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to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a 
plan for obligating and expending funds made available for that 
program in fiscal years before fiscal year 2008 that remain available 
for obligation or expenditure as of January 1, 2005, and for fiscal 
year 2008. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF UNUTILIZED FUNDS UNDER CERTIFICATION 
OF PARTIAL USE.—Any funds identified in the plan required in 
subsection (a) that are not planned to be obligated by the end 
of fiscal year 2009 shall also be available for any defense nuclear 
nonproliferation activities (other than the Fissile Materials Disposi-
tion program) for which amounts are authorized to be appropriated 
by section 3101(a)(2). 
(c) FISCAL YEAR 2008 FISSILE MATERIALS DISPOSITION PROGRAM 
FUNDS DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘fiscal year 2008 Fissile 
Materials Disposition program funds’’ means amounts authorized 
to be appropriated by section 3101(a)(2) and available for the Fissile 
Materials Disposition program. 
SEC. 3115. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF 
FUNDS FOR WASTE TREATMENT AND IMMOBILIZATION 
PLANT. 
Paragraph (2) of section 3120(a) of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109– 
364; 120 Stat. 2510) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the Defense Contract Management Agency 
has recommended for acceptance’’ and inserting ‘‘an inde-
pendent entity has reviewed’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and that the system has been certified 
by the Secretary for use by a construction contractor at the 
Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant’’ after ‘‘Waste 
Treatment and Immobilization Plant’’. 
SEC. 3116. MODIFICATION OF SUNSET DATE OF THE OFFICE OF THE 
OMBUDSMAN OF THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPA-
TIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 
Section 3686(g) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7385s–15(g)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘on the date that is 3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘October 28, 2012’’. 
SEC. 3117. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
The Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521 et seq.) is 
amended as follows: 
(1) The heading of section 4204a (50 U.S.C. 2524a) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4204A. RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD PROGRAM.’’. 
(2) The table of contents for that Act is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 4204 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4204A. Reliable Replacement Warhead program.’’.
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Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 3121. STUDY ON USING EXISTING PITS FOR THE RELIABLE 
REPLACEMENT WARHEAD PROGRAM. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Administrator for Nuclear Security, 
in consultation with the Nuclear Weapons Council, shall carry 
out a study analyzing the feasibility of using existing pits in the 
Reliable Replacement Warhead program. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later six months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the results 
of the study. The report shall be in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report shall contain the 
assessment of the Administrator of the results of the study, 
including— 
(A) an assessment of— 
(i) whether using existing pits in the program is 
technically feasible; 
(ii) whether using existing pits in the program 
is more advantageous than using newly manufactured 
pits in the program; 
(iii) the number of existing pits suitable for such 
use; 
(iv) whether proceeding to use existing pits in the 
program before using newly manufactured pits in the 
program is desirable; and 
(v) the extent to which using existing pits, as com-
pared to using newly manufactured pits, in the pro-
gram would reduce future requirements for new pit 
production, and how such use of existing pits would 
affect the schedule and scope for new pit production; 
and 
(B) a comparison of the requirements for certifying— 
(i) reliable replacement warheads using existing 
pits; 
(ii) reliable replacement warheads using newly 
manufactured pits; and 
(iii) warheads maintained by the Stockpile Life 
Extension Program. 
(c) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in section 3101(a)(1), such funds 
as may be necessary shall be available to carry out this section. 
SEC. 3122. REPORT ON RETIREMENT AND DISMANTLEMENT OF 
NUCLEAR WARHEADS. 
Not later than March 1, 2008, the Administrator for Nuclear 
Security, in consultation with the Nuclear Weapons Council, shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
retirement and dismantlement of the nuclear warheads that will 
not be part of the enduring stockpile as of December 31, 2012, 
but that have not yet been retired or dismantled. The report shall 
include— 
(1) the existing plan and schedule for retiring and disman-
tling those warheads;
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(2) an assessment of the capacity of the nuclear weapons 
complex to accommodate an accelerated schedule for retiring 
and dismantling those warheads, taking into account the full 
range of capabilities in the complex; and 
(3) an identification of the resources needed to accommo-
date such an accelerated schedule for retiring and dismantling 
those warheads. 
SEC. 3123. PLAN FOR ADDRESSING SECURITY RISKS POSED TO 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX. 
Section 3253(b) of the National Nuclear Security Administration 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2453(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(6) A plan, developed in consultation with the Director 
of the Office of Health, Safety, and Security of the Department 
of Energy, for the research and development, deployment, and 
lifecycle sustainment of the technologies employed within the 
nuclear weapons complex to address physical and cyber security 
threats during the applicable five-fiscal year period, together 
with— 
‘‘(A) for each site in the nuclear weapons complex, 
a description of the technologies deployed to address the 
physical and cyber security threats posed to that site; 
‘‘(B) for each site and for the nuclear weapons complex, 
the methods used by the National Nuclear Security 
Administration to establish priorities among investments 
in physical and cyber security technologies; and 
‘‘(C) a detailed description of how the funds identified 
for each program element specified pursuant to paragraph 
(1) in the budget for the Administration for each fiscal 
year during that five-fiscal year period will help carry 
out that plan.’’. 
SEC. 3124. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROTECTIVE FORCES. 
(a) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
REPORT
ON
DEPARTMENT
OF 
ENERGY PROTECTIVE FORCE MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives a report on the management of the 
protective forces of the Department of Energy. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include the following: 
(A) An identification of each Department of Energy 
site with Category I nuclear materials. 
(B) For each site identified under subparagraph (A)— 
(i) a description of the management and contrac-
tual structure for protective forces at the site; 
(ii) a statement of the number and category of 
protective force members at the site; 
(iii) a description of the manner in which the site 
is moving to a tactical response force as required by 
the policy of the Department of Energy and an assess-
ment of the issues or problems, if any, involved in 
moving to such a force; 
(iv) a description of the extent to which the protec-
tive force at the site has been assigned or is responsible
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for law enforcement or law-enforcement related activi-
ties; 
(v) an assessment of the ability of the protective 
force at the site to fulfill any such law enforcement 
or law enforcement-related responsibilities; and 
(vi) an assessment of whether the protective force 
at the site is adequately staffed, trained, and equipped 
to comply with the requirements of the Design Basis 
Threat issued by the Department of Energy in 
November 2005 and, if not, when it is projected to 
be. 
(C) An analysis comparing the management, training, 
pay, benefits, duties, responsibilities, and assignments of 
the protective force at each site identified under subpara-
graph (A) with the management, training, pay, benefits, 
duties, responsibilities, and assignments of the Federal 
transportation security force of the Department of Energy. 
(D) A statement of options for managing the protective 
force at sites identified under subparagraph (A) in a more 
uniform manner, an analysis of the advantages and dis-
advantages of each option, and an assessment of the 
approximate cost of each option when compared with the 
costs associated with the existing management of the 
protective force at such sites. 
(3) FORM.—The report shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES FOR 
MANAGING AND DEPLOYING PROTECTIVE FORCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
on which the report is submitted under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Energy, in conjunction with the Administrator 
for Nuclear Security and the Assistant Secretary for Environ-
mental Management, shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives a report on the management 
of the protective forces of the Department of Energy. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include the following: 
(A) Each of the matters specified in subparagraphs 
(A), (B), and (C) of subsection (a)(2). 
(B) Each of the matters specified in subparagraph (D) 
of subsection (a)(2), except that— 
(i) the options analyzed shall include each of the 
options included in the report submitted under sub-
section (a), as well as any other options identified 
by the Secretary; and 
(ii) the analysis and assessment shall also include 
an analysis of the role played by incentives inherent 
in the use of private contractors to provide protective 
forces in the performance of those protective forces. 
(3) FORM.—The report shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 3125. EVALUATION OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINIS-
TRATION STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ADVANCED COMPUTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall— 
(1) enter into an agreement with an independent entity 
to conduct an evaluation of the strategic plan for advanced
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computing of the National Nuclear Security Administration; 
and 
(2) not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing the results of the evaluation described 
in paragraph (1). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The evaluation described in subsection (a)(1) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of— 
(A) the adequacy of the strategic plan in supporting 
the Stockpile Stewardship Program; 
(B) the role of research into, and development of, high- 
performance computing supported by the National Nuclear 
Security Administration in fulfilling the mission of the 
National 
Nuclear 
Security 
Administration 
and 
in 
maintaining the leadership of the United States in high- 
performance computing; and 
(C) the impacts of changes in investment levels or 
research and development strategies on fulfilling the mis-
sions of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 
(2) An assessment of the efforts of the Department of 
Energy to— 
(A) coordinate high-performance computing work 
within the Department, in particular between the National 
Nuclear Security Administration and the Office of Science; 
(B) develop joint strategies with other Federal agencies 
and private industry groups for the development of high- 
performance computing; and 
(C) share high-performance computing developments 
with private industry and capitalize on innovations in pri-
vate industry in high-performance computing. 
SEC. 3126. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERA-
TION POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE RELI-
ABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD PROGRAM. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should maintain its commitment to 
Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
Weapons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 
1968, and entered into force March 5, 1970 (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’’); 
(2) the United States should initiate talks with Russia 
to reduce the number of nonstrategic nuclear weapons and 
further reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons in 
the respective nuclear weapons stockpiles of the United States 
and Russia in a transparent and verifiable fashion and in 
a manner consistent with the security of the United States; 
(3) the United States and other declared nuclear weapons 
state parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, together 
with weapons states that are not parties to the Treaty, should 
work to reduce the total number of nuclear weapons in the 
respective stockpiles and related delivery systems of such 
states; 
(4) the United States, Russia, and other states should 
work to negotiate, and then sign and ratify, a treaty setting 
forth a date for the cessation of the production of fissile mate-
rial;
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(5) the United States should sustain the science-based 
stockpile stewardship program, which provides the basis for 
certifying the United States nuclear deterrent and maintaining 
the moratorium on underground nuclear weapons testing; 
(6) the United States should commit to dismantle as soon 
as possible all retired warheads or warheads that are planned 
to be retired from the United States nuclear weapons stockpile; 
(7) the United States, along with the other declared nuclear 
weapons state parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 
should participate in transparent discussions regarding their 
nuclear weapons programs and plans, including plans for any 
new weapons or warheads, and how such programs and plans 
relate to their obligations as nuclear weapons state parties 
under the Treaty; 
(8) the United States and the declared nuclear weapons 
state parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty should 
work to decrease reliance on, and the importance of, nuclear 
weapons; and 
(9) the United States should formulate any decision on 
whether to manufacture or deploy a reliable replacement war-
head within the broader context of the progress made by the 
United States toward achieving each of the goals described 
in paragraphs (1) through (8). 
SEC. 
3127. 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
ENERGY 
REPORT 
ON 
PLAN 
TO 
STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND INTERNATIONAL RADIO-
LOGICAL THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report 
that sets forth a specific plan for strengthening and expanding 
the Department of Energy International Radiological Threat Reduc-
tion (IRTR) program within the Global Threat Reduction Initiative. 
The plan shall address concerns raised and recommendations made 
by the Government Accountability Office in its report of March 
13, 2007, titled ‘‘Focusing on the Highest Priority Radiological 
Sources Could Improve DOE’s Efforts to Secure Sources in Foreign 
Countries’’, and shall specifically include actions to— 
(1) improve the Department’s coordination with the Depart-
ment of State and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 
(2) improve information-sharing between the Department 
and the International Atomic Energy Agency; 
(3) with respect to hospitals and clinics containing radio-
logical sources that receive security upgrades, give high priority 
to those determined to be the highest risk; 
(4) accelerate efforts to remove as many radioisotope 
thermoelectric generators (RTGs) in the Russian Federation 
as practicable; 
(5) develop a long-term sustainability plan for security 
upgrades that includes, among other things, future resources 
required to implement such a plan; and 
(6) develop a long-term operational plan that ensures suffi-
cient funding for the IRTR program and ensures sufficient 
funding to identify, recover, and secure all vulnerable high- 
risk radiological sources worldwide as quickly and effectively 
as possible.
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SEC. 
3128. 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
ENERGY 
REPORT 
ON 
PLAN 
TO 
STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND MATERIALS PROTECTION, 
CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING PROGRAM. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a specific 
plan for strengthening and expanding the Department of Energy 
Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A) program. 
The plan shall address concerns raised and recommendations made 
by the Government Accountability Office in its report of February 
2007, titled ‘‘Progress Made in Improving Security at Russian 
Nuclear Sites, but the Long-Term Sustainability of U.S. Funded 
Security Upgrades is Uncertain’’, and shall specifically include 
actions to— 
(1) strengthen program management and the effectiveness 
of the Department’s efforts to improve security at weapons- 
usable nuclear material and warhead sites in the Russian Fed-
eration and other countries by— 
(A) revising the metrics used to measure MPC&A pro-
gram progress to better reflect the level of security upgrade 
completion at buildings reported as ‘‘secure’’; 
(B) actively working with other countries, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of State, to develop an appropriate 
access plan for each country; and 
(C) developing a management information system to 
track the Department’s progress in providing Russia with 
a sustainable MPC&A system by 2013; and 
(2) develop a long-term operational plan that ensures suffi-
cient funding for the MPC&A program, including for National 
Programs and Sustainability, and ensures sufficient funding 
to secure all weapons-usable nuclear material and warhead 
sites as quickly and effectively as possible. 
SEC. 3129. AGREEMENTS AND REPORTS ON NUCLEAR FORENSICS 
CAPABILITIES. 
(a) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title XLIII of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2561 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 4307. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
DATA. 
‘‘The Secretary of Energy may, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State and in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National 
Intelligence, enter into agreements with countries or international 
organizations to conduct data collection and analysis to determine 
accurately and in a timely manner the source of any components 
of, or fissile material used or attempted to be used in, a nuclear 
device or weapon. 
‘‘SEC. 4308. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON INFORMATION ON 
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. 
‘‘The Secretary of Energy may, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State and in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National 
Intelligence, enter into agreements with countries or international 
organizations—
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‘‘(1) to acquire for the materials information program of 
the Department of Energy validated information on the physical 
characteristics of radioactive material produced, used, or stored 
at various locations, in order to facilitate the ability to deter-
mine accurately and in a timely manner the source of any 
components of, or fissile material used or attempted to be 
used in, a nuclear device or weapon; and 
‘‘(2) to obtain access to information described in paragraph 
(1) in the event of— 
‘‘(A) a nuclear detonation; or 
‘‘(B) the interdiction or discovery of a nuclear device 
or weapon or nuclear material.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents at the 
beginning of such Act is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 4306A the following: 
‘‘Sec. 4307. International agreements on nuclear weapons data. 
‘‘Sec. 4308. International agreements on information on radioactive materials.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON AGREEMENTS.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy 
shall, in coordination with the Secretary of State, submit to Con-
gress a report identifying— 
(1) the countries or international organizations with which 
the Secretary has sought to make agreements pursuant to 
sections 4307 and 4308 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act, 
as added by subsection (a); 
(2) any countries or international organizations with which 
such agreements have been finalized and the measures included 
in such agreements; and 
(3) any major obstacles to completing such agreements 
with other countries and international organizations. 
(c) REPORT ON STANDARDS AND CAPABILITIES.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to Congress a report— 
(1) setting forth standards and procedures to be used in 
determining accurately and in a timely manner any country 
or group that knowingly or negligently provides to another 
country or group— 
(A) a nuclear device or weapon; 
(B) a major component of a nuclear device or weapon; 
or 
(C) fissile material that could be used in a nuclear 
device or weapon; 
(2) assessing the capability of the United States to collect 
and analyze nuclear material or debris in a manner consistent 
with the standards and procedures described in paragraph (1); 
and 
(3) including a plan and proposed funding for rectifying 
any shortfalls in the nuclear forensics capabilities of the United 
States by September 30, 2010. 
SEC. 3130. REPORT ON STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
INITIATIVES 
TO 
ACCELERATE 
THE 
REDUCTION 
OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS AND CHALLENGES POSED BY 
THE LEGACY OF THE COLD WAR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 2008, the Sec-
retary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees and the Comptroller General of the United States a report
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on the status of the environmental management initiatives under-
taken to accelerate the reduction of the environmental risks and 
challenges that, as a result of the legacy of the Cold War, are 
faced by the Department of Energy, contractors of the Department, 
and applicable Federal and State agencies with regulatory jurisdic-
tion. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) A discussion and assessment of the progress made in 
reducing the environmental risks and challenges described in 
subsection (a) in each of the following areas: 
(A) Acquisition strategy and contract management. 
(B) Regulatory agreements. 
(C) Interim storage and final disposal of high-level 
waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, and low-level 
waste. 
(D) Closure and transfer of environmental remediation 
sites. 
(E) Achievements in innovation by contractors of the 
Department with respect to accelerated risk reduction and 
cleanup. 
(F) Consolidation of special nuclear materials and 
improvements in safeguards and security. 
(2) An assessment of whether legislative changes or clari-
fications would improve or accelerate environmental manage-
ment activities. 
(3) A listing of the major mandatory milestones and 
commitments by site, by type of agreement, and by year to 
the extent that they are currently defined, together with a 
summary of the major mandatory milestones by site that are 
projected to be missed or are in jeopardy of being missed, 
with categories to explain the reason for non-compliance. 
(4) An estimate of the life cycle cost of the current scope 
of the environmental management program as of October 1, 
2007, by project baseline summary and summarized by site, 
including assumptions impacting cost projections and descrip-
tions of the work to be done at each site. 
(5) For environmental cleanup liabilities and excess facili-
ties projected to be transferred to the environmental manage-
ment program, a description of the process for nomination 
and acceptance of new work scope into the program, a listing 
of pending nominations, and life cycle cost estimates and sched-
ules to address them. 
(c) REVIEW BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later than March 
30, 2009, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report containing a review of the report 
required by subsection (a). 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Terrorism Prevention 
SEC. 3131. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) The term ‘‘Convention on the Physical Protection of 
Nuclear Material’’ means the Convention on the Physical 
Protection of Nuclear Material, signed at New York and Vienna 
March 3, 1980.