland, Washington, $4,000,000.

24 Project 94–D–411, solid waste operation

25 complex, Richland, Washington, $42,200,000.
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1 Project 94–D–416, solvent storage tanks

2 installation, Savannah River, South Carolina,

3 $1,700,000.

4 Project 94–D–417, intermediate-level and

5 low-activity waste vaults, Savannah River,

6 South Carolina, $300,000.

7 Project 93–D–174, plant drain waste

8 water treatment upgrades, Y–12 Plant, Oak

9 Ridge, Tennessee, $1,400,000.

10 Project 93–D–178, building 374 liquid

11 waste treatment facility, Rocky Flats, Golden,

12 Colorado, $3,300,000.

13 Project 93–D–181, radioactive liquid waste

14 line replacement, Richland, Washington,

15 $3,300,000.

16 Project 93–D–182, replacement of cross17 site transfer system, Richland, Washington,

18 $18,910,000.

19 Project 93–D–183, multi-tank waste stor20 age facility, Richland, Washington,

21 $95,305,000.

22 Project 93–D–187, high-level waste re23 moval from filled waste tanks, Savannah River,

24 Aiken, South Carolina, $26,525,000.
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1 Project 92–D–177, tank 101–AZ waste re2 trieval system, Richland, Washington,

3 $5,000,000.

4 Project 92–D–188, waste management

5 ES&H, and compliance activities, various loca6 tions, $2,846,000.

7 Project 91–D–171, waste receiving and

8 processing facility, module 1, Richland, Wash9 ington, $3,995,000.

10 Project 90–D–172, aging waste transfer

11 line, Richland, Washington, $3,819,000.

12 Project 90–D–177, RWMC transuranic

13 (TRU) waste characterization and storage facil14 ity, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory,

15 Idaho, $11,747,000.

16 Project 90–D–178, TSA retrieval contain17 ment building, Idaho National Engineering

18 Laboratory, Idaho, $7,594,000.

19 Project 89–D–173, tank farm ventilation

20 upgrade, Richland, Washington, $800,000.

21 Project 89–D–174, replacement high-level

22 waste evaporator, Savannah River, South Caro23 lina, $18,000,000.
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1 Project 89–D–175, hazardous waste/mixed

2 waste disposal facility, Savannah River, South

3 Carolina, $500,000.

4 Project 86–D–103, decontamination and

5 waste treatment facility, Lawrence Livermore

6 National Laboratory, California, $9,500,000.

7 Project 83–D–148, nonradioactive hazard8 ous waste management, Savannah River, South

9 Carolina, $6,000,000.

10 Project 81–T–105, defense waste process11 ing facility, Savannah River, South Carolina,

12 $45,058,000.

13 (2) Subject to subsection (h), the total amount au14 thorized to be appropriated pursuant to this subsection is

15 the sum of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in

16 paragraph (1) reduced by $160,800,000, as a result of the

17 productivity savings initiative.

18 (d) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.—Subject to sub19 section (h), funds are hereby authorized to be appro20 priated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1995

21 for technology development in carrying out environmental

22 restoration and waste management activities necessary for

23 national security programs in the amount of

24 $426,409,000, to be allocated as follows:

25 (1) For operating expenses, $400,974,000.
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1 (2) For capital equipment, $25,435,000.

2 (e) TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT.—Subject to

3 subsection (h), funds are hereby authorized to be appro4 priated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1995

5 for transportation management in carrying out environ6 mental restoration and waste management activities nec7 essary for national security programs in the amount of

8 $20,684,000, to be allocated as follows:

9 (1) For operating expenses, $20,240,000.

10 (2) For capital equipment, $444,000.

11 (f) PROGRAM DIRECTION.—Subject to subsection (h),

12 funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the De13 partment of Energy for fiscal year 1995 for program di14 rection in carrying out environmental restoration and

15 waste management activities necessary for national secu16 rity programs in the amount of $84,948,000, to be allo17 cated as follows:

18 (1) For operating expenses, $83,748,000.

19 (2) For capital equipment, $1,200,000.

20 (g) FACILITY TRANSITION AND MANAGEMENT.—(1)

21 Subject to paragraph (2), funds are hereby authorized to

22 be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal

23 year 1995 for facility transition and management in carry24 ing out environmental restoration and waste management
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1 activities necessary for national security programs in the

2 amount of $791,857,000, to be allocated as follows:

3 (A) For operating expenses, $681,550,000.

4 (B) For capital equipment, $23,947,000.

5 (C) For plant projects (including maintenance,

6 restoration, planning, construction, acquisition,

7 modification of facilities, and the continuation of

8 projects authorized in prior years, and land acquisi9 tion related thereto), $86,360,000, to be allocated as

10 follows:

11 Project GPD–171, general plant projects,

12 various locations, $20,495,000.

13 Project 95–D–453, primary highway route

14 north of the Wye Barricade, Richland, Wash15 ington, $2,500,000.

16 Project 95–D–454, 324 facility compliance/

17 renovation, Richland, Washington, $1,500,000.

18 Project 95–D–455, Idaho National Engi19 neering Laboratory radio communications up20 grade, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory,

21 Idaho, $1,440,000.

22 Project 95–D–456, security facilities up23 grade, Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, Idaho

24 National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho,

25 $986,000.
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1 Project 94–D–122, underground storage

2 tanks, Rocky Flats, Colorado, $2,500,000.

3 Project 94–D–401, emergency response fa4 cility, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory,

5 Idaho, $5,219,000.

6 Project 94–D–412, 300 area process sewer

7 piping upgrade, Richland, Washington,

8 $7,800,000.

9 Project 94–D–415, medical facilities, Idaho

10 National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho,

11 $4,920,000.

12 Project 94–D–451, infrastructure replace13 ment, Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, Colorado,

14 $10,600,000.

15 Project 93–D–172, electrical upgrade,

16 Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho,

17 $7,800,000.

18 Project 93–D–184, 325 facility compliance/

19 renovation, Richland, Washington, $1,000,000.

20 Project 93–D–186, 200 area unsecured

21 core area fabrication shop, Richland, Washing22 ton, $4,000,000.

23 Project 92–D–125, master safeguards and

24 security agreement/materials surveillance task
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1 force security upgrades, Rocky Flats Plant,

2 Golden, Colorado, $2,100,000.

3 Project 92–D–181, INEL fire and life

4 safety improvements, Idaho National Engineer5 ing Laboratory, Idaho, $6,000,000.

6 Project 92–D–182, INEL sewer system

7 upgrade, Idaho National Engineering Labora8 tory, Idaho, $1,900,000.

9 Project 92–D–186, steam system rehabili10 tation, Phase II, Richland, Washington,

11 $5,600,000.

12 (2) Subject to subsection (h), the total amount au13 thorized to be appropriated pursuant to this subsection is

14 the sum of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in

15 paragraph (1) reduced by $5,000,000, as a result of the

16 productivity savings initiative.

17 (h) PRIOR YEAR BALANCES.—Subject to section

18 3105, the total amount authorized to be appropriated pur19 suant to this section is the sum of the amounts authorized

20 to be appropriated in subsections (a), (b)(2), (c)(2), (d),

21 (e), (f), and (g)(2) reduced by the sum of—

22 (1) $240,300,000 for use of prior year bal23 ances; and

24 (2) $17,500,000 for savings resulting from pro25 curement reform.
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1 SEC. 3103. NUCLEAR MATERIALS SUPPORT AND OTHER DE2 FENSE PROGRAMS.

3 (a) MATERIALS SUPPORT.—Subject to subsection

4 (d), funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the

5 Department of Energy for fiscal year 1995 for materials

6 support in carrying out nuclear materials support nec7 essary for national security programs in the amount of

8 $887,225,000, to be allocated as follows:

9 (1) For reactor operations, $163,634,000.

10 (2) For processing of nuclear materials,

11 $369,468,000.

12 (3) For support services, $167,776,000.

13 (4) For capital equipment, $39,427,000.

14 (5) For plant projects (including maintenance,

15 restoration, planning, construction, acquisition,

16 modification of facilities, and the continuation of

17 projects authorized in prior years, and land acquisi18 tion related thereto), $88,950,000, to be allocated as

19 follows:

20 Project GPD–146, general plant projects,

21 various locations, $21,000,000.

22 Project 95–D–154, health physics site sup23 port facility, Savannah River, South Carolina,

24 $2,000,000.
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1 Project 95–D–155, upgrade site road in2 frastructure, Savannah River, South Carolina,

3 $750,000.

4 Project 95–D–156, radio trunking system,

5 Savannah River, South Carolina, $2,100,000.

6 Project 95–D–157, D–area powerhouse life

7 extension, Savannah River, South Carolina,

8 $4,000,000.

9 Project 95–D–158, disassembly basin up10 grades K, L, and P, Savannah River, South

11 Carolina, $13,000,000.

12 Project 93–D–147, domestic water system

13 upgrade, Phases I and II, Savannah River,

14 South Carolina, $11,300,000.

15 Project 93–D–148, replace high-level drain

16 lines, Savannah River, South Carolina,

17 $2,700,000.

18 Project 93–D–152, environmental modi19 fication for production facilities, Savannah

20 River, South Carolina, $2,900,000.

21 Project 92–D–143, health protection in22 strument calibration facility, Savannah River,

23 South Carolina, $3,000,000.
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1 Project 90–D–149, plantwide fire protec2 tion, Phases I and II, Savannah River, South

3 Carolina, $21,000,000.

4 Project 92–D–150, operations support fa5 cilities, Savannah River, South Carolina,

6 $2,000,000.

7 Project 92–D–153, engineering support fa8 cility, Savannah River, South Carolina,

9 $3,200,000.

10 (6) For program direction, $58,000,000.

11 (b) OTHER DEFENSE PROGRAMS.—Subject to sub12 section (d), funds are hereby authorized to be appro13 priated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1995

14 for other defense programs in carrying out defense pro15 grams necessary for national security programs in the

16 amount of $692,204,000, to be allocated as follows:

17 (1) For verification and control technology,

18 $358,102,000, to be allocated as follows:

19 (A) For operating expenses, $342,229,000.

20 (B) For capital equipment, $15,873,000.

21 (2) For nuclear safeguards and security,

22 $85,816,000, to be allocated as follows:

23 (A) For operating expenses, $82,421,000.

24 (B) For capital equipment, $3,395,000.

25 (3) For security investigations, $38,827,000.
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1 (4) For security evaluations, $14,780,000.

2 (5) For the Office of Nuclear Safety,

3 $24,679,000, to be allocated as follows:

4 (A) For operating expenses, $24,629,000.

5 (B) For capital equipment, $50,000.

6 (6) For worker and community transition,

7 $120,000,000.

8 (7) For fissile material control and disposition,

9 $50,000,000.

10 (c) NAVAL REACTORS.—Subject to subsection (d),

11 funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the De12 partment of Energy for fiscal year 1995 for naval reactors

13 in carrying out nuclear materials support and other de14 fense programs necessary for national security programs

15 in the amount of $730,651,000, to be allocated as follows:

16 (1) For naval reactors development,

17 $698,651,000, to be allocated as follows:

18 (A) For operating expenses:

19 (i) For plant development,

20 $146,700,000.

21 (ii) For reactor development,

22 $348,951,000.

23 (iii) For reactor operation and evalua24 tion, $136,000,000.
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1 (iv) For program direction,

2 $18,800,000.

3 (B) For capital equipment, $28,200,000.

4 (C) For plant projects (including mainte5 nance, restoration, planning, construction, ac6 quisition, modification of facilities, and the con7 tinuation of projects authorized in prior years,

8 and land acquisition related thereto),

9 $20,000,000, to be allocated as follows:

10 Project GPN–101, general plant

11 projects, various locations, $6,200,000.

12 Project 95–D–200, laboratory systems

13 and hot cell upgrades, various locations,

14 $2,400,000.

15 Project 95–D–201, advanced test re16 actor radioactive waste system upgrades,

17 Idaho National Engineering Laboratory,

18 Idaho, $700,000.

19 Project 93–D–200, engineering serv20 ices facilities, Knolls Atomic Power Lab21 oratory, Niskayuna, New York,

22 $7,900,000.

23 Project 92–D–200, laboratories facili24 ties upgrades, various locations,

25 $2,800,000.
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1 (2) For enrichment materials, for operating ex2 penses, $32,000,000.

3 (d) ADJUSTMENTS.—Subject to section 3105, the

4 total amount that may be appropriated pursuant to this

5 section is the sum of the amounts authorized to be appro6 priated in subsections (a), (b), and (c) reduced by the sum

7 of —

8 (1) $40,000,000, for recovery of overpayment to

9 the Savannah River Pension Fund;

10 (2) $6,500,000, for savings resulting from pro11 curement reform; and

12 (3) $369,700,000, for transfer and use of prior

13 year balances for materials support and other de14 fense programs.

15 SEC. 3104. DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL.

16 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to

17 the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1995 for pay18 ment to the Nuclear Waste Fund established in section

19 302(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42

20 U.S.C. 10222(c)) in the amount of $129,430,000.

21 SEC. 3105. GENERAL REDUCTION IN AUTHORIZATION OF

22 APPROPRIATIONS.

23 The total amount authorized to be appropriated pur24 suant to sections 3101, 3102, 3103, and 3104 is the sum

25 of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in such sec-
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1 tions reduced by $220,000,000 for use of prior year bal2 ances from fiscal year 1994.

3 Subtitle B—Recurring General

4 Provisions

5 SEC. 3121. REPROGRAMMING.

6 (a) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—(1) Except as otherwise

7 provided in this title—

8 (A) no amount appropriated pursuant to this

9 title may be used for any program in excess of the

10 lesser of—

11 (i) 105 percent of the amount authorized

12 for that program by this title; or

13 (ii) $10,000,000 more than the amount

14 authorized for that program by this title; and

15 (B) no amount appropriated pursuant to this

16 title may be used for any program which has not

17 been presented to, or requested of, the Congress.

18 (2) An action described in paragraph (1) may not be

19 taken until—

20 (A) the Secretary of Energy has submitted to

21 the congressional defense committees a report con22 taining a full and complete statement of the action

23 proposed to be taken and the facts and cir24 cumstances relied upon in support of the proposed

25 action; and
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1 (B) a period of 30 days has elapsed after the

2 date on which the report is received by the commit3 tees.

4 (3) In the computation of the 30-day period under

5 paragraph (2), there shall be excluded any day on which

6 either House of Congress is not in session because of an

7 adjournment of more than 3 calendar days to a day cer8 tain.

9 (b) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OBLIGATED.—In no

10 event may the total amount of funds obligated pursuant

11 to this title exceed the total amount authorized to be ap12 propriated by this title.

13 SEC. 3122. LIMITS ON GENERAL PLANT PROJECTS.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy may

15 carry out any construction project under the general plant

16 projects authorized by this title if the total estimated cost

17 of the construction project does not exceed $2,000,000.

18 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—If, at any time during

19 the construction of any general plant project authorized

20 by this title, the estimated cost of the project is revised

21 because of unforeseen cost variations and the revised cost

22 of the project exceeds $2,000,000, the Secretary shall im23 mediately furnish a complete report to the congressional

24 defense committees explaining the reasons for the cost

25 variation.
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1 SEC. 3123. LIMITS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Except as provided in para3 graph (2), construction on a construction project may not

4 be started or additional obligations incurred in connection

5 with the project above the total estimated cost, whenever

6 the current estimated cost of the construction project,

7 which is authorized by section 3101, 3102, or 3103, or

8 which is in support of national security programs of the

9 Department of Energy and was authorized by any pre10 vious Act, exceeds by more than 25 percent the higher

11 of—

12 (A) the amount authorized for the project; or

13 (B) the amount of the total estimated cost for

14 the project as shown in the most recent budget jus15 tification data submitted to the Congress.

16 (2) An action described in paragraph (1) may be

17 taken if—

18 (A) the Secretary of Energy has submitted to

19 the congressional defense committees a report on the

20 action and the circumstances making such action

21 necessary; and

22 (B) a period of 30 days has elapsed after the

23 date on which the report is received by the commit24 tees.

25 (3) In the computation of the 30-day period under

26 paragraph (2), there shall be excluded any day on which
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1 either House of Congress is not in session because of an

2 adjournment of more than 3 calendar days to a day cer3 tain.

4 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to

5 any construction project which has a current estimated

6 cost of less than $5,000,000.

7 SEC. 3124. FUNDS TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

8 The Secretary of Energy may transfer funds appro9 priated pursuant to this title to other agencies of the Fed10 eral Government for the performance of the work for

11 which the funds were appropriated, and funds so trans12 ferred may be merged with the appropriations of the agen13 cy to which the funds are transferred.

14 SEC. 3125. AUTHORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION DESIGN.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Within the amounts author16 ized by this title, the Secretary of Energy may carry out

17 advance planning and construction design (including ar18 chitectural and engineering services) in connection with

19 any proposed construction project if the total estimated

20 cost for such planning and design does not exceed

21 $3,000,000.

22 (2) In the case of any project in which the total esti23 mated cost for advance planning and design exceeds

24 $600,000, the Secretary shall notify the congressional de25 fense committees in writing of the details of such project
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1 at least 30 days before any funds are obligated for design

2 services for such project.

3 (b) SPECIFIC AUTHORITY REQUIRED.—In any case

4 in which the total estimated cost for advance planning and

5 construction design in connection with any construction

6 project exceeds $3,000,000, funds for such planning and

7 design must be specifically authorized by law.

8 SEC. 3126. REQUIREMENT FOR COMPLETION OF CONCEP9 TUAL DESIGN TO PRECEDE REQUEST FOR

10 CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.

11 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Before submitting to Congress

12 a request for funds for a construction project that is in

13 support of a national security program of the Department

14 of Energy, the Secretary of Energy shall complete a con15 ceptual design for that project.

16 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The requirement in subsection (a)

17 does not apply to requests for funds—

18 (1) for the costs of preparing a conceptual de19 sign for a construction project referred to in that

20 subsection; or

21 (2) for emergency planning, design, and con22 struction activities under section 3127.
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1 SEC. 3127. AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING, DE2 SIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.

3 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Energy may use

4 any funds available to the Department of Energy under

5 sections 3101, 3102, and 3103, including those funds au6 thorized to be appropriated for advance planning and con7 struction design, to perform planning, design, and con8 struction activities for any Department of Energy national

9 security program construction project that, as determined

10 by the Secretary, must proceed expeditiously in order to

11 protect public health and safety, meet the needs of na12 tional defense, or protect property.

13 (b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not exercise

14 the authority under subsection (a) in the case of any con15 struction project until the Secretary has submitted to the

16 congressional defense committees a report on the activities

17 that the Secretary intends to carry out under this section

18 and the circumstances making such activities necessary.

19 (c) SPECIFIC AUTHORITY.—The requirement of sec20 tion 3125(b) does not apply to emergency planning, de21 sign, and construction activities conducted under this sec22 tion.

23 (d) REPORT.—The Secretary of Energy shall prompt24 ly report to the congressional defense committees any ex25 ercise of authority under this section.
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1 SEC. 3128. FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ALL NATIONAL SECU2 RITY PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

3 ENERGY.

4 Subject to the provisions of appropriation Acts and

5 section 3121, amounts appropriated pursuant to this title

6 that are made available for management and support ac7 tivities and for general plant projects are available for use,

8 when necessary, in connection with all national security

9 programs of the Department of Energy.

10 SEC. 3129. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

11 When so specified in an appropriation Act, amounts

12 appropriated for operating expenses, plant projects, and

13 capital equipment may remain available until expended.

14 Subtitle C—Program Authoriza15 tions, Restrictions, and Limita16 tions

17 SEC. 3131. STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP RECRUITMENT AND

18 TRAINING PROGRAM.

19 (a) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—(1) As part of the

20 stockpile stewardship program established pursuant to

21 section 3138 of the National Defense Authorization Act

22 for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160; 107 Stat.

23 1946; 42 U.S.C. 2121 note), the Secretary of Energy shall

24 conduct a stockpile stewardship recruitment and training

25 program at the Sandia National Laboratories, the Law-
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1 rence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Los Ala2 mos National Laboratory.

3 (2) The recruitment and training program shall be

4 conducted in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint

5 Nuclear Weapons Council established by section 179 of

6 title 10, United States Code, and the directors of the lab7 oratories referred to in paragraph (1).

8 (b) SUPPORT OF DUAL-USE PROGRAMS.—(1) As

9 part of the recruitment and training program, the direc10 tors of the laboratories referred to in subsection (a)(1)

11 may employ undergraduate students, graduate students,

12 and postdoctoral fellows to carry out research sponsored

13 by such laboratories for military or nonmilitary dual-use

14 programs related to nuclear weapons stockpile steward15 ship.

16 (2) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to

17 the Secretary of Energy pursuant to section 3101(a)(1)

18 for weapons activities for core research and development

19 and allocated by the Secretary for education initiatives,

20 $4,000,000 shall be available for carrying out paragraph

21 (1). The amount available under this paragraph shall be

22 allocated equally among the laboratories referred to in

23 subsection (a)(1).

24 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF RETIREE CORPS.—As part

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1 in coordination with the directors of the laboratories re2 ferred to in subsection (a)(1), shall establish for the lab3 oratories a retiree corps of retired scientists who have ex4 pertise in research and development of nuclear weapons.

5 The directors may employ the retired scientists on a part6 time basis to provide appropriate assistance on nuclear

7 weapons issues, to contribute relevant information to be

8 archived, and to help to provide training to other sci9 entists.

10 (d) REPORT.—(1) Not later than February 1, 1995,

11 the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional

12 defense committees a report on the demographic trends

13 of the personnel of the laboratories referred to in sub14 section (a)(1) and on actions taken by the Department

15 of Energy to remedy identified deficiencies in various skill

16 areas.

17 (2) The report shall be prepared in coordination with

18 the Chairman of the Joint Nuclear Weapons Council and

19 the directors of the laboratories. Information included in

20 the report shall be aggregated and compiled into statistical

21 categories.

22 (3) The report shall include the following:

23 (A) An inventory of the weapons-related tasks

24 that the laboratories need to perform to support

25 their nuclear weapons responsibilities.
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1 (B) An inventory of the skills necessary to com2 plete the weapons-related tasks referred to in sub3 paragraph (A).

4 (C) For each laboratory, the number of sci5 entists needed in each skill area to perform such

6 tasks.

7 (D) The number of the scientists providing

8 services in each skill area at each laboratory, stated

9 by age.

10 (E) An assessment of which skill areas are

11 understaffed.

12 (F) The number of scientists entering the weap13 ons program at each laboratory, and their skill

14 areas.

15 (G) The number of full-time equivalent person16 nel with weapon skills, their distribution by skill

17 and, for each such skill, their distribution by age.

18 (H) The number of scientists retiring from the

19 weapons program in the 5- year period ending on

20 the date of the report and the skill areas in which

21 they worked in the year preceding their retirement.

22 (I) Based on the information contained in sub23 paragraphs (A) through (H), a projection of the

24 skills areas that will become understaffed in the five

25 years following the date of the report.
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1 (J) Alternative actions that may be taken to re2 tain and recruit scientists for the weapons programs

3 at the laboratories in order to preserve a sufficient

4 skill base and to fulfill stockpile stewardship respon5 sibilities.

6 (K) Any plans of the Secretary to take any of

7 the alternative actions referred to in subparagraph

8 (J).

9 SEC. 3132. DEFENSE INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION PRO10 GRAM.

11 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this

12 title to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1995,

13 $176,473,000 shall be available for the defense inertial

14 confinement fusion program.

15 SEC. 3133. PAYMENT OF PENALTIES.

16 The Secretary of Energy may pay to the Hazardous

17 Substance Superfund established under section 9507 of

18 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9507),

19 from funds appropriated to the Department of Energy for

20 environmental restoration and waste management activi21 ties pursuant to section 3102, stipulated civil penalties as22 sessed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

23 Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601

24 et seq.) in amounts as follows:
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1 (1) $50,000, assessed against the Fernald En2 vironmental Management Project, Ohio, under such

3 Act.

4 (2) $50,000, assessed against the Portsmouth

5 Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Ohio, under such Act.

6 SEC. 3134. WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS.

7 From funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant

8 to section 3102 to the Department of Energy for environ9 mental restoration and waste management activities, the

10 Secretary of Energy may reimburse the cities of West11 minster, Broomfield, Thornton, and Northglenn, in the

12 State of Colorado, $11,415,000 for the cost of implement13 ing water management programs. Reimbursements for the

14 water management programs shall not be considered a

15 major Federal action for purposes of section 102(2) of the

16 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.

17 4332(2)).

18 SEC. 3135. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SPECIAL AC19 CESS PROGRAMS.

20 Not more than 20 percent of the funds appropriated

21 or otherwise made available to the Department of Energy

22 for fiscal year 1995 pursuant to this title that are avail23 able for limited access programs and special access pro24 gram may be obligated for a limited access program or

25 special access program until the Secretary of Energy sub-
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1 mits to the congressional defense committees the annual

2 reports required to be submitted in that fiscal year under

3 subsections (a) and (b) of section 93 of the Atomic Energy

4 Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2122a).

5 SEC. 3136. PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILI6 TIES WORKERS.

7 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by section

8 310(2) for environmental restoration and waste manage9 ment activities, $11,000,000 shall be available to carry out

10 activities authorized under section 3131 of the National

11 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and

12 1993 (Public Law 102–190; 105 Stat. 1571; 42 U.S.C.

13 7274d), relating to worker protection at nuclear weapons

14 facilities.

15 SEC. 3137. NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS.

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more

17 than 90 percent of the funds appropriated to the Depart18 ment of Energy for national security programs under this

19 title may be obligated for such programs until the Sec20 retary of Energy submits to the congressional defense

21 committees the five-year budget plan with respect to fiscal

22 year 1995 required under section 3144 of the National

23 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and

24 1991 (Public Law 101–189; 103 Stat. 1681; 42 U.S.C.

25 7271b).
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1 SEC. 3138. SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR

2 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE

3 MANAGEMENT.

4 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the De5 partment of Energy for fiscal year 1995 for environmental

6 restoration and waste management, $1,000,000 shall be

7 available for the Scholarship and Fellowship Program for

8 Environmental Restoration and Waste Management car9 ried out under section 3123 of the National Defense Au10 thorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public

11 Law 102–190; 105 Stat. 1572; 42 U.S.C. 7274e).

12 SEC. 3139. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AND

13 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RE14 SPONSE TRAINING PROGRAM.

15 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the De16 partment of Energy for fiscal year 1995 under section

17 3102(d), not more than $14,000,000 shall be available to

18 carry out a hazardous materials management and hazard19 ous materials emergency response training program at

20 Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Richland, Washington.

21 SEC. 3140. PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN

22 EXPOSED TO RADIATION RELEASED FROM

23 HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION.

24 (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds authorized to be appro25 priated to the Department of Energy under section 3101

26 for fiscal year 1995, $3,295,591 shall be available for ac-
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1 tivities relating to the Hanford Health Information Net2 work established pursuant to the authority set forth in

3 section 3138 of the National Defense Authorization Act

4 for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat.

5 1834).

6 (b) LIMITATION ON RELEASE OF CERTAIN PER7 SONAL INFORMATION.—(1) Information referred to in

8 paragraph (2) that is collected from an individual pursu9 ant to operation of the Hanford Health Information Net10 work shall be used only by the Network unless the individ11 ual, or a designated legal representative of the individual,

12 authorizes in writing the use of the information for an13 other purpose.

14 (2) Paragraph (1) applies to the following informa15 tion:

16 (A) The name, address, telephone number, and

17 medical information and records of each individual

18 requesting assistance and information from the Net19 work.

20 (B) Such other information or categories of in21 formation as the chief officers of the health depart22 ments of the States of Washington, Oregon, and

23 Idaho jointly designate as information covered by

24 this subsection.
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1 SEC. 3141. SOLAR ENERGY ACTIVITIES AT NEVADA TEST

2 SITE, NEVADA.

3 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the De4 partment of Energy under section 3101, $10,000,000

5 shall be available for development of solar energy at the

6 Nevada Test Site, Nevada.

7 Subtitle D—Other Matters

8 SEC. 3151. ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES FOR DEPARTMENT

9 OF ENERGY FUNDS.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall

11 prescribe procedures to account for the use of funds for

12 the performance of the programs and activities of the De13 partment of Energy for which funds are appropriated for

14 national security programs of the Department of Energy.

15 The procedures shall provide for such accounting for fiscal

16 years beginning after fiscal year 1996.

17 (b) COVERED MATTERS.—The Secretary shall pre18 scribe procedures under subsection (a)—

19 (1) to account for the funds appropriated to the

20 Department for national security programs and ac21 tivities of the Department that are not used for the

22 purpose for which such funds were appropriated;

23 and

24 (2) to provide an accounting for all encumbered

25 funds, unencumbered funds, unobligated funds,
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1 costed funds, and uncosted obligations of the De2 partment in that fiscal year.

3 SEC. 3152. APPROVAL FOR CERTAIN NUCLEAR WEAPONS

4 ACTIVITIES.

5 (a) APPROVAL BY JOINT NUCLEAR WEAPONS COUN6 CIL.—Subsection (d) of section 179 of title 10, United

7 States Code, is amended—

8 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as

9 paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; and

10 (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the follow11 ing new paragraph (8):

12 ‘‘(8) Coordinating and approving activities initi13 ated or conducted by the Department of Energy for

14 the study, development, and production of nuclear

15 warheads, including concept definition studies, fea16 sibility studies, engineering development, hardware

17 component fabrication, warhead production, and

18 warhead retirement.’’.

19 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Subsections (a)(3)

20 and (b) of such section are amended by striking out ‘‘ap21 pointed’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof

22 ‘‘designated’’.
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1 SEC. 3153. STUDY OF FEASIBILITY OF CONDUCTING CER2 TAIN ACTIVITIES AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE,

3 NEVADA.

4 Not later than April 1, 1995, the Secretary of Energy

5 shall submit to Congress a report on the feasibility of con6 ducting the following activities at the Nevada Test Site,

7 Nevada:

8 (1) The demilitarization of large rocket motors,

9 high energetic explosives and conventional ordnance.

10 (2) Disarmament and demilitarization of con11 ventional weapons and components, generally.

12 (3) The conduct of experiments that assist in

13 monitoring compliance with international agreements

14 on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.

15 (4) The conduct of programs for the Depart16 ment of Energy and the Department of Defense to

17 develop simulator technologies for nuclear weapons

18 design and effects, including advanced hydrodynamic

19 simulators, fusion test facilities, and nuclear weap20 ons effects simulators (such as the Decade and Jupi21 ter simulators).

22 (5) The conduct of the stockpile stewardship

23 program established pursuant to section 3138 of the

24 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

25 1994 (42 U.S.C. 2121 note).
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1 (6) Experiments related to the nonproliferation

2 of nuclear weapons, including experiments with re3 spect to disablement of such weapons, nuclear

4 forensics, sensors, and verification and monitoring.

5 SEC. 3154. TRITIUM PRODUCTION.

6 (a) ASSUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRODUC7 TION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

8 Defense Nuclear Agency shall, effective October 1, 1995,

9 undertake responsibility for the production of tritium to

10 meet the tritium requirements of the United States after

11 2008.

12 (b) BUDGETARY MATTERS.—(1) The Secretary of

13 Defense shall identify in the defense budget documents

14 submitted to Congress for fiscal year 1996 the amount

15 that the Secretary proposes to make available to the De16 fense Nuclear Agency for that fiscal year in order to fund

17 the activities of the agency undertaken pursuant to sub18 section (a).

19 (2) The amount included in the budget documents

20 shall be the amount that the Secretary determines nec21 essary to ensure that the Defense Nuclear Agency has suf22 ficient resources—

23 (A) to identify and study tritium production

24 technologies necessary to meet the tritium require25 ments of the United States after 2008;
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1 (B) to meet any requirement under Federal law

2 for the preparation of assessments of the affects of

3 the utilization of technologies identified under sub4 paragraph (A) on the environment; and

5 (C) to select a tritium production technology to

6 meet the requirements referred to in that subpara7 graph.

8 (c) DEFENSE BUDGET DOCUMENTS DEFINED.—For

9 purposes of this section, the defense budget documents for

10 fiscal year 1996 are the documents relating to the budget

11 for the Department of Defense for such fiscal year that

12 the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress in support

13 of the budget for fiscal year 1996 that the President sub14 mits to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31,

15 United States Code.

16 SEC. 3155. OFFICE OF FISSILE MATERIALS DISPOSITION.

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title II of the Department of

18 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.) is

19 amended by adding at the end the following:

20 ‘‘OFFICE OF FISSILE MATERIALS DISPOSITION

21 ‘‘SEC. 212. (a) There shall be within the Department

22 an Office of Fissile Materials Disposition.

23 ‘‘(b) The Secretary shall designate the head of the

24 Office. The head of the Office shall report to the Under

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1 ‘‘(c) The head of the Office shall be responsible for

2 all activities of the Department relating to the manage3 ment, storage, and disposition of fissile materials from

4 weapons and weapons systems that are excess to the na5 tional security needs of the United States.’’.

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con7 tents in the first section of such Act is amended by insert8 ing after the item relating to section 210 the following

9 new items:

‘‘Sec. 211. Office of Minority Economic Impact.

‘‘Sec. 212. Office of Fissile Materials Disposition.’’.

10 SEC. 3156. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO LOAN PERSON11 NEL AND FACILITIES AT IDAHO NATIONAL

12 ENGINEERING LABORATORY.

13 Section 1434 of the National Defense Authorization

14 Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100–456; 102 Stat.

15 2074), as amended by section 3136 of the National De16 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law

17 102–484; 106 Stat. 2641), is further amended—

18 (1) in the third sentence of subsection (a)(3),

19 by striking out ‘‘fiscal years 1993 and 1994’’ and in20 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘fiscal years 1993, 1994,

21 1995, 1996, and 1997’’; and

22 (2) in subsection (c), by striking out ‘‘Septem23 ber 30, 1994, with respect to the Idaho National

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1 of ‘‘September 30, 1997, with respect to the Idaho

2 National Engineering Laboratory’’.

3 SEC. 3157. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR FIVE-YEAR

4 PLAN FOR DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

5 Subsection (a) section 3135 of the National Defense

6 Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public

7 Law 102–190; 105 Stat. 1575; 42 U.S.C. 7274g(a)) is

8 amended—

9 (1) in paragraph (1)—

10 (A) by striking out ‘‘(A) defense nuclear

11 facilities and (B) all other facilities owned or

12 operated by the Department of Energy’’ in the

13 first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘all

14 facilities owned or operated by the Department

15 of Energy except defense nuclear facilities’’;

16 and

17 (B) by inserting ‘‘such’’ in the third sen18 tence after ‘‘restoration at all’’;

19 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking out ‘‘The plan

20 shall contain the following matter:’’ and inserting in

21 lieu thereof ‘‘The plan shall include, with respect to

22 the Department of Energy facilities required by

23 paragraph (1) to be covered by the plan, the follow24 ing matters:’’;

25 (3) by striking out paragraph (6); and
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1 (4) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para2 graph (6).

3 SEC. 3158. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF POSITIONS FOR ENVI4 RONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MAN5 AGEMENT PERSONNEL EXCEPTED FROM

6 CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.

7 Subsection (d) of section 621 of the Department of

8 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7231) is amended

9 to read as follows:

10 ‘‘(d)(1) In addition to the number of positions which

11 may be placed above GS–15 under section 5108 of title

12 5, United States Code, under existing law, or under this

13 Act, and to the extent the Secretary considers necessary

14 to the discharge of the Secretary’s functions, the Secretary

15 may appoint personnel as follows:

16 ‘‘(A) Not more than 350 scientific, engineering,

17 professional, and administrative personnel who shall

18 perform environmental restoration and waste man19 agement functions and safety-related functions at

20 defense nuclear facilities.

21 ‘‘(B) Not more than 200 scientific, engineering,

22 professional, and administrative personnel who shall

23 perform such other functions as the Secretary shall

24 designate.

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1 ‘‘(A) appoint personnel under paragraph (1)

2 without regard to the civil service laws; and

3 ‘‘(B) fix the compensation of such personnel not

4 in excess of the maximum rate payable for positions

5 the rate of basic pay for which is fixed under section

6 5376 of title 5, United States Code.’’.

7 TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NU8 CLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY

9 BOARD AUTHORIZATION

10 SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION.

11 There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal

12 year 1995, $17,933,000 for the operation of the Defense

13 Nuclear Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the

14 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.).

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Calendar No. 480

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2210

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for

and for other purposes.defense activities of the Department of Energy,

JUNE 20 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Read twice and placed on the calendar