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Calendar No. 506

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2403

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for defense activities of 

the Department of Energy, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 11, 2004

Mr. WARNER, 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 2005 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 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
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Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined. 

TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL 

SECURITY PROGRAMS 

Subtitle A—National Security Programs Authorizations 

Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 

Sec. 3102. Defense environmental management. 

Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 

Sec. 3104. Defense nuclear waste disposal. 

Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and 

Limitations 

Sec. 3111. Limitation on availability of funds for Modern Pit Facility. 

Sec. 3112. Limitation on availability of funds for Advanced Nuclear Weapons 

Concepts Initiative. 

Sec. 3113. Limited authority to carry out new projects under Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program after project selection 

deadline. 

Sec. 3114. Modification of milestone and report requirements for National Ignition Facility. 

Sec. 3115. Modification of submittal date of annual plan for stewardship, management, and certification of warheads in the nuclear weapons 

stockpile. 

Sec. 3116. Defense site acceleration completion. 

Sec. 3117. Annual report on expenditures for safeguards and security. 

Sec. 3118. Authority to consolidate counterintelligence offices of Department of 

Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration within 

National Nuclear Security Administration. 

Sec. 3119. Treatment of disposition waste from reprocessing of low-level or 

transuranic waste. 

Sec. 3120. Local stakeholder organizations for Department of Energy environmental management 2006 closure sites. 

Sec. 3121. Report on maintenance of retirement benefits for certain workers at 

2006 closure sites after closure of sites. 

Subtitle C—Proliferation Matters 

Sec. 3131. Modification of authority to use international nuclear materials protection and cooperation program funds outside the former Soviet Union. 

Subtitle D—Other Matters 

Sec. 3141. Indemnification of Department of Energy contractors. 

Sec. 3142. Two-year extension of authority for appointment of certain scientific, engineering, and technical personnel. 

Sec. 3143. Enhancement of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program authorities. 

Sec. 3144. Support for public education in the vicinity of Los Alamos National 

Laboratory, New Mexico. 

Sec. 3145. Review of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico, pursuant to 

competitive contract. 
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Sec. 3146. Compensation of Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico, homesteaders for 

acquisition of lands for Manhattan Project in World War II. 

TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY 

BOARD 

Sec. 3201. Authorization. 

TITLE XXXIII—NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE 

Sec. 3301. Disposal of ferromanganese. 

Sec. 3302. Revisions to required receipt objectives for certain previously authorized disposals from the National Defense Stockpile.

1 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. 

2 For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional de3 fense committees’’ means—

4 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

5 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

6 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

7 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep8 resentatives. 

9 TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF 

10 ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

11 PROGRAMS 

12 Subtitle A—National Security 

13 Programs Authorizations 

14 SEC. 3101. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA15 TION. 

16 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

17 are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart18 ment of Energy for fiscal year 2005 for the activities of 

19 the National Nuclear Security Administration in carrying 
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1 out programs necessary for national security in the 

2 amount of $9,165,145,000, to be allocated as follows: 

3 (1) For weapons activities, $6,674,898,000. 

4 (2) For defense nuclear nonproliferation activi5 ties, $1,348,647,000. 

6 (3) For naval reactors, $797,900,000. 

7 (4) For the Office of the Administrator for Nu8 clear Security, $343,700,000. 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.—

10 From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 

11 for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 

12 may carry out new plant projects for weapons activities, 

13 as follows: 

14 (1) For readiness in technical base and facili15 ties: 

16 Project 05–D–140, Readiness in Technical 

17 Base and Facilities Program (RTBF), project 

18 engineering and design (PED), various loca19 tions, $11,600,000. 

20 Project 05–D–401, Building 12–64 pro21 duction bays upgrade, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, 

22 Texas, $25,000,000. 

23 Project 05–D–402, Beryllium Capability 

24 (BeC) Project, Y–12 National Security Com25 plex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $3,627,000. 
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1 (2) For facilities and infrastructure recapital2 ization: 

3 Project 05–D–160, Facilities and Infra4 structure Recapitalization Program (FIRP), 

5 project engineering and design (PED), various 

6 locations, $8,700,000. 

7 Project 05–D–601, compressed air up8 grades, Y–12 National Security Complex, Oak 

9 Ridge, Tennessee, $4,400,000. 

10 Project 05–D–602, power grid infrastruc11 ture upgrade (PGIU), Los Alamos National 

12 Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 

13 $10,000,000. 

14 Project 05–D–603, new master substation, 

15 technical areas I and IV, Sandia National Lab16 oratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, $600,000. 

17 (3) For safeguards and security: 

18 Project 05–D–170, safeguards and secu19 rity, project engineering and design (PED), 

20 various locations, $17,000,000. 

21 Project 05–D–701, security perimeter, Los 

22 Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New 

23 Mexico, $20,000,000. 

24 (4) For naval reactors: 
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1 Project 05–N–900, materials development 

2 facility building, Schenectady, New York, 

3 $6,200,000.

4 SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

6 are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart7 ment of Energy for fiscal year 2005 for environmental 

8 management activities in carrying out programs necessary 

9 for national security in the amount of $6,954,402,000, to 

10 be allocated as follows: 

11 (1) For defense site acceleration completion, 

12 $5,971,932,000. 

13 (2) For defense environmental services, 

14 $982,470,000. 

15 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF NEW PLANT PROJECT.—

16 From funds referred to in subsection (a)(2) that are avail17 able for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of En18 ergy may carry out, for environmental management activi19 ties, the following new plant project: 

20 Project 05–D–405, salt waste processing facil21 ity, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, 

22 $52,000,000.

23 SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 

24 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to 

25 the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2005 for other 
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1 defense activities in carrying out programs necessary for 

2 national security in the amount of $568,096,000.

3 SEC. 3104. DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL. 

4 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to 

5 the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2005 for defense 

6 nuclear waste disposal for payment to the Nuclear Waste 

7 Fund established in section 302(c) of the Nuclear Waste 

8 Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)) in the amount 

9 of $108,000,000.

10 Subtitle B—Program Authoriza11 tions, Restrictions, and Limita12 tions 

13 SEC. 3111. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

14 MODERN PIT FACILITY. 

15 (a) LIMITATION.—Of the amount authorized to be 

16 appropriated by section 3101(a)(1) for the National Nu17 clear Security Administration for weapons activities and 

18 available for the Modern Pit Facility, not more than 50 

19 percent of such amount may be obligated or expended 

20 until 30 days after the latter of the following: 

21 (1) The date of the submittal of the revised nu22 clear weapons stockpile plan specified in the joint ex23 planatory statement to accompany the report of the 

24 Committee on Conference on the bill H.R. 2754 of 

25 the 108th Congress. 
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1 (2) The date on which the Administrator for 

2 Nuclear Security submits to the congressional de3 fense committees a report setting forth the validated 

4 pit production requirements for the Modern Pit Fa5 cility. 

6 (b) VALIDATED PIT PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS.—

7 (1) The validated pit production requirements in the re8 port under subsection (a)(2) shall be established by the 

9 Administrator in conjunction with the Chairman of the 

10 Nuclear Weapons Council. 

11 (2) The validated pit production requirements shall—

12 (A) include specifications regarding the number 

13 of pits that will be required to be produced in order 

14 to support the weapons that will be retained in the 

15 nuclear weapons stockpile, set forth by weapon type 

16 and by year; and 

17 (B) take into account any surge capacity that 

18 may be included in the annual pit production capa19 bility. 

20 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report described in sub21 section (a)(2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

22 may include a classified annex. 
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1 SEC. 3112. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

2 ADVANCED NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONCEPTS 

3 INITIATIVE. 

4 (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 

5 be appropriated by this title may be obligated or expended 

6 for purposes of additional or exploratory studies under the 

7 Advanced Nuclear Weapons Concepts Initiative until 30 

8 days after the date on which the Administrator for Nu9 clear Security submits to the congressional defense com10 mittees a detailed report on the activities for such studies 

11 under the Initiative that are planned for fiscal year 2005. 

12 (b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report under subsection 

13 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in14 clude a classified annex. 

15 SEC. 3113. LIMITED AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT NEW 

16 PROJECTS UNDER FACILITIES AND INFRA17 STRUCTURE RECAPITALIZATION PROGRAM 

18 AFTER PROJECT SELECTION DEADLINE. 

19 (a) LIMITED AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT NEW

20 PROJECTS.—Section 3114(a) of the National Defense Au21 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–

22 136; 117 Stat. 1744; 50 U.S.C. 2453 note) is amended—

23 (1) in the subsection caption, by striking 

24 ‘‘DEADLINE FOR’’; 
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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘No project’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), 

3 no project’’; and 

4 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

5 paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(3)(A) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, 

7 a project described in subparagraph (B) may be carried 

8 out under the Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitaliza9 tion Program after December 31, 2004, if the Adminis10 trator approves the project. The Administrator may not 

11 delegate the authority to approve projects under the pre12 ceding sentence. 

13 ‘‘(B) A project described in this subparagraph is a 

14 project that consists of a specific building, facility, or 

15 other improvement (including fences, roads, or similar im16 provements). 

17 ‘‘(C) Funds may not be obligated or expended for a 

18 project under this paragraph until 60 days after the date 

19 on which the Administrator submits to the congressional 

20 defense committees a notice on the project, including a 

21 description of the project and the nature of the project, 

22 a statement explaining why the project was not included 

23 in the Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Pro24 gram under paragraph (1), and a statement explaining 
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1 why the project was not included in any other program 

2 under the jurisdiction of the Administrator. 

3 ‘‘(D) The total number of projects that may be car4 ried out under this paragraph in any fiscal year may not 

5 exceed five projects. 

6 ‘‘(E) The Administrator may not utilize the authority 

7 in this paragraph until 60 days after the later of—

8 ‘‘(i) the date of the submittal to the congres9 sional defense committees of a list of the projects se10 lected for inclusion in the Facilities and Infrastruc11 ture Recapitalization Program under paragraph (1); 

12 or 

13 ‘‘(ii) the date of the submittal to the congres14 sional defense committees of the report required by 

15 subsection (c). 

16 ‘‘(F) A project may not be carried out under this 

17 paragraph unless the project will be completed by Sep18 tember 30, 2011.’’. 

19 (b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORITY.—The amend20 ments made by subsection (a) may not be construed to 

21 authorize any delay in either of the following: 

22 (1) The selection of projects for inclusion in the 

23 Facilities and Infrastructure Recapitalization Pro24 gram under subsection (a) of section 3114 of the 
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1 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2 2004. 

3 (2) The submittal of the report required by sub4 section (c) of such section. 

5 SEC. 3114. MODIFICATION OF MILESTONE AND REPORT RE6 QUIREMENTS FOR NATIONAL IGNITION FA7 CILITY. 

8 (a) NOTIFICATION ON MILESTONES TO ACHIEVE IG9 NITION.—Subsection (a) of section 3137 of the National 

10 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public 

11 Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1369) is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘each Level I milestone and Level II milestone for the Na13 tional Ignition Facility.’’ and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘each milestone for the National Ignition Facility as fol15 lows: 

16 ‘‘(1) Each Level I milestone. 

17 ‘‘(2) Each Level II milestone. 

18 ‘‘(3) Each milestone to achieve ignition.’’. 

19 (b) REPORT ON FAILURE OF TIMELY ACHIEVEMENT

20 OF MILESTONES.—Subsection (b) of such section is 

21 amended by striking ‘‘a Level I milestone or Level II mile22 stone for the National Ignition Facility’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

23 milestone for the National Ignition Facility referred to in 

24 subsection (a)’’. 
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1 (c) MILESTONES TO ACHIEVE IGNITION.—Sub2 section (c) of such section is amended to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(c) MILESTONES.—For purposes of this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) The Level I and Level II milestones for 

5 the National Ignition Facility are as established in 

6 the August 2000 revised National Ignition Facility 

7 baseline document. 

8 ‘‘(2) The milestones of the National Ignition 

9 Facility to achieve ignition are such milestones 

10 (other than the milestones referred to in paragraph 

11 (1)) as the Administrator shall establish on any ac12 tivities at the National Ignition Facility that are re13 quired to enable the National Ignition Facility to 

14 achieve ignition and be a fully functioning user facil15 ity by December 31, 2011.’’. 

16 (d) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS OF MILESTONES TO

17 ACHIEVE IGNITION.—Not later than January 31, 2005, 

18 the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the 

19 congressional defense committees a report setting forth 

20 the milestones of the National Ignition Facility to achieve 

21 ignition as established by the Administration under sub22 section (c)(2) of section 3137 of the National Defense Au23 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, as amended by sub24 section (c) of this section. The report shall include—
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1 (1) a description of each milestone established; 

2 and 

3 (2) a proposal for the funding to be required to 

4 meet each such milestone. 

5 (e) EXTENSION OF SUNSET.—Subsection (d) of sec6 tion 3137 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘September 

7 30, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2011’’. 

8 SEC. 3115. MODIFICATION OF SUBMITTAL DATE OF ANNUAL 

9 PLAN FOR STEWARDSHIP, MANAGEMENT, 

10 AND CERTIFICATION OF WARHEADS IN THE 

11 NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE. 

12 Section 4203(c) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 

13 (50 U.S.C. 2523(c)) is amended is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘March 15 of each year thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘May 

15 1 of each year thereafter’’. 

16 SEC. 3116. DEFENSE SITE ACCELERATION COMPLETION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi18 sion of law, with respect to material stored at a Depart19 ment of Energy site at which activities are regulated by 

20 the State pursuant to approved closure plans or permits 

21 issued by the State, high-level radioactive waste does not 

22 include radioactive material resulting from the reprocess23 ing of spent nuclear fuel that the Secretary of Energy de24 termines— 
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1 (1) does not require permanent isolation in a 

2 deep geologic repository for spent fuel or highly ra3 dioactive waste pursuant to criteria promulgated by 

4 the Department of Energy by rule in consultation 

5 with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

6 (2) has had highly radioactive radionuclides re7 moved to the maximum extent practical in accord8 ance with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission-re9 viewed criteria; and 

10 (3) in the case of material derived from the 

11 storage tanks, is disposed of in a facility (including 

12 a tank) within the State pursuant to a State-ap13 proved closure plan or a State-issued permit, author14 ity for the approval or issuance of which is conferred 

15 on the State outside of this Act. 

16 (b) INAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN MATERIALS.—

17 Subsection (a) shall not apply to any material otherwise 

18 covered by that subsection that is transported from the 

19 State. 

20 (c) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT AC21 TIONS.—The Department of Energy may implement any 

22 action authorized— 

23 (1) by a State-approved closure plan or State24 issued permit in existence on the date of enactment 

25 of this section; or 
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1 (2) by a closure plan approved by the State or 

2 a permit issued by the State during the pendency of 

3 the rulemaking provided for in subsection (a). 

4 Any such action may be completed pursuant to the terms 

5 of the closure plan or the State-issued permit notwith6 standing the final criteria adopted by the rulemaking pur7 suant to subsection (a). 

8 (d) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

9 ‘‘State’’ means the State of South Carolina. 

10 SEC. 3117. ANNUAL REPORT ON EXPENDITURES FOR SAFE11 GUARDS AND SECURITY. 

12 (a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Subtitle C of title 

13 XLVII of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 

14 2771 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol15 lowing new section: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 4732. ANNUAL REPORT ON EXPENDITURES FOR SAFE17 GUARDS AND SECURITY. 

18 ‘‘The Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress 

19 each year, in the budget justification materials submitted 

20 to Congress in support of the budget of the President for 

21 the fiscal year beginning in such year (as submitted under 

22 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code), the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(1) A detailed description and accounting of 

25 the proposed obligations and expenditures by the 
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1 Department of Energy for safeguards and security 

2 in carrying out programs necessary for the national 

3 security for the fiscal year covered by such budget, 

4 including any technologies on safeguards and secu5 rity proposed to be deployed or implemented during 

6 such fiscal year. 

7 ‘‘(2) With respect to the fiscal year ending in 

8 the year before the year in which such budget is sub9 mitted, a detailed description and accounting of—

10 ‘‘(A) the policy on safeguards and security, 

11 including any modifications in such policy 

12 adopted or implemented during such fiscal year; 

13 ‘‘(B) any initiatives on safeguards and se14 curity in effect or implemented during such fis15 cal year; 

16 ‘‘(C) the amount obligated and expended 

17 for safeguards and security during such fiscal 

18 year, set forth by total amount, by amount per 

19 program, and by amount per facility; and 

20 ‘‘(D) the technologies on safeguards and 

21 security deployed or implemented during such 

22 fiscal year.’’. 

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

24 for that Act is amended by inserting after the item relat25 ing to section 4731 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 4732. Annual report on expenditures for safeguards and security.’’.
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1 SEC. 3118. AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE COUNTERINTEL2 LIGENCE OFFICES OF DEPARTMENT OF EN3 ERGY AND NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 

4 ADMINISTRATION WITHIN NATIONAL NU5 CLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 

6 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Energy may con7 solidate the counterintelligence programs and functions re8 ferred to in subsection (b) within the Office of Defense 

9 Nuclear Counterintelligence of the National Nuclear Secu10 rity Administration and provide for their discharge by that 

11 Office. 

12 (b) COVERED PROGRAMS AND FUNCTIONS.—The 

13 programs and functions referred to in this subsection are 

14 as follows: 

15 (1) The functions and programs of the Office of 

16 Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy 

17 under section 215 of the Department of Energy Or18 ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7144b). 

19 (2) The functions and programs of the Office of 

20 Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence of the National 

21 Nuclear Security Administration under section 3232 

22 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act 

23 (50 U.S.C. 2422), including the counterintelligence 

24 programs under section 3233 of that Act (50 U.S.C. 

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1 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICY.—The Secretary 

2 shall have the responsibility to establish policy for the dis3 charge of the counterintelligence programs and functions 

4 consolidated within the National Nuclear Security Admin5 istration under subsection (a) as provided for under sec6 tion 213 of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

7 (42 U.S.C. 7144). 

8 (d) PRESERVATION OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE CA9 PABILITY.—In consolidating counterintelligence programs 

10 and functions within the National Nuclear Security Ad11 ministration under subsection (a), the Secretary shall en12 sure that the counterintelligence capabilities of the De13 partment of Energy and the National Nuclear Security 

14 Administration are in no way degraded or compromised. 

15 (e) REPORT ON EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—In the 

16 event the Secretary exercises the authority in subsection 

17 (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional de18 fense committees a report on the exercise of the authority. 

19 The report shall include—

20 (1) a description of the manner in which the 

21 counterintelligence programs and functions referred 

22 to in subsection (b) shall be consolidated within the 

23 Office of Defense Nuclear Counterintelligence of the 

24 National Nuclear Security Administration and dis25 charged by that Office; 
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1 (2) a notice of the date on which that Office 

2 shall commence the discharge of such programs and 

3 functions, as so consolidated; and 

4 (3) a proposal for such legislative action as the 

5 Secretary considers appropriate to effectuate the dis6 charge of such programs and functions, as so con7 solidated, by that Office. 

8 (f) DEADLINE FOR EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—The 

9 authority in subsection (a) may be exercised, if at all, not 

10 later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 

11 Act. 

12 SEC. 3119. TREATMENT OF DISPOSITION WASTE FROM RE13 PROCESSING OF LOW-LEVEL OR TRANS14 URANIC WASTE. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c) and ex16 cept as provided in subsection (d), of the amount author17 ized to be appropriated by section 3102(1) for defense en18 vironmental management for defense site acceleration 

19 completion, a total of $350,000,000 shall be available for 

20 activities at each site referred to in subsection (b) to sta21 bilize, treat, or process for disposition waste from reproc22 essing of low-level or transuranic waste. 

23 (b) COVERED SITES.—The sites referred to in this 

24 subsection are as follows: 
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1 (1) The Idaho National Engineering and Envi2 ronmental Laboratory, Idaho. 

3 (2) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, South 

4 Carolina. 

5 (3) The Hanford Site, Richland, Washington. 

6 (c) LIMITATION.—Amounts referred to in subsection 

7 (a) shall be available for activities described in that sub8 section at a site referred to in subsection (b) only if the 

9 Secretary of Energy certifies to the President and Con10 gress that there is adequate certainty of the legality of 

11 the disposition pathway contemplated by such activities at 

12 such site as to warrant proceeding with such activities at 

13 such site. 

14 (d) DEADLINE.—If the Secretary has not made a cer15 tification described in subsection (c) regarding activities 

16 described in subsection (a) at a site referred to in sub17 section (b) as of June 1, 2005, any funds referred to in 

18 subsection (a) that would otherwise be available for such 

19 activities shall no longer be available to the Department 

20 of Energy for any purpose as of that date. 

21 SEC. 3120. LOCAL STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS FOR DE22 PARTMENT OF ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL 

23 MANAGEMENT 2006 CLOSURE SITES. 

24 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Secretary of Energy 

25 shall establish for each Department of Energy Environ-
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1 mental Management 2006 closure site a local stakeholder 

2 organization having the responsibilities set forth in sub3 section (c). 

4 (2) The local stakeholder organization shall be estab5 lished in consultation with interested elected officials of 

6 local governments in the vicinity of the closure site con7 cerned. 

8 (b) COMPOSITION.—A local stakeholder organization 

9 for a Department of Energy Environmental Management 

10 2006 closure site under subsection (a) shall be composed 

11 of such officers and employees of the Department of En12 ergy at the closure site as the Secretary considers appro13 priate to carry out the responsibilities set forth in sub14 section (c). 

15 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—A local stakeholder organi16 zation for a Department of Energy Environmental Man17 agement 2006 closure site under subsection (a) shall—

18 (1) solicit and encourage public participation in 

19 appropriate activities relating to the closure of the 

20 site; 

21 (2) disseminate information on the closure of 

22 the site to the State government of the State in 

23 which the site is located, local and Tribal govern24 ments in the vicinity of the site, and persons and en25 tities having a stake in the closure of the site; and 
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1 (3) transmit to appropriate officers and employ2 ees of the Department of Energy questions and con3 cerns of governments, persons, and entities referred 

4 to paragraph (2) on the closure of the site. 

5 (d) DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT.—The local 

6 stakeholder organization for a Department of Energy En7 vironmental Management 2006 closure site shall be estab8 lished not later than six months before the closure of the 

9 site. 

10 (e) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL

11 MANAGEMENT 2006 CLOSURE SITE DEFINED.—In this 

12 section, the term ‘‘Department of Energy Environmental 

13 Management 2006 closure site’’ means each clean up site 

14 of the Department of Energy scheduled by the Depart15 ment as of January 1, 2004, for closure in 2006. 

16 SEC. 3121. REPORT ON MAINTENANCE OF RETIREMENT 

17 BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORKERS AT 2006 

18 CLOSURE SITES AFTER CLOSURE OF SITES. 

19 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant 

21 Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management shall 

22 submit to the Secretary of Energy a report on the mainte23 nance of retirements benefits for workers at Department 

24 of Energy 2006 closure sites after the closure of such 

25 sites. 
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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 

2 shall include the following: 

3 (1) The number of workers at Department of 

4 Energy 2006 closure sites that could lose retirement 

5 benefits as a result of the early closure of such a 

6 site. 

7 (2) The impact on collective bargaining agree8 ments with workers at Department of Energy 2006 

9 closure sites of the loss of their retirement benefits 

10 as described in paragraph (1). 

11 (3) The cost of providing retirement benefits, 

12 after the closure of Department of Energy 2006 clo13 sure sites, to workers at such sites who would other14 wise lose their benefits as described in paragraph (1) 

15 after the closure of such sites. 

16 (c) TRANSMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 

17 days after receiving the report under subsection (a), the 

18 Secretary shall transmit the report to Congress, together 

19 with such recommendations, including recommendations 

20 for legislative action, as the Secretary considers appro21 priate. 

22 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) The term ‘‘Department of Energy 2006 clo24 sure site’’ means the following: 
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1 (A) The Rocky Flats Environmental Tech2 nology Site, Colorado. 

3 (B) The Fernald Plant, Ohio. 

4 (C) The Mound Plant, Ohio. 

5 (2) The term ‘‘worker’’ means any employee 

6 who is employed by contract to perform cleanup, se7 curity, or administrative duties or responsibilities at 

8 a Department of Energy 2006 closure site. 

9 (3) The term ‘‘retirement benefits’’ means 

10 health, pension, and any other retirement benefits.

11 Subtitle C—Proliferation Matters 

12 SEC. 3131. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE INTER13 NATIONAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS PROTEC14 TION AND COOPERATION PROGRAM FUNDS 

15 OUTSIDE THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. 

16 (a) APPLICABILITY OF AUTHORITY LIMITED TO

17 PROJECTS NOT PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED.—Subsection 

18 (a) of section 3124 of the National Defense Authorization 

19 Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 

20 1747) is amended by inserting ‘‘that has not previously 

21 been authorized by Congress’’ after ‘‘states of the former 

22 Soviet Union’’. 

23 (b) REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF

24 OBLIGATION.—Such section is further amended—

25 (1) by striking subsection (c); and 
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1 (2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 

2 (f) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively.

3 Subtitle D—Other Matters 

4 SEC. 3141. INDEMNIFICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

5 CONTRACTORS. 

6 Section 170 d.(1)(A) of the Atomic Energy Act of 

7 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(d)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘until December 31, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘until December 

9 31, 2006’’. 

10 SEC. 3142. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR AP11 POINTMENT OF CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC, ENGI12 NEERING, AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL. 

13 Section 4601(c)(1) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 

14 (50 U.S.C. 2701(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep15 tember 30, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2006’’. 

16 SEC. 3143. ENHANCEMENT OF ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCU17 PATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PRO18 GRAM AUTHORITIES. 

19 (a) STATE AGREEMENTS.—Section 3661 of the Floyd 

20 D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

21 Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–394) 

22 (42 U.S.C. 7385o) is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Pursuant to 

24 agreements under subsection (a), the’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘The’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘provided in 

2 an agreement under subsection (a), and if’’; and 

3 (3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘If provided in 

4 an agreement under subsection (a)’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘If a panel has reported a determination under sub6 section (d)(5)’’. 

7 (b) PHYSICIAN PANELS.—Subsection (d) of such sec8 tion is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 

9 the following new paragraph (2): 

10 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Health and Human Services 

11 shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, select 

12 the individuals to serve as panel members based on experi13 ence and competency in diagnosing occupational illnesses. 

14 The Secretary shall appoint the individuals so selected as 

15 panel members or shall obtain by contract the services of 

16 such individuals as panel members.’’. 

17 SEC. 3144. SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE VI18 CINITY OF LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORA19 TORY, NEW MEXICO. 

20 (a) SUPPORT THROUGH CURRENT MANAGEMENT

21 AND OPERATIONS CONTRACT.—The Secretary of Energy 

22 shall modify applicable provisions of the current manage23 ment and operations contract for Los Alamos National 

24 Laboratory, New Mexico, to require the contractor under 

25 the contract to provide support to the Los Alamos Public 
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1 School District, New Mexico, for the elementary and sec2 ondary education of students by the School District in an 

3 amount not to exceed $8,000,000 in each fiscal year. 

4 (b) SUPPORT THROUGH SUCCEEDING MANAGEMENT

5 AND OPERATIONS CONTRACTS.—The Secretary shall en6 sure that each management and operations contract for 

7 Los Alamos National Laboratory that is entered into on 

8 or after the date of the enactment of this Act contains 

9 terms requiring the contractor under such contract to pro10 vide support to the Los Alamos Public School District for 

11 the elementary and secondary education of students by the 

12 School District in an amount specified by the Secretary 

13 in such contract that is appropriate for purposes of this 

14 section. 

15 SEC. 3145. REVIEW OF WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT, 

16 NEW MEXICO, PURSUANT TO COMPETITIVE 

17 CONTRACT. 

18 (a) CONTRACT REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of 

19 Energy shall use competitive procedures to enter into a 

20 contract to conduct independent reviews and evaluations 

21 of the design, construction, and operations of the Waste 

22 Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico (hereafter in this sec23 tion referred as the ‘‘WIPP’’) as they relate to the protec24 tion of the public health and safety and the environment. 

25 The contract shall be for a period of one year, beginning 
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1 on October 1, 2004, and shall be renewable for four addi2 tional one-year periods with the consent of the contractor 

3 and subject to the authorization and appropriation of 

4 funds for such purpose. 

5 (b) CONTENT OF CONTRACT.—A contract entered 

6 into under subsection (a) shall require the following: 

7 (1) The contractor shall appoint a Director and 

8 Deputy Director, who shall be scientists of national 

9 eminence in the field of nuclear waste disposal, shall 

10 be free from any biases related to the activities of 

11 the WIPP, and shall be widely known for their in12 tegrity and scientific expertise. 

13 (2) The Director shall appoint staff. The pro14 fessional staff shall consist of scientists and engi15 neers of recognized integrity and scientific expertise 

16 who represent scientific and engineering disciplines 

17 needed for a thorough review of the WIPP, including 

18 disciplines such as geology, hydrology, health phys19 ics, environmental engineering, probability risk anal20 ysis, mining engineering, and radiation chemistry. 

21 The disciplines represented in the staff shall change 

22 as may be necessary to meet changed needs in car23 rying out the contract for expertise in any certain 

24 scientific or engineering discipline. Scientists em25 ployed under the contract shall have qualifications 
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1 and experience equivalent to the qualifications and 

2 experience required for scientists employed by the 

3 Federal Government in grades GS–13 through GS–

4 15. 

5 (3) Scientists employed under the contract shall 

6 have an appropriate support staff. 

7 (4) The Director and Deputy Director shall 

8 each be appointed for a term of 5 years, subject to 

9 contract renewal, and may be removed only for mis10 conduct or incompetence. The staff shall be ap11 pointed for such terms as the Director considers ap12 propriate. 

13 (5) The rates of pay of professional staff and 

14 the procedures for increasing the rates of pay of pro15 fessional staff shall be equivalent to those rates and 

16 procedures provided for the General Schedule pay 

17 system under chapter 53 of title 5, United States 

18 Code. 

19 (6) The results of reviews and evaluations car20 ried out under the contract shall be published. 

21 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—The contractor shall establish 

22 general policies and guidelines to be used by the Director 

23 in carrying out the work under the contract. 
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1 SEC. 3146. COMPENSATION OF PAJARITO PLATEAU, NEW 

2 MEXICO, HOMESTEADERS FOR ACQUISITION 

3 OF LANDS FOR MANHATTAN PROJECT IN 

4 WORLD WAR II. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPENSATION FUND.—

6 There is established in the Treasury of the United States 

7 a fund to be known as the Pajarito Plateau Homesteaders 

8 Compensation Fund (in this section referred to as the 

9 ‘‘Fund’’). The Fund shall be dedicated to the settlement 

10 of the two lawsuits in the United States District Court 

11 for the District of New Mexico consolidated as Civ. No. 

12 00–60. 

13 (b) ELEMENTS OF FUND.—The Fund shall consist 

14 of the following: 

15 (1) Amounts available for deposit in the Fund 

16 under subsection (j). 

17 (2) Interest earned on amounts in the Fund 

18 under subsection (g). 

19 (c) USE OF FUND.—The Fund shall be available for 

20 the settlement of the consolidated lawsuits in accordance 

21 with the following requirements: 

22 (1) The settlement shall be subject to prelimi23 nary and final approval by the Court in accordance 

24 with rule 23(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Proce25 dure. 
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1 (2) Lead Counsel and Counsel for the United 

2 States of America shall recommend to the Court rea3 sonable procedures by which the claims for monies 

4 from the Fund shall be administered, which rec5 ommendations shall include mechanisms—

6 (A) to identify class members; 

7 (B) to receive claims from class members 

8 so identified; 

9 (C) to determine in accordance with sub10 section (d) eligible claimants from among class 

11 members submitting claims; and 

12 (D) to resolve contests, if any, among eligi13 ble claimants with respect to a particular eligi14 ble tract regarding the disbursement of monies 

15 in the Fund with respect to such eligible tract. 

16 (3) Lead Counsel and Counsel for the United 

17 States of America shall provide evidence to the 

18 Court to assist the Court in—

19 (A) identifying each class member by name 

20 and whereabouts; 

21 (B) providing notice of the settlement 

22 process for the consolidated lawsuits to each 

23 class member so identified; and 
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1 (C) providing the forms, and describing the 

2 procedure, for making claims to each class 

3 member so identified. 

4 (4) After the provision of notice to class mem5 bers under paragraph (3), if, within a time period to 

6 be established by the Court, more than 10 percent 

7 of the class members submit to the Court written 

8 notice of their determination to be excluded from 

9 participation in the settlement of the consolidated 

10 lawsuits—

11 (A) the Fund shall not serve as the basis 

12 for the settlement of the consolidated lawsuits 

13 and the provisions of this section shall have no 

14 further force or effect; and 

15 (B) amounts in the Fund shall not be dis16 bursed, but shall be retained in the Treasury as 

17 miscellaneous receipts. 

18 (5) The Court may award attorney fees and ex19 penses from the Fund pursuant to rule 23 of the 

20 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, except that the 

21 award of attorney fees may not exceed 20 percent of 

22 the Fund and the award of expenses may not exceed 

23 2 percent of the Fund. Any attorney fees and ex24 penses so paid shall be paid from the Fund before 
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1 distribution of the amount in the Fund to eligible 

2 claimants entitled thereto. 

3 (6) The Fund shall be available to pay settle4 ment awards in accordance with the following: 

5 (A) The balance of the amount of the 

6 Fund that is available for disbursement after 

7 any award of attorney fees and expenses under 

8 paragraph (5) shall be allocated proportionally 

9 by eligible tract according to its acreage as 

10 compared with all eligible tracts. 

11 (B) The allocation for each eligible tract 

12 shall be allocated pro rata among all eligible 

13 claimants having an interest in such eligible 

14 tract according to the extent of their interest in 

15 such eligible tract, as determined under the 

16 laws of the State of New Mexico. 

17 (C) Payments from the Fund under this 

18 paragraph shall be made by the Secretary of 

19 the Treasury. 

20 (7) Any amounts available for disbursement 

21 with respect to an eligible tract that are not awarded 

22 to eligible claimants with respect to that tract by 

23 reason of paragraph (6)(B) shall be retained in the 

24 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
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1 (d) ELIGIBLE CLAIMANTS.—(1) For purposes of this 

2 section, an eligible claimant is any class member deter3 mined by the Court, by a preponderance of evidence and 

4 pursuant to procedures established under subsection 

5 (c)(2), to be a person or entity who held a fee simple own6 ership in an eligible tract at the time of its acquisition 

7 by the United States during World War II for use in the 

8 Manhattan Project, or the heir, successor in interest, as9 signee, or beneficiary of such a person or entity. 

10 (2) The status of a person or entity as an heir, suc11 cessor in interest, assignee, or beneficiary for purposes of 

12 this subsection shall be determined under the laws of the 

13 State of New Mexico, including the descent and distribu14 tion law of the State of New Mexico. 

15 (e) FULL RESOLUTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST UNITED

16 STATES.—(1) The acceptance of a disbursement from the 

17 Fund by an eligible claimant under this section shall con18 stitute a final and complete release of the defendants in 

19 the consolidated lawsuits with respect to such eligible 

20 claimant, and shall be in full satisfaction of any and all 

21 claims of such eligible claimant against the United States 

22 arising out of acts described in the consolidated lawsuits. 

23 (2) Upon the disbursement of the amount in the 

24 Fund to eligible claimants entitled thereto under this sec25 tion, the Court shall, subject to the provisions of rule 23(e) 
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1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, enter a final judg2 ment dismissing with prejudice the consolidated lawsuits 

3 and all claims and potential claims on matters covered by 

4 the consolidated lawsuits. 

5 (f) COMPENSATION LIMITED TO AMOUNTS IN

6 FUND.—(1) An eligible claimant may be paid under this 

7 section only from amounts in the Fund. 

8 (2) Nothing in this section shall authorize the pay9 ment to a class member by the United States Government 

10 of any amount authorized by this section from any source 

11 other than the Fund. 

12 (g) INVESTMENT OF FUND.—(1) The Secretary of 

13 the Treasury shall, in accordance with the requirements 

14 of section 9702 of title 31, United States Code, and the 

15 provisions of this subsection, direct the form and manner 

16 by which the Fund shall be safeguarded and invested so 

17 as to maximize its safety while earning a return com18 parable to other common funds in which the United States 

19 Treasury is the source of payment. 

20 (2) Interest on the amount deposited in the Fund 

21 shall accrue from the date of the enactment of the Act 

22 appropriating amounts for deposit in the Fund until the 

23 date on which the Secretary of the Treasury disburses the 

24 amount in the Fund to eligible claimants who are entitled 

25 thereto under subsection (c). 
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1 (h) PRESERVATION OF RECORDS.—(1) All docu2 ments, personal testimony, and other records created or 

3 received by the Court in the consolidated lawsuits shall 

4 be kept and maintained by the Archivist of the United 

5 States, who shall preserve such documents, testimony, and 

6 records in the National Archives of the United States. 

7 (2) The Archivist shall make available to the public 

8 the materials kept and maintained under paragraph (1). 

9 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) The term ‘‘Court’’ means the United States 

11 District Court for the District of New Mexico having 

12 jurisdiction over the consolidated lawsuits. 

13 (2) The term ‘‘consolidated lawsuits’’ means the 

14 two lawsuits in the United States District Court for 

15 the District of New Mexico consolidated as Civ. No. 

16 00–60. 

17 (3)(A) The term ‘‘eligible tract’’ means private 

18 real property located on the Pajarito Plateau of 

19 what is now Los Alamos County, New Mexico, that 

20 was acquired by the United States during World 

21 War II for use in the Manhattan Project and which 

22 is the subject of the consolidated lawsuits. 

23 (B) The term does not include lands of the Los 

24 Alamos Ranch School and of the A.M. Ross Estate 

25 (doing business as Anchor Ranch). 
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1 (4) The term ‘‘class member’’ means the fol2 lowing: 

3 (A) Any person or entity who claims to 

4 have held a fee simple ownership in an eligible 

5 tract at the time of its acquisition by the 

6 United States during World War II for use in 

7 the Manhattan Project. 

8 (B) Any person or entity claiming to be 

9 the heir, successor in interest, assignee, or ben10 eficiary of a person or entity who held a fee 

11 simple ownership in an eligible tract at the time 

12 of its acquisition by the United States during 

13 World War II for use in the Manhattan Project. 

14 (j) FUNDING.—Of the amount authorized to be ap15 propriated by section 3101(a)(4) for the National Nuclear 

16 Security Administration for the Office of the Adminis17 trator for Nuclear Security, $10,000,000 shall be available 

18 for deposit in the Fund under subsection (b)(1).

19 TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NU20 CLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY 

21 BOARD 

22 SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION. 

23 There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

24 year 2005, $21,268,000 for the operation of the Defense 
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1 Nuclear Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the 

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

3 TITLE XXXIII—NATIONAL 

4 DEFENSE STOCKPILE 

5 SEC. 3301. DISPOSAL OF FERROMANGANESE. 

6 (a) DISPOSAL AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of De7 fense may dispose of up to 50,000 tons of ferromanganese 

8 from the National Defense Stockpile during fiscal year 

9 2005. 

10 (b) CONTINGENT AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONAL DIS11 POSAL.—After the disposal of ferromanganese authorized 

12 by subsection (a)—

13 (1) the Secretary may dispose of up to an addi14 tional 25,000 tons of ferromanganese from the Na15 tional Defense Stockpile before September 30, 2005; 

16 and 

17 (2) if the Secretary completes the disposal au18 thorized by paragraph (1) before September 30, 

19 2005, the Secretary may dispose of up to an addi20 tional 25,000 tons of ferromanganese from the Na21 tional Defense Stockpile before that date. 

22 (c) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary may dispose of 

23 ferromanganese under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 

24 (b) only if the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Sec25 retary of Commerce, certifies to the congressional defense 
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1 committees not later than 30 days before the commence2 ment of disposal under the applicable paragraph that—

3 (1) the disposal of ferromanganese under such 

4 paragraph is in the national interest due to extraor5 dinary circumstances in markets for 

6 ferromanganese; 

7 (2) the disposal of ferromanganese under such 

8 paragraph will not cause undue harm to domestic 

9 manufacturers of ferroalloys; and 

10 (3) the disposal of ferromanganese under such 

11 paragraph is consistent with the requirements and 

12 purpose of the National Defense Stockpile under the 

13 Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 

14 U.S.C. 98 et seq.). 

15 (d) DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY.—The Sec16 retary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce may 

17 each delegate the responsibility of such Secretary under 

18 subsection (c) to an appropriate official within the Depart19 ment of Defense or the Department of Commerce, as the 

20 case may be. 

21 (e) NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE DEFINED.—In 

22 this section, the term ‘‘National Defense Stockpile’’ means 

23 the stockpile provided for in section 4 of the Strategic and 

24 Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c). 
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1 SEC. 3302. REVISIONS TO REQUIRED RECEIPT OBJECTIVES 

2 FOR CERTAIN PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED DIS3 POSALS FROM THE NATIONAL DEFENSE 

4 STOCKPILE. 

5 Section 3303(a) of the Strom Thurmond National 

6 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (50 

7 U.S.C. 98d note) is amended—

8 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

9 end; 

10 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

11 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(6) $870,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 

15 2014.’’. 
Calendar No. 506

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2403

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for 

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

MAY 11, 2004

Read twice and placed on the calendar