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of Energy and National Nuclear Security Adminis-
tration national laboratories to support the Stockpile
Stewardship Program and nonweapons modeling and
calculations.
(3) An assessment of the effectiveness of the De-
partment of Energy and the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration in sharing high-performance
computing developments with private industry and
capitalizing on innovations in private industry in
high-performance computing.
(4) A description of the strategy of the Depart-
ment of Energy for developing an exaflop computing
capability.
(5) An assessment of the efforts of the Depart-
ment of Energy to—
(A) coordinate high-performance computing
work within the Department, in particular
among the Office of Science, the National Nu-
clear Security Administration, and the Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; and
(B) develop joint strategies with other Fed-
eral Government agencies and private industry
groups for the development of high-performance
computing.
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SEC. 3139. AGREEMENTS AND REPORTS ON NUCLEAR
FORENSICS CAPABILITIES.
(a) 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 organiza-
tions to conduct data collection and analysis to determine
accurately and in a timely manner the source of any com-
ponents of, or fissile material used or attempted to be used
in, a nuclear device or weapon.
(b) 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 Intel-
ligence, enter into agreements with countries or inter-
national organizations—
(1) to acquire for the materials information pro-
gram of the Department of Energy validated informa-
tion on the physical characteristics of radioactive ma-
terial produced, used, or stored at various locations,
in order to facilitate the ability to determine accu-
rately and in a timely manner the source of any com-
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ponents 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 nu-
clear device or weapon or nuclear material.
(c) REPORT ON AGREEMENTS.—Not later than one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Energy shall, in coordination with the Secretary
of State, submit to Congress a report identifying—
(1) the countries or international organizations
with which the Secretary has sought to make agree-
ments pursuant to subsections (a) and (b);
(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 agree-
ments with other countries and international organi-
zations.
(d) 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 man-
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ner any country or group that knowingly or neg-
ligently 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 proce-
dures described in paragraph (1); and
(3) including a plan and proposed funding for
rectifying any shortfalls in the nuclear forensics capa-
bilities of the United States by September 30, 2010.
TITLE 
XXXII—DEFENSE 
NU-
CLEAR 
FACILITIES 
SAFETY
BOARD
SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION.
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year
2008, $27,499,000 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.).