814 
‘‘SEC. 4509. DESIGN AND USE OF PROTOTYPES OF NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS FOR INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES. 
‘‘(a) PROTOTYPES.—The Administrator shall develop 
and carry out a plan for the national security laboratories 
and nuclear weapons production plants to design and build 
prototypes of nuclear weapons to further intelligence esti-
mates with respect to foreign nuclear weapons activities. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION
ON PRODUCTION
OF NUCLEAR 
YIELDS.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Administrator 
may not conduct any experiments that produce a nuclear 
yield.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents at 
the beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 4508 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4509. Design and use of prototypes of nuclear weapons for intelligence pur-
poses.’’. 
SEC. 3117. IMPROVEMENT AND STREAMLINING OF THE MIS-
SIONS AND OPERATIONS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF ENERGY AND NATIONAL NUCLEAR 
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 
and the Administrator for Nuclear Security, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Defense and other officials, as 
the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator consider ap-
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propriate, shall revise the Department of Energy Acquisi-
tion Regulation and other regulations, rules, directives, or-
ders, and policies that apply to the administration, execu-
tion, and oversight of the missions and operations of the 
Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security 
Administration to improve and streamline such adminis-
tration, execution, and oversight. 
(b) IMPROVEMENT AND STREAMLINING.—In carrying 
out subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy and the Admin-
istrator for Nuclear Security shall— 
(1) streamline business processes and structures 
to reduce unnecessary, burdensome, or duplicative ap-
provals; 
(2) delegate approval for work for others agree-
ments and cooperative research and development 
agreements (except those that the Secretary or Admin-
istrator determine are high value or unique) to the 
management and operating contractors of a Govern-
ment-owned, contractor-operated facility of the De-
partment or Administration and hold such contrac-
tors accountable for maintaining appropriate port-
folios with respect to such agreements; 
(3) establish processes for ensuring routine or 
low-risk procurement and subcontracting decisions 
are made at the discretion of the management and 
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operating contractors while ensuring that the Sec-
retary or Administrator apply appropriate oversight; 
(4) assess procurement thresholds as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act and take steps as appro-
priate to adjust such thresholds; 
(5) eliminate duplicative or low-value reports 
and data calls and ensure consistency in management 
and cost accounting data; and 
(6) otherwise streamline, clarify, and eliminate 
redundancy in the regulations, rules, directives, or-
ders, and policies described by subsection (a). 
(c) BRIEFING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
and the Administrator shall provide to the appro-
priate congressional committees a briefing on the reg-
ulations, rules, directives, orders, and policies im-
proved and streamlined pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
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Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 3118. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES FOR COMPETITION OF 
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACTS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—The Administrator for Nuclear Se-
curity may not release a final request for proposal for com-
petition of any contract to manage and operate a facility 
of the National Nuclear Security Administration until the 
date on which the Administrator submits to the congres-
sional defense committees a report described in subsection 
(b). 
(b) REPORT DESCRIBED.—A report described in this 
subsection is a report on a request for proposal for competi-
tion described in subsection (a) that includes— 
(1) the expected cost savings resulting from the 
competition over the life of the contract; 
(2) the costs of the competition, including imme-
diate costs of conducting the competition and any in-
creased costs over the life of the contract; 
(3) a description of— 
(A) any disruption or delay in mission ac-
tivities or deliverables resulting from the com-
petition; and 
(B) any benefits of the proposed competition 
to mission performance or operations; 
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(4) how the competition complies with the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation regarding federally fund-
ed research and development centers, if applicable; 
and 
(5) any other matters the Administrator con-
siders appropriate. 
(c) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after each 
report is submitted to the congressional defense committees 
under subsection (a) or (d)(2), the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to such committees a review 
of such report. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The limitation in subsection 
(a) shall apply with respect to a request for proposal 
described by such subsection that is released by the 
Administrator for Nuclear Security during fiscal 
years 2012 through 2017. 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2012 RFPS.—For each request 
for proposal described by subsection (a) that is re-
leased by the Administrator during fiscal year 2012 
before the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report described in subsection (b) by not 
later than 90 days after the date of such enactment. 
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SEC. 3119. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR IN-
ERTIAL 
CONFINEMENT 
FUSION 
IGNITION 
AND HIGH YIELD CAMPAIGN. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 for fusion 
ignition under the Inertial Confinement Fusion Ignition 
and High Yield Campaign, not more than 50 percent may 
be obligated or expended until the date on which— 
(1) the Administrator for Nuclear Security cer-
tifies to the congressional defense committees that fu-
sion ignition has been achieved at the National Igni-
tion Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Lab-
oratory; or 
(2) the Administrator submits to such commit-
tees a detailed report on fusion ignition, including— 
(A) a thorough description of the remaining 
technical challenges and gaps in understanding 
with respect to such ignition; 
(B) a plan and schedule for reevaluating 
the ignition program and incorporating experi-
mental data into computer models; 
(C) the best judgment of the Administrator 
with respect to whether ignition can be achieved 
at the National Ignition Facility, as designed on 
the date of the report; and 
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(D) if funding being spent on ignition re-
search as of the date of the report were applied 
to life extension programs— 
(i) a description of such programs that 
could be accelerated or otherwise improved; 
and 
(ii) how such funding changes would 
affect the stockpile stewardship program. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to the Z machine at Sandia National Lab-
oratories or the Omega laser system at the University of 
Rochester. 
SEC. 3120. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
GLOBAL SECURITY THROUGH SCIENCE PART-
NERSHIPS PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2013 for the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion, not more than $8,000,000 may be obligated or ex-
pended for the Global Security through Science Partner-
ships Program, formerly known as the Global Initiatives 
for Proliferation Prevention Program, until the date on 
which the Secretary of Energy submits to the appropriate 
congressional committees the report under subsection (b). 
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(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Energy shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report with 
a plan to complete the Global Security through Science 
Partnerships Program by the end of calendar year 2015. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (b) may be 
submitted in unclassified form and may include a classified 
annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 3121. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON NUCLEAR SECU-
RITY. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2013 for the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion, not more than $7,000,000 may be obligated or ex-
pended for the United States-China Center of Excellence on 
Nuclear Security until the date on which the Secretary of 
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Energy submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees the report under subsection (b)(2). 
(b) NUCLEAR SECURITY.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Energy, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall con-
duct a review of the existing and planned non-pro-
liferation activities with the People’s Republic of 
China as of the date of the enactment of this Act to 
determine if the engagement is directly or indirectly 
supporting the proliferation of nuclear weapons devel-
opment and technology to other nations. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of En-
ergy shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report certifying that the activities re-
viewed under paragraph (1) are not contributing to 
the proliferation of nuclear weapons development and 
technology to other nations. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (b)(2) may be 
submitted in unclassified form and may include a classified 
annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
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(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 3122. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF SCHEDULE FOR DIS-
POSITION OF WEAPONS-USABLE PLUTONIUM 
AT SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, AIKEN, SOUTH 
CAROLINA. 
Section 4306 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2566) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘by Jan-
uary 1, 2012’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘2012’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2014’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘2012’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2014’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2016’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2020’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2022’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘2016’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘2021’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘2020’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2022’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2025’’. 
Subtitle C—Improvements to 
National Security Energy Laws 
SEC. 3131. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ATOMIC ENERGY DE-
FENSE ACT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4002 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501) is amended to 
read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 4002. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this division: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Administration’ means the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Administrator’ means the Admin-
istrator for Nuclear Security. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘classified information’ means any 
information that has been determined pursuant to 
Executive Order No. 12333 of December 4, 1981 (50 
U.S.C. 401 note), Executive Order No. 12958 of April 
17, 1995 (50 U.S.C. 435 note), or successor orders, to 
require protection against unauthorized disclosure 
and that is so designated. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘congressional defense committees’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘nuclear security enterprise’ 
means the physical facilities, technology, and human 
capital of the national security laboratories and the 
nuclear weapons production facilities. 
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‘‘(6) The term ‘national security laboratory’ 
means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los 
Alamos, New Mexico. 
‘‘(B) Sandia National Laboratories, Albu-
querque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California. 
‘‘(C) Lawrence Livermore National Labora-
tory, Livermore, California. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘nuclear weapons production facil-
ity’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) The Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, 
Missouri. 
‘‘(B) The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas. 
‘‘(C) The Y–12 National Security Complex, 
Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 
‘‘(D) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, 
South Carolina. 
‘‘(E) The Nevada National Security Site, 
Nevada. 
‘‘(F) Any facility of the Department of En-
ergy that the Secretary of Energy, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator and the Congress, 
determines to be consistent with the mission of 
the Administration. 
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‘‘(8) The term ‘Restricted Data’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 11 y. of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(y)).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 4002 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4002. Definitions.’’. 
(b) 
STOCKPILE
STEWARDSHIP.—Section 
4201(b)(5)(E) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2521(b)(5)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘(as defined in sec-
tion 3281 of the National Nuclear Security Administration 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2471))’’. 
(c) ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS.—Section 4205 of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2525) is amended 
by striking subsection (i). 
(d) TESTING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4210 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2530) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4210. TESTING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 
‘‘(a) UNDERGROUND TESTING.—No underground test 
of nuclear weapons may be conducted by the United States 
after September 30, 1996, unless a foreign state conducts 
a nuclear test after this date, at which time the prohibition 
on United States nuclear testing is lifted. 
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‘‘(b) ATMOSPHERIC TESTING.—None of the funds ap-
propriated pursuant to the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1994 or any other Act for any fiscal 
year may be available to maintain the capability of the 
United States to conduct atmospheric testing of a nuclear 
weapon.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act is amended by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 4210 and 4211 and inserting the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 4210. Testing of nuclear weapons.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4211 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2531) is 
repealed. 
(e) 
MANUFACTURING
INFRASTRUCTURE.—Section 
4212 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2532) 
is amended by striking subsections (d) and (e). 
(f) CRITICAL DIFFICULTIES REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4213 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2533) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS
LABORATORIES
AND
NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS
PRODUCTION
PLANTS’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘NATIONAL
SECURITY
LABORA-
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TORIES AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUC-
TION FACILITIES’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Assistant 
Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘nuclear weapons labora-
tory’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘na-
tional security laboratory’’; 
(E) by striking ‘‘production plant’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘production facil-
ity’’; and 
(F) by striking subsection (e). 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 4213 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4213. Reports on critical difficulties at national security laboratories and 
nuclear weapons production facilities.’’. 
(g) PLAN FOR TRANSFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4214 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2534) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsections (b) and (d); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b). 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 4213 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4214. Plan for transformation of national nuclear security administration 
nuclear weapons complex.’’. 
(h) TRITIUM PRODUCTION PROGRAM.—Section 4231 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2541) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4231. TRITIUM PRODUCTION PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
shall establish a tritium production program that is capable 
of meeting the tritium requirements of the United States 
for nuclear weapons. In carrying out the tritium produc-
tion program, the Secretary shall assess alternative means 
for tritium production, including production through— 
‘‘(1) types of new and existing reactors, includ-
ing multipurpose reactors (such as advanced light 
water reactors and gas turbine gas-cooled reactors) 
capable of meeting both the tritium production re-
quirements and the plutonium disposition require-
ments of the United States for nuclear weapons; 
‘‘(2) an accelerator; and 
‘‘(3) multipurpose reactor projects carried out by 
the private sector and the Government. 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4604(f) of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2704(f)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In addition to the plans submitted under para-
graph (1), the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress 
every six months a report setting forth a description of, and 
the amount or value of, all local impact assistance provided 
during the preceding six months under subsection (c)(6).’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4851 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2821) is 
repealed. 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 4851. 
(r) RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING.—Section 4622 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2722) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) As part of’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘As part of’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(2) by striking subsection (d). 
(s) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4623 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2723) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DEPART-
MENT
OF
ENERGY
NUCLEAR
WEAPONS 
COMPLEX’’ and inserting ‘‘NUCLEAR SECU-
RITY ENTERPRISE’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Department of Energy nu-
clear weapons complex’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘nuclear security enterprise’’; 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘fol-
lowing’’ and all that follows through the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘national security lab-
oratories and nuclear weapon production facili-
ties.’’; and 
(D) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘the 
Department of Energy for’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
nuclear security enterprise for’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 4623 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4623. Fellowship program for development of skills critical to the nuclear 
security enterprise.’’. 
(t) COST OVERRUNS.—Section 4713(a)(1)(A) of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2753(a)(1)(A)) is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘for Nuclear Security’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘National Nuclear Security’’. 
(u) BUDGET REQUEST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4731 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2771) is repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 4731. 
(v) CONTRACTOR BONUSES.—Section 4802 of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2782) is amended— 
(2) by striking subsection (b); and 
(3) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (b) and (c), respectively. 
(w) FUNDS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Sec-
tion 4812 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2792) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (b) through (d); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(b). 
(x) TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS.—Section 4813(c) of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2794(c)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (5). 
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(y) UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION.—Section 4814 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2795) is amend-
ed by striking subsection (c). 
(z) ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING RESEARCH.— 
Section 4832 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2812) is amended by striking subsections (c) through (e). 
(aa) PILOT PROGRAM REPORT.—Section 4833 of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2813) is amended 
by striking subsection (e). 
(bb) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) is amended as follows: 
(1) By striking ‘‘Nevada Test Site’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Nevada National Security 
Site’’. 
(2) By striking ‘‘Director of Central Intel-
ligence’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Director 
of National Intelligence’’. 
SEC. 3132. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SE-
CURITY ADMINISTRATION ACT. 
(a) NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE REFERENCE.— 
(1) FUTURE-YEARS
NUCLEAR
SECURITY
PRO-
GRAM.—Section 3253 of the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2453) is amended 
by striking ‘‘nuclear weapons complex’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘nuclear security enterprise’’. 
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(2) GAO REPORTS.—Section 3255 of the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 
U.S.C. 2455) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘nuclear security complex’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘nuclear se-
curity enterprise’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph 
(3). 
(3) DEFINITION.—Section 3281 of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 
2471) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) The term ‘nuclear security enterprise’ 
means the physical facilities, technology, and human 
capital of the national security laboratories and the 
nuclear weapons production facilities.’’. 
(b) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.— 
(1) NEW TRANSFERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 3291 of the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 
U.S.C. 2481) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 3291. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of Energy may transfer to the Administrator any 
facility, mission, or function of the Department of Energy 
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that the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator 
and Congress, determines to be consistent with the mission 
of the Administration. 
‘‘(b) ENVIRONMENTAL
REMEDIATION
AND
WASTE 
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.—In the case of any environ-
mental remediation and waste management activity of any 
element of the Administration, the Secretary of Energy may 
determine to transfer responsibility for that activity to an-
other element of the Department of Energy. 
‘‘(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—(1) Any balance of appro-
priations that the Secretary of Energy determines is avail-
able and needed to finance or discharge a function, power, 
or duty or an activity that is transferred to the Administra-
tion shall be transferred to the Administration and used 
for any purpose for which those appropriations were origi-
nally available. Balances of appropriations so transferred 
shall— 
‘‘(A) be credited to any applicable appropriation 
account of the Administration; or 
‘‘(B) be credited to a new account that may be 
established on the books of the Department of the 
Treasury; 
and shall be merged with the funds already credited 
to that account and accounted for as one fund. 
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‘‘(2) Balances of appropriations credited to an account 
under paragraph (1)(A) are subject only to such limitations 
as are specifically applicable to that account. Balances of 
appropriations credited to an account under paragraph 
(1)(B) are subject only to such limitations as are applicable 
to the appropriations from which they are transferred. 
‘‘(d) PERSONNEL.—(1) With respect to any function, 
power, or duty or activity of the Department of Energy that 
is transferred to the Administration, those employees of the 
element of the Department of Energy from which the trans-
fer is made that the Secretary of Energy determines are 
needed to perform that function, power, or duty, or for that 
activity, as the case may be, shall be transferred to the Ad-
ministration. 
‘‘(2) The authorized strength in civilian employees of 
any element of the Department of Energy from which em-
ployees are transferred under this section is reduced by the 
number of employees so transferred.’’. 
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents at the beginning of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration Act is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 3291 and in-
serting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 3291. Transfer of Functions.’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING LAWS AND REG-
ULATIONS.—Section 3296 of the National Nuclear Se-
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curity Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2484) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 3296. APPLICABILITY OF PREEXISTING LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS. 
‘‘With respect to any facility, mission, or function of 
the Department of Energy that the Secretary of Energy 
transfers to the Administrator under section 3291, unless 
otherwise provided in this title, all provisions of law and 
regulations in effect immediately before the date of the 
transfer that are applicable to such facility, mission, or 
functions shall continue to apply to the corresponding func-
tions of the Administration.’’. 
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sec-
tion 3291 of the National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration Act (50 U.S.C. 2481), as amended by para-
graph (1), may be construed to affect any function or 
activity transferred by the Secretary of Energy to the 
Administrator for Nuclear Security before the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(c) REPEAL OF EXPIRED PROVISIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The following sections of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 
U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) are repealed: 
(A) Section 3242 (50 U.S.C. 2442). 
(B) Section 3292 (50 U.S.C. 2482). 
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(C) Section 3295 (50 U.S.C. 2483). 
(D) Section 3297 (50 U.S.C. 2401 note). 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of con-
tents at the beginning of the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration Act is amended by striking the 
item relating to sections 3242, 3292, 3295, and 3297. 
(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE NNSA ACT.— 
The National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 
U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 3212(a)(2) (50 U.S.C. 2402), by 
striking ‘‘as added by section 3202 of this Act,’’. 
(2) In section 3253(b)(3) (50 U.S.C. 2453(b)(3)), 
by striking ‘‘section 3158 of the Strom Thurmond Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 
(42 U.S.C. 2121 note)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
4202(a) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2522(a))’’. 
(3) In section 3281(2) (50 U.S.C. 2471(2))— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Y–12 
Plant’’ and inserting ‘‘Y–12 National Security 
Complex’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘trit-
ium operations facilities at the’’. 
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(4) By striking ‘‘Nevada Test Site’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Nevada National Security 
Site’’. 
(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO THE DOE ORGANIZA-
TION ACT.—Section 643 of the Department of Energy Orga-
nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7253) is amended by redesignating 
the second subsection (b) as subsection (c). 
SEC. 3133. CLARIFICATION OF THE ROLE OF THE ADMINIS-
TRATOR FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY. 
(a) ROLE UNDER NNSA ACT.— 
(1) FUNCTION.—Section 3212 of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 
2402(b)) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘all pro-
grams and activities of the Administration’’ and 
inserting ‘‘all programs, policies, regulations, 
and rules of the Administration’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘, unless 
disapproved by the Secretary of Energy.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘to carry out the mission and func-
tions of the Administration, except as provided 
by section 3219.’’. 
(2) ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 3219 of the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 
U.S.C. 2409) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 3219. SCOPE OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF EN-
ERGY REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Secretary of Energy may 
disapprove any action, policy, regulation, or rule of the Ad-
ministrator if— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary submits to the congressional 
defense committees justification for such disapproval; 
and 
‘‘(B) a period of 15 days has elapsed following 
the date on which such justification was submitted. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in this title may be construed to provide 
authority to the Secretary of Energy to administer, enforce, 
or oversee the activities under this title except— 
‘‘(A) as provided by paragraph (1); or 
‘‘(B) to the extent otherwise specifically provided 
by law. 
‘‘(3) Except as provided by this section, the Adminis-
trator shall have complete authority to establish and con-
duct oversight of policies, activities, and procedures of the 
Administration without direction or oversight by the Sec-
retary of Energy. 
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‘‘(4) The authority of the Secretary under paragraph 
(1) may be delegated only to the Deputy Secretary of En-
ergy, without further redelegation. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER.—Notwithstanding the 
authority granted by section 643 of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7253) or any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Energy may not establish, abol-
ish, alter, consolidate, or discontinue any organizational 
unit or component, or transfer any function, of the Admin-
istration, except as authorized by section 3291.’’. 
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents at the beginning of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration Act is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 3219 and in-
serting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 3219. Scope of Authority of Secretary of Energy regarding the Administra-
tion.’’. 
(C) DEPARTMENT
OF
ENERGY
ORGANIZA-
TION ACT.—Section 202(c)(3) of the Department 
of 
Energy 
Organization 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
7132(c)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) The Under Secretary for Nuclear Security shall 
serve as the Administrator for Nuclear Security under sec-
tion 3212 of the National Nuclear Security Administration 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2402). In carrying out the functions of the 
Administrator, the Under Secretary shall be subject to the 
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authority of the Secretary of Energy in accordance with 
section 3219 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 2409).’’. 
(3) STATUS
OF
ADMINISTRATION
AND
CON-
TRACTOR PERSONNEL.—Section 3220 of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 
2410) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking subparagraph (A); 
and 
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graph (B) and (C) as subparagraph 
(A) and (B), respectively; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘any 
other officer, employee, or agent of the De-
partment of Energy’’ and inserting ‘‘any of-
ficer, employee, or agent of the Department 
of Energy, except as provided by section 
3219’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘except 
for’’ and all that follows through the period and 
inserting ‘‘except as provided by section 3219.’’. 
(4) OFFICE OF DEFENSE NUCLEAR SECURITY.— 
Section 3232 of the National Nuclear Security Ad-
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