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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4185 

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress 

annual reports on the budget for international and domestic nuclear 

security and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 13, 2019 

Mr. PANETTA (for himself and Mr. FLEISCHMANN) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 

submit to Congress annual reports on the budget for 

international and domestic nuclear security and nuclear 

nonproliferation programs of the United States. 

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 Security and 

5 Nonproliferation Accounting Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTS ON NUCLEAR SECURITY AND NU2 CLEAR NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAM 

3 BUDGETS. 

4 (a) REPORTS BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY

5 OFFICE.—Not later than 270 days after the date on which 

6 the President submits to Congress the budget pursuant 

7 to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal 

8 year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Comptroller 

9 General of the United States shall submit to the appro10 priate congressional committees a report on the budgets 

11 for nuclear security and nuclear nonproliferation programs 

12 contained in such budget submitted by the President. 

13 (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub14 section (a) shall include the following with respect to the 

15 budget of the President covered by the report: 

16 (1) A summary, at the program level, of all of 

17 the funding provided for the nuclear security and 

18 nuclear nonproliferation programs of the Depart19 ment of Defense, the Department of State, the De20 partment of the Treasury, the Department of Jus21 tice, the Department of Commerce, the Department 

22 of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, 

23 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Office 

24 of the Director of National Intelligence. 

25 (2) A summary of the budget for each nuclear 

26 security and nuclear nonproliferation program of the 


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1 elements of the Federal Government specified in 

2 paragraph (1). 

3 (3) An assessment of— 

4 (A) any changes in the budget estimates 

5 for nuclear security and nuclear nonprolifera6 tion programs between the previous fiscal year 

7 and the fiscal year covered by such budget; 

8 (B) redundancies with respect to nuclear 

9 security and nuclear nonproliferation programs 

10 that may exist in the Federal Government; 

11 (C) how accurately budget estimates have 

12 anticipated funds expended on nuclear security 

13 and nuclear nonproliferation programs; and 

14 (D) how funds for nuclear security and nu15 clear nonproliferation programs that are not ob16 ligated or expended for the purpose for which 

17 they are appropriated are transferred or repro18 grammed. 

19 (4) Recommendations, as appropriate, for the 

20 development of new metrics to evaluate Federal nu21 clear security and nuclear nonproliferation pro22 grams. 

23 (c) FORM.—Each report under subsection (a) shall 

24 be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a clas25 sified annex. 


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1 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT3 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com4 mittees’’ means— 

5 (A) the Committee on Appropriations, the 

6 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 

7 on the Budget, the Committee on Energy and 

8 Commerce, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

9 and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

10 the House of Representatives; and 

11 (B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 

12 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 

13 on the Budget, the Committee on Energy and 

14 Natural Resources, the Committee on Foreign 

15 Relations, and the Committee on Homeland Se16 curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

17 (2) NUCLEAR SECURITY AND NUCLEAR NON18 PROLIFERATION PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘nuclear se19 curity and nuclear nonproliferation program’’ means 

20 a program of the Federal Government with the goal 

21 of— 

22 (A) preventing nuclear and radiological 

23 terrorism; 

24 (B) preventing nuclear proliferation; 


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1 (C) implementing arms control agree2 ments; 

3 (D) stopping illicit transfers of nuclear 

4 technology; 

5 (E) screening cargo at domestic and inter6 national ports; 

7 (F) researching and developing tools and 

8 strategies to address future non-proliferation 

9 activities; or 

10 (G) supporting any other activity involving 

11 the security of nuclear and radiological mate12 rials. 

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