‘‘(f) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—In carrying
out this section, the Director shall have access
to all records and personnel of the Adminis-
tration concerning its safeguards and secu-
rity programs, including classified and un-
classified computer security programs.
‘‘(g) REPORT
BY
OFFICE.—The Office of
Independent Security Oversight shall, before
February 15 of each year, transmit to the Ad-
ministrator and the Secretary an unclassified
report, with a classified appendix if requested
or necessary, summarizing the activities of
the Office during the immediately preceding
calendar year. Such report shall include—
‘‘(1) a summary of each significant re-
port made to the Administrator pursuant
to this section during the reporting pe-
riod, including a description of key secu-
rity findings contained in those reports;
‘‘(2) the adequacy of corrective ac-
tions, if any, taken by the Administration
to address significant problems and defi-
ciencies;
‘‘(3) an identification of each signifi-
cant problem or deficiency described in
previous annual reports on which correc-
tive action has not been effectively com-
pleted; and
‘‘(4) a description of any significant
security policy decision with which the
Director is in disagreement, along with
an explanation of the reasons for dis-
agreement.
‘‘(h) REPORT BY ADMINISTRATOR.—The Ad-
ministrator shall, before March 15 of each
year, transmit to the appropriate committees
of Congress, without alteration, the Office’s
annual report submitted under subsection (g),
along with an unclassified report, with a clas-
sified appendix if requested or necessary,
summarizing the Administrator’s response
thereto. Such report from the Administrator
shall include—
‘‘(1) a description of the Administra-
tor’s response to each significant report
and security finding made to the Admin-
istrator pursuant to this section during
the reporting period;
‘‘(2) an explanation of the reasons for
any failure on the part of the Administra-
tion to remedy security findings identi-
fied by the Office in the current annual
report and previous annual reports; and
‘‘(3) to the extent relevant, an expla-
nation of how the President’s budget sub-
missions will impact the ability of the Ad-
ministration to remedy unresolved secu-
rity findings identified by the Office in
its annual reports.
‘‘(i) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Within 60 days
after the transmission of the annual reports
to the Congress under subsection (h), the Ad-
ministrator shall make copies of the unclassi-
fied portions of such reports available to the
public.
‘‘(j) SPECIAL REPORTS.—The Director of the
Office of Independent Security Oversight
shall report immediately to the Administrator
whenever the Director becomes aware of defi-
ciencies relating to the security programs,
practices, or operations of the Administration
that require an immediate response. The Ad-
ministrator shall, within seven calendar days
after receiving a report under this subsection,
notify the appropriate committees of Con-
gress in writing and explain the corrective ac-
tions taken to address such deficiencies.
‘‘(k) CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY AND BRIEF-
INGS.—The Director of the Office of Inde-
pendent Security Oversight, whenever called
to testify before a committee of Congress or
to brief any Member of Congress or congres-
sional staff, shall provide the Administrator
with advance notice of the subject matter of
that testimony or briefing, but shall provide
the requested information to the Congress
without any further review, clearance, or ap-
proval by any other official in the Executive
Branch.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of
contents at the beginning of such Act is
amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 3236 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 3237. Office of Independent Security Oversight.’’.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to ensure that
the National Nuclear Security Administration has appro-
priate mechanisms to independently assess the effective-
ness of its policy and site performance in the areas of
safeguards and security and cyber security.’’.
Union Calendar No. 412
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3906
[Report No. 106–696, Parts I and II]
A BILL
To ensure that the Department of Energy has ap-
propriate mechanisms to independently assess
the effectiveness of its policy and site perform-
ance in the areas of safeguards and security and
cyber security.
JULY 12, 2000
Reported from the Committee on the Armed Services
with amendments, committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered
to be printed