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(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and per-
formance over time’’ after ‘‘detonation’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(4) Material support for the use of, and experi-
ments facilitated by, the advanced experimental fa-
cilities of the United States, including— 
‘‘(A) the National Ignition Facility at Law-
rence Livermore National Laboratory; 
‘‘(B) the Dual Axis Radiographic Hydro-
dynamic Test Facility at Los Alamos National 
Laboratory; and 
‘‘(C) the Z Machine at Sandia National 
Laboratories. 
‘‘(5) Material support for the sustainment and 
modernization of facilities with production and man-
ufacturing capabilities that are necessary to ensure 
the safety, security, and reliability of the nuclear 
weapons stockpile, including— 
‘‘(A) the Pantex Plant; 
‘‘(B) the Y–12 National Security Complex; 
‘‘(C) the Kansas City Plant; and 
‘‘(D) the Savannah River Site.’’. 
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(c) PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
FISCAL YEAR 1994.—Such section is further amended by 
striking subsection (c). 
SEC. 3112. STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Atomic Energy Defense Act 
(division D of Public Law 107-314; 50 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) by repealing section 4204A (50 U.S.C. 
2524a); and 
(2) by amending section 4204 (50 U.S.C. 2524) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4204. STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Energy, 
acting through the Administrator for Nuclear Security and 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall carry 
out a program, to be known as the stockpile management 
program, to provide for the effective management of the 
weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile (including any 
weapon proposed to be added to the stockpile). The program 
shall have the following objectives: 
‘‘(1) To increase the reliability, safety, and secu-
rity of the nuclear weapons stockpile of the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) To further reduce the likelihood of the re-
sumption of underground nuclear weapons testing. 
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‘‘(3) To achieve reductions in the future size of 
the nuclear weapons stockpile. 
‘‘(4) To reduce the risk of an accidental detona-
tion of an element of the stockpile. 
‘‘(5) To reduce the risk of an element of the 
stockpile being used by a person or entity hostile to 
the United States, its vital interests, or its allies. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM BUDGET.—For each budget submitted 
by the President to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, the amounts requested for the program 
shall be clearly identified in the budget justification mate-
rials submitted to Congress in support of that budget. 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM LIMITATIONS.—In carrying out the 
stockpile management program under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall ensure that— 
‘‘(1) any changes made to the stockpile shall be 
made to achieve the objectives identified in subsection 
(a); and 
‘‘(2) any such changes made to the stockpile 
shall— 
‘‘(A) remain consistent with basic design 
parameters by including, to the maximum extent 
feasible, components that are well understood or 
are certifiable without the need to resume under-
ground nuclear weapons testing; and 
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‘‘(B) use the design, certification, and pro-
duction expertise resident in the nuclear complex 
to fulfill current mission requirements of the ex-
isting stockpile.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 4001(b) of such Act (division D of Public Law 107- 
314; 50 U.S.C. 2501 note) is amended by striking the items 
relating to sections 4204 and 4204A and inserting the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4204. Stockpile management program.’’. 
SEC. 3113. PLAN FOR EXECUTION OF STOCKPILE STEWARD-
SHIP AND STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) PLAN.—Section 4203 of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act (division D of Public Law 107–314; 50 U.S.C. 2523) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4203. PLAN FOR EXECUTION OF STOCKPILE STEW-
ARDSHIP 
AND 
STOCKPILE 
MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) PLAN REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Energy, 
acting through the Administrator for Nuclear Security, 
shall develop and annually update a plan for maintaining 
the nuclear weapons stockpile. The plan shall cover, at a 
minimum, stockpile stewardship, stockpile management, 
and program direction and shall be consistent with the pro-
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grammatic and technical requirements of the most recent 
annual Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum. 
‘‘(b) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan and each update of 
the plan shall set forth the following: 
‘‘(1) The number of warheads (including active 
and inactive warheads) for each warhead type in the 
nuclear weapons stockpile. 
‘‘(2) The current age of each warhead type, and 
any plans for stockpile lifetime extensions and modi-
fications or replacement of each warhead type. 
‘‘(3) The process by which the Secretary of En-
ergy is assessing the lifetime and requirements for 
maintenance of the nuclear and nonnuclear compo-
nents of the warheads (including active and inactive 
warheads) in the nuclear weapons stockpile. 
‘‘(4) The process used in recertifying the safety, 
security, and reliability of each warhead type in the 
nuclear weapons stockpile without the use of nuclear 
testing. 
‘‘(5) Any concerns which would affect the ability 
of the Secretary of Energy to recertify the safety, secu-
rity, or reliability of warheads in the nuclear weap-
ons stockpile (including active and inactive war-
heads). 
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‘‘(c) ASSESSMENT.—In addition to the elements de-
scribed under subsection (b), the plan and each update of 
the plan shall include a joint assessment of the stockpile 
stewardship program by the heads of the national security 
laboratories. Each assessment shall set forth the following: 
‘‘(1) An identification and description of— 
‘‘(A) any key technical challenges to the 
program; and 
‘‘(B) the strategies to address such chal-
lenges without the use of nuclear testing. 
‘‘(2) A strategy for using the science-based tools 
(including advanced simulation and computing capa-
bilities) of each national security laboratory to ensure 
that the nuclear weapons stockpile is safe, secure, and 
reliable without the use of nuclear testing. 
‘‘(3) An assessment of the science-based tools (in-
cluding advanced simulation and computing capa-
bilities) of each national security laboratory that exist 
at the time of the plan compared with the science- 
based tools expected to exist during the period covered 
by the future-years nuclear security program. 
‘‘(4) Clear and specific criteria for judging 
whether the science-based tools being used by the De-
partment of Energy for determining the safety and 
reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile are per-
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forming in a manner that will provide an adequate 
degree of certainty that the stockpile is safe and reli-
able. 
‘‘(5) An assessment of the core scientific and 
technical competencies required to achieve the objec-
tives of the stockpile stewardship program and other 
weapons and weapons-related activities of the Depart-
ment of Energy, including— 
‘‘(A) the number of scientists, engineers, 
and technicians, by discipline, required to main-
tain such competencies; and 
‘‘(B) a description of any shortage of such 
individuals that exists at the time of the plan 
compared with any shortage expected to exist 
during the period covered by the future-years nu-
clear security program. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Feb-
ruary 1 of each year, beginning with February 1, 2010, 
the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report describing the plan required by 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘future-years nuclear security pro-
gram’ means the program required by section 3253 of 
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the National Nuclear Security Administration Act 
(50 U.S.C. 2453). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘national security laboratory’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 3281 of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 
U.S.C. 2471). 
‘‘(3) The term ‘weapons activities’ means each 
activity within the budget category of weapons activi-
ties in the budget of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘weapons–related activities’ means 
each activity under the Department of Energy that 
involves nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons tech-
nology, or fissile or radioactive materials, including 
activities related to— 
‘‘(A) nuclear non-proliferation; 
‘‘(B) nuclear forensics; 
‘‘(C) nuclear intelligence; 
‘‘(D) nuclear safety; and 
‘‘(E) nuclear incident response.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to sec-
tion 4203 in the table of contents for such Act is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 4203. Plan for execution of stockpile stewardship and stockpile management 
programs.’’. 
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(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 4202 of the Atom-
ic Energy Defense Act (division D of Public Law 107–314; 
50 U.S.C. 2522) is repealed. 
SEC. 3114. DUAL VALIDATION OF ANNUAL WEAPONS AS-
SESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION. 
(a) DUAL VALIDATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4205 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (division D of Public Law 107– 
314; 50 U.S.C. 2525) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (c) through 
(h) as subsections (d) through (i), respectively; 
and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) DUAL VALIDATION TEAMS IN SUPPORT OF AS-
SESSMENTS.—In support of the assessments required by 
subsection (a), the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall 
establish teams, known as ‘dual validation teams’, to pro-
vide Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Al-
amos National Laboratory with independent evaluations of 
the condition of each warhead for which such laboratory 
has lead responsibility. Each such team shall— 
‘‘(1) be comprised of weapons experts from the 
laboratory that does not have lead responsibility for 
fielding the warhead being evaluated; 
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‘‘(2) have access to all surveillance and under-
ground test data for all stockpile systems for use in 
the independent evaluations; 
‘‘(3) use all relevant available data to conduct 
independent calculations; and 
‘‘(4) pursue independent experiments to support 
the independent evaluations.’’. 
(2) PLAN.—Not later than March 1, 2010, the 
Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a plan (includ-
ing a schedule) to carry out subsection (c) of section 
4205 of such Act, as added by paragraph (1) of this 
subsection. 
(b) RED TEAM REVIEWS.—Subsection (d)(1) of such 
section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)(A) of this sec-
tion, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘both’’ after ‘‘review’’; and 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘that laboratory’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and the independent evaluations conducted 
by a dual validation team under subsection (c)’’. 
(c) SUMMARY.—Subsection (e)(3) of such section, as re-
designated by subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
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(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) a concise summary of the results of 
any independent evaluation conducted by a dual 
validation team under subsection (c).’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)(C) of subsection (e), as re-
designated by subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section, by 
striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(d)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (f), as re-
designated by subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section, by 
striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(e)’’; 
(3) in subsection (g), as redesignated by sub-
section (a)(1)(A) of this section, by striking ‘‘sub-
section (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; and 
(4) in subsection (i), as redesignated by sub-
section (a)(1)(A) of this section— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’; and 
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