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(3) by striking paragraph (13), as so redesig-
nated, and inserting the following new paragraph 
(13): 
‘‘(13) Coordinating risk management efforts be-
tween the Department of Defense and the National 
Nuclear Security Administration relating to the nu-
clear weapons stockpile, the nuclear security enter-
prise (as defined in section 4002 of the Atomic En-
ergy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501)), and the delivery 
platforms for nuclear weapons, including with respect 
to identifying and analyzing risks and proposing ac-
tions to mitigate risks.’’. 
(c) REPORTS RELATING TO SAFETY.—Subsection (e) 
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘conducted by the 
Council’’ and inserting ‘‘for which the Council has received 
a briefing’’. 
(d) PLANS AND BUDGET.—Subsection (f) of such sec-
tion is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF PLANS AND BUDG-
ET TO SUPPORT NUCLEAR WEAPONS REQUIREMENTS.—(1) 
The Council shall annually review the plans and budget 
of the National Nuclear Security Administration and assess 
whether such plans and budget meet the current and pro-
jected requirements relating to nuclear weapons. 
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‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after the President submits 
to Congress the budget for a fiscal year under section 
1105(a) of title 31, the Council shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report containing the following: 
‘‘(A) The assessment conducted under paragraph 
(1) with respect to that budget. 
‘‘(B) An assessment of— 
‘‘(i) whether the funding requested for the 
National Nuclear Security Administration in 
such budget— 
‘‘(I) enables the Administrator for Nu-
clear Security to meet requirements relating 
to nuclear weapons for such fiscal year; and 
‘‘(II) is adequate (as determined pur-
suant to section 4717 of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2757) to implement 
the objectives of the Department of Defense 
with respect to nuclear weapons for that fis-
cal year; and 
‘‘(ii) whether the plans and budget reviewed 
under paragraph (1) will enable the Adminis-
trator to meet the requirements to produce war 
reserve plutonium pits under section 4219(a) of 
such Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a(a)). 
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‘‘(C) If the assessment under subparagraph 
(B)(ii) determines that the plans and budget reviewed 
under paragraph (1) will not enable the Adminis-
trator to meet the requirements to produce war re-
serve plutonium pits under section 4219(a) of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a(a))— 
‘‘(i) an explanation for why the plans and 
budget will not enable the Administrator to meet 
such requirements; and 
‘‘(ii) proposed alternative plans, budget, or 
requirements by the Council to meet such re-
quirements. 
‘‘(3) If a member of the Council does not concur in 
an assessment under paragraph (2), the report under such 
paragraph shall include a written explanation from the 
non-concurring member describing the reasons for the mem-
ber’s non-concurrence. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘budget’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 231(f) of this title.’’. 
(e) UPDATES ON MEETINGS.—Subsection (g)(1)(A) of 
such section is amended by inserting before the semicolon 
the following: ‘‘and the members who attended each meet-
ing’’. 
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(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4717(b)(2) of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2757(b)(2)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
(2) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and 
inserting the following new subparagraph (B): 
‘‘(B) submit to the congressional defense 
committees the information required under sec-
tion 179(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 1632. PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR NU-
CLEAR FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 24 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section (and conforming the table of sections at the be-
ginning of such chapter accordingly): 
‘‘§ 499c. Portfolio management framework for nuclear 
forces 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than January 1, 2024, 
the Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(1) implement a portfolio management frame-
work for nuclear forces of the United States that— 
‘‘(A) specifies the portfolio of nuclear forces 
covered by the framework; 
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‘‘(B) establishes a portfolio governance 
structure for such forces that takes advantage of, 
or is modeled on, an existing portfolio govern-
ance structure, such as the Deputy’s Management 
Action Group described in Department of De-
fense Directive 5105.79; 
‘‘(C) outlines the approach of the Secretary 
for identifying and managing risk relating to 
such forces and prioritizing the efforts among 
such forces, including how the Secretary will co-
ordinate such identification, management, and 
prioritization with the Secretary of Energy; and 
‘‘(D) incorporates the findings and rec-
ommendations identified by the Comptroller 
General of the United States in the report titled 
‘Nuclear Enterprise: DOD and NNSA Could 
Further Enhance How They Manage Risk and 
Prioritize Efforts’ (GAO–22–104061) and dated 
January 2022; and 
‘‘(2) complete a comprehensive assessment of the 
portfolio management capabilities required to identify 
and manage risk in the portfolio of nuclear forces. 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—(1) In conjunction with the 
submission of the budget of the President to Congress pursu-
ant to section 1105 of title 31 for fiscal year 2025 and each 
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(b) INITIAL BRIEFING.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than June 1, 
2023, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 
congressional defense committees a briefing on the 
progress of the Secretary to— 
(A) develop the portfolio management 
framework for nuclear forces under section 499c 
of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a); and 
(B) complete the assessment described in 
subsection (a)(2) of such section. 
(2) FORM.—The Secretary may provide the 
briefings under paragraph (1) in classified form. 
SEC. 1633. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF 
CYBER RESILIENCE OF NUCLEAR COMMAND 
AND CONTROL SYSTEM. 
(a) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.—Subsection (d) of section 
499 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(d) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.—(1) Not less than once 
every quarter, the Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Vice 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly provide 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate— 
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‘‘(A) a briefing on any intrusion or anomaly in 
the nuclear command, control, and communications 
system that was identified during the previous quar-
ter, including— 
‘‘(i) an assessment of any known, suspected, 
or potential impacts of such intrusions and 
anomalies to the mission effectiveness of military 
capabilities as of the date of the briefing; and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to cyber intrusions of con-
tractor networks known or suspected to have re-
sulted in the loss or compromise of design infor-
mation regarding the nuclear command, control, 
and communications system; or 
‘‘(B) if no such intrusion or anomaly occurred 
with respect to the quarter to be covered by that brief-
ing, a notification of such lack of intrusions and 
anomalies. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘anomaly’ means a malicious, 
suspicious or abnormal cyber incident that poten-
tially threatens the national security or interests of 
the United States, or that is likely to result in demon-
strable harm to the national security of the United 
States. 
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‘‘(B) The term ‘intrusion’ means an unauthor-
ized and malicious cyber incident that compromises a 
nuclear command, control, and communications sys-
tem by breaking the security of such a system or caus-
ing it to enter into an insecure state.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 171a of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (h); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (i) through (l) 
as subsections (h) through (k), respectively. 
SEC. 1634. NUCLEAR-CAPABLE SEA-LAUNCHED CRUISE MIS-
SILE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Several senior military officers, including the 
Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff and the Commander of United States Strategic 
Command, have offered their support for continued 
research and development of a nuclear-capable sea- 
launched cruise missile to strengthen nuclear deter-
rence. 
(2) Deploying a nuclear-capable sea-launched 
cruise missile on naval vessels would ‘‘not come with-
out a cost’’, as was testified by Chief of Naval Oper-
ations Admiral Mike Gilday. Admiral Gilday de-
scribed the challenges associated with training, sus-
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tainability, reliability, and readiness that would be 
associated with adding a nuclear mission and went 
on to say that he was ‘‘not convinced yet that we need 
to make a $31,000,000,000 investment in that par-
ticular system to close that particular gap’’. Instead, 
he recommended keeping ‘‘a small amount of money’’ 
for research and development of the nuclear-capable 
sea-launched cruise missile as the Department of De-
fense seeks to better understand the implications of 
living with two nuclear-armed peer competitors. 
(b) REPORTS.— 
(1) DETERRENCE.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report that describes the ap-
proach by the Department of Defense for deterring 
theater nuclear employment by Russia and China, in-
cluding— 
(A) an assessment of the current and future 
theater nuclear capabilities and doctrine of Rus-
sia and China; 
(B) an explanation of the strategy and ca-
pabilities of the United States for deterring the-
ater nuclear employment; and 
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(C) a comparative assessment of options for 
strengthening deterrence of theater nuclear em-
ployment, including pursuit of the nuclear-capa-
ble sea-launched cruise missile and other poten-
tial changes to the nuclear and conventional pos-
ture and capabilities of the United States. 
(2) COST.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Navy shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report that describes the full cost of devel-
oping, producing, fielding, and maintaining nuclear- 
capable sea-launched cruise missiles through at least 
2050, including— 
(A) the costs associated with research and 
development and production of the missile; 
(B) the costs associated with modifications 
to port infrastructure; 
(C) the costs associated with nuclear certifi-
cation, personnel training, and operations; and 
(D) any other incremental costs compared 
to sustaining and operating nonnuclear naval 
vessels. 
(3) OPERATIONAL LIMITATIONS.—Not later than 
270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congres-
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(1) for construction of Lodging Facilities Phases 
1-2, as specified in such funding table and modified 
by section 2306(a)(7) of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of 
Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 4302), the Secretary 
of the Air Force may construct two emergency backup 
generators; 
(2) for construction of Dorm Complex Phases 1- 
2, as specified in such funding table and modified by 
section 2306(a)(8) of the Military Construction Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of 
Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 4302), the Secretary 
of the Air Force may construct an emergency backup 
generator; 
(3) for construction of Site Development, Utili-
ties, and Demo Phase 2, as specified in such funding 
table and modified by section 2306(a)(6) of the Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 
4302), the Secretary of the Air Force may construct— 
(A) up to 6,248 lineal meters of storm water 
utilities; 
(B) up to 55,775 square meters of roads; 
(C) up to 4,334 lineal meters of gas pipe-
line; and 
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