I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4212 
To promote the national security of the United States by facilitating the 
removal of potential nuclear weapons materials from vulnerable sites 
around the world, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 22, 2004 
Mr. SCHIFF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on International Relations 
A BILL 
To promote the national security of the United States by 
facilitating the removal of potential nuclear weapons ma-
terials from vulnerable sites around the world, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF POTENTIAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
MATERIALS 
FROM 
VULNERABLE 
SITES 
WORLDWIDE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that removing potential nuclear weapons materials 
from vulnerable sites around the world would reduce the
possibility that such materials could fall into the hands 
of al Qaeda or other groups and states hostile to the 
United States, and should be a top priority for achieving 
the national security of the United States. 
(b) TASK FORCE
ON NUCLEAR MATERIAL RE-
MOVAL.—(1) The President shall establish in the Depart-
ment of Energy a task force to be known as the Task 
Force on Nuclear Material Removal (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(2) The head of the Task Force shall be the Director 
of the Task Force on Nuclear Material Removal, who shall 
be appointed by the President for that purpose. 
(3) The Director of the Task Force shall report di-
rectly to the Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation of the National Nuclear Security Admin-
istration regarding the activities of the Task Force under 
this section. 
(4)(A) The Secretary of Energy, the Administrator 
for Nuclear Security, and the Deputy Administrator for 
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation shall assign to the Task 
Force personnel having such experience and expertise as 
is necessary to permit the Task Force to carry out its mis-
sion under this section. 
(B) The Secretary of Energy and the Administrator 
for Nuclear Security shall jointly consult with the Assist-
ant to the President for National Security Affairs, the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Chair-
man of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the heads of 
other appropriate departments and agencies of the Fed-
eral Government, and appropriate international organiza-
tions in order to identify and establish mechanisms and 
procedures to ensure that the Task Force is able to draw 
quickly on the capabilities of the departments and agen-
cies of the Federal Government and such international or-
ganizations to carry out its mission under this section. 
(C) Mechanisms under subparagraph (B) may in-
clude the assignment to the Task Force of personnel of 
the Department of Energy and of other departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government. 
(5) The President may establish within the Executive 
Office of the President a mechanism for coordinating the 
activities of the Task Force under this section. 
(c) MISSION.—The mission of the Task Force shall 
be to ensure that potential nuclear weapons materials are 
entirely removed from the most vulnerable sites around 
the world as soon as practicable after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(d) ASSISTANCE.—To assist the Task Force in car-
rying out its mission under this section, the Secretary of 
Energy may—