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were considered and why such measures were not reason-
ably available to reduce supply chain risk. 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATIONS.—If the Secretary has exercised the 
authority under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) notify appropriate parties of the covered procurement 
action and the basis for the action only to the extent necessary 
to carry out the covered procurement action; 
‘‘(2) notify other Federal agencies responsible for procure-
ment that may be subject to the same or similar supply chain 
risk, in a manner and to the extent consistent with the require-
ments of national security; and 
‘‘(3) ensure the confidentiality of any notifications under 
paragraph (1) or (2). 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION OF REVIEW.—No action taken by the Secretary 
under the authority under subsection (a) shall be subject to review 
in any Federal court. 
‘‘(e) REVIEW
BY
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES.—Not later than one year after the effective date specified 
in subsection (g)(1), and annually for four years thereafter, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall— 
‘‘(1) review the authority provided under subsection (a), 
including— 
‘‘(A) the adequacy of resources, such as trained per-
sonnel, to effectively exercise that authority during the 
four-year period beginning on that effective date; and 
‘‘(B) the sufficiency of determinations under subsection 
(b)(2); 
‘‘(2) review the thoroughness of the process and systems 
utilized by the Office of the Chief Information Officer and 
the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Depart-
ment of Energy to reasonably detect supply chain threats to 
the national security functions of the Department; and 
‘‘(3) submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report that includes— 
‘‘(A) the results of the reviews conducted under para-
graphs (1) and (2); 
‘‘(B) any recommendations of the Comptroller General 
for improving the process and systems described in para-
graph (2); and 
‘‘(C) a description of the status of the implementation 
of recommendations, if any, with respect to that process 
and such systems made by the Comptroller General in 
previous years. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘appropriate congressional committees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the congressional defense committees; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) COVERED ITEM OF SUPPLY.—The term ‘covered item 
of supply’ means an item— 
‘‘(A) that is purchased for inclusion in a covered system; 
and 
‘‘(B) the loss of integrity of which could result in a 
supply chain risk for a covered system.
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‘‘(3) COVERED PROCUREMENT.—The term ‘covered procure-
ment’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) A source selection for a covered system or a cov-
ered item of supply involving either a performance speci-
fication, as described in subsection (a)(3)(B) of section 3306 
of title 41, United States Code, or an evaluation factor, 
as described in subsection (b)(1) of such section, relating 
to supply chain risk. 
‘‘(B) The consideration of proposals for and issuance 
of a task or delivery order for a covered system or a 
covered item of supply, as provided in section 4106(d)(3) 
of title 41, United States Code, where the task or delivery 
order contract concerned includes a contract clause estab-
lishing a requirement relating to supply chain risk. 
‘‘(C) Any contract action involving a contract for a 
covered system or a covered item of supply if the contract 
includes a clause establishing requirements relating to 
supply chain risk. 
‘‘(4) COVERED PROCUREMENT ACTION.—The term ‘covered 
procurement action’ means, with respect to an action that 
occurs in the course of conducting a covered procurement, any 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) The exclusion of a source that fails to meet quali-
fication requirements established pursuant to section 3311 
of title 41, United States Code, for the purpose of reducing 
supply chain risk in the acquisition of covered systems. 
‘‘(B) The exclusion of a source that fails to achieve 
an acceptable rating with regard to an evaluation factor 
providing for the consideration of supply chain risk in 
the evaluation of proposals for the award of a contract 
or the issuance of a task or delivery order. 
‘‘(C) The withholding of consent for a contractor to 
subcontract with a particular source or the direction to 
a contractor for a covered system to exclude a particular 
source from consideration for a subcontract under the con-
tract. 
‘‘(5) COVERED SYSTEM.—The term ‘covered system’ means 
the following: 
‘‘(A) National security systems (as defined in section 
3542(b) of title 44, United States Code) and components 
of such systems. 
‘‘(B) Nuclear weapons and components of nuclear 
weapons. 
‘‘(C) Items associated with the design, development, 
production, and maintenance of nuclear weapons or compo-
nents of nuclear weapons. 
‘‘(D) Items associated with the surveillance of the 
nuclear weapon stockpile. 
‘‘(E) Items associated with the design and development 
of nonproliferation and counterproliferation programs and 
systems. 
‘‘(6) SUPPLY
CHAIN
RISK.—The term ‘supply chain risk’ 
means the risk that an adversary may sabotage, maliciously 
introduce unwanted function, or otherwise subvert the design, 
integrity, manufacturing, production, distribution, installation, 
operation, or maintenance of a covered system or covered item
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of supply so as to surveil, deny, disrupt, or otherwise degrade 
the function, use, or operation of the system or item of supply. 
‘‘(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—This section shall take effect on the 
date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The authority under subsection (a) 
shall apply to— 
‘‘(A) contracts awarded on or after the effective date 
specified in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) task and delivery orders issued on or after that 
effective date pursuant to contracts awarded before, on, 
or after that effective date. 
‘‘(3) TERMINATION.—The authority under this section shall 
terminate on the date that is four years after the effective 
date specified in paragraph (1).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 4805 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4806. Enhanced procurement authority to manage supply chain risk.’’. 
SEC. 3114. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR NATIONAL 
NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection (d), of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 
available for fiscal year 2014 for the National Nuclear Security 
Administration, the amount specified in subsection (c) may not 
be obligated or expended until the date on which the Administrator 
for Nuclear Security submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees— 
(1) a detailed plan to realize the planned efficiencies; and 
(2) written certification that the planned efficiencies will 
be achieved during fiscal year 2014. 
(b) UNREALIZED EFFICIENCIES.—If the Administrator does not 
submit to the congressional defense committees the matters 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) by the date 
that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on— 
(1) the amount of planned efficiencies that will not be 
realized during fiscal year 2014; and 
(2) any effects caused by such unrealized planned effi-
ciencies to the programs funded under the directed stockpile 
work and nuclear programs accounts. 
(c) AMOUNT SPECIFIED.—The amount specified in this sub-
section is $139,500,000, reduced by the amount the Administrator 
certifies to the congressional defense committees that the Adminis-
trator has saved through the planned efficiencies realized during 
fiscal year 2014. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation under subsection (a) shall 
not— 
(1) apply to funds authorized to be appropriated for directed 
stockpile work, nuclear programs, or Naval Reactors; or 
(2) affect the authority of the Secretary of Energy under 
sections 4702, 4705, and 4711 of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2742, 2745, and 2751).
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(e) EFFECT
OF
PLANNED
EFFICIENCIES
ON
LABORATORY- 
DIRECTED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—The implementation of 
the planned efficiencies may not result in reductions in amounts 
provided for laboratory-directed research and development under 
section 4811(c) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2791(c)) 
in fiscal year 2014. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The limitation under subsection 
(a) shall not be considered a specific denial of funds for purposes 
of the authority referred to in subsection (d)(2). 
(g) PLANNED EFFICIENCIES DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘planned efficiencies’’ means the $106,800,000, with respect to 
directed stockpile work, and $32,700,000, with respect to nuclear 
programs, that the Administrator plans to save during fiscal year 
2014 through management efficiency and workforce restructuring 
reductions, as described in the budget request for fiscal year 2014 
that the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 3115. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR OFFICE OF 
THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2014 by section 3101 and available for the Office of the Adminis-
trator as specified in the funding table in section 4701, or otherwise 
made available for that Office for that fiscal year, not more than 
75 percent may be obligated or expended until— 
(1) the President transmits to Congress the matters 
required to be transmitted during 2013 and 2014 under section 
4205(f)(2) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2525(f)(2)); 
(2) the President transmits to the congressional defense 
committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives the matters— 
(A) required to be transmitted during 2013 and 2014 
under section 1043 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 
1576); and 
(B) with respect to which the Secretary of Energy 
is responsible; 
(3) the Secretary submits to the congressional defense 
committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives the reports required to be submitted during 2013 
and 2014 under section 3122(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 
125 Stat. 1710); and 
(4) the Administrator for Nuclear Security submits to the 
congressional defense committees— 
(A) the detailed report on the stockpile stewardship, 
management, and infrastructure plan required to be sub-
mitted during 2013 under paragraph (2) of section 4203(b) 
of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2523(b)); 
and 
(B) the summary of the plan required to be submitted 
during 2014 under paragraph (1) of such section.
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SEC. 3116. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER FOR SECURITY TECHNOLOGY, 
ANALYSIS, RESPONSE, AND TESTING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator for Nuclear Security 
shall establish within the nuclear security enterprise (as defined 
in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501) 
a Center for Security Technology, Analysis, Response, and Testing. 
(b) DUTIES.—The center established under subsection (a) shall 
carry out the following: 
(1) Provide to the Administrator, the Chief of Defense 
Nuclear Security, and the management and operating contrac-
tors of the nuclear security enterprise a wide range of objective 
expertise on security technologies, systems, analysis, testing, 
and response forces. 
(2) Assist the Administrator in developing standards, 
requirements, analysis methods, and testing criteria with 
respect to security. 
(3) Collect, analyze, and distribute lessons learned with 
respect to security. 
(4) Support inspections and oversight activities with respect 
to security. 
(5) Promote professional development and training for secu-
rity professionals. 
(6) Provide for advance and bulk procurement for security- 
related acquisitions that affect multiple facilities of the nuclear 
security enterprise. 
(7) Advocate for continual improvement and security excel-
lence throughout the nuclear security enterprise. 
(8) Such other duties as the Administrator may assign. 
SEC. 3117. AUTHORIZATION OF MODULAR BUILDING STRATEGY AS AN 
ALTERNATIVE TO THE REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR THE 
CHEMISTRY AND METALLURGY RESEARCH BUILDING, 
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, NEW MEXICO. 
Section 3114(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2171; 50 U.S.C. 
2535 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘No funds’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Except as provided 
in paragraph (2), no funds’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS FOR MODULAR BUILDING STRATEGY.— 
The Administrator for Nuclear Security may obligate and 
expend funds referred to in paragraph (1) for activities relating 
to a modular building strategy on and after the date that 
is 60 days after the date on which the Nuclear Weapons Council 
established under section 179 of title 10, United States Code, 
notifies the congressional defense committees that— 
‘‘(A) the modular building strategy— 
‘‘(i) meets requirements for maintaining the 
nuclear weapons stockpile over a 30-year period; 
‘‘(ii) meets requirements for implementation of a 
responsive infrastructure, including meeting plutonium 
pit production requirements; and 
‘‘(iii) will achieve full operating capability for not 
less than two modular structures by not later than 
2027;
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‘‘(B) in fiscal year 2015, the National Nuclear Security 
Administration will begin the process of designing and 
building modular buildings in accordance with Department 
of Energy Order 413.3 (relating to relating to program 
management and project management for the acquisition 
of capital assets); and 
‘‘(C) the Administrator will include the costs of the 
modular building strategy in the estimated expenditures 
and proposed appropriations reflected in the future-years 
nuclear security program submitted under section 3253 
of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 
U.S.C. 2453). 
‘‘(3) MODULAR BUILDING STRATEGY DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘modular building strategy’ means an alter-
native strategy to the replacement project that consists of 
repurposing existing facilities and constructing a series of mod-
ular structures, each of which is fully useable, to complement 
the function of the plutonium facility (PF–4) at Los Alamos 
National Laboratory, New Mexico, in accordance with all 
applicable safety and security standards of the Department 
of Energy.’’. 
SEC. 3118. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WARHEAD LIFE EXTENSION 
OPTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out Phase 6.2 and Phase 6.2A 
of the Joint W78/88–1 Warhead Life Extension Program, the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, acting through 
the Nuclear Weapons Council established by section 179 of title 
10, United States Code, shall conduct a comparative analysis of 
the feasibility of, and preliminary design definitions and cost esti-
mates for, each of the following life extension options: 
(1) A separate life extension option to produce a W78– 
1 warhead. 
(2) A separate life extension option to produce a W88– 
1 warhead. 
(3) An interoperable W78/88–1 life extension option. 
(4) Any other life extension option the Nuclear Weapons 
Council considers appropriate. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended 
for Phase 6.3 (development engineering) activities for the Joint 
W78/88–1 Warhead Life Extension Program until the date that 
is 90 days after the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council 
submits to the congressional defense committees a report containing 
the comparative analysis required by subsection (a). 
SEC. 3119. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY 
TO ENTER INTO TRANSACTIONS TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN 
RESEARCH PROJECTS. 
Section 646(g)(10) of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7256(g)(10)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 
SEC. 3120. INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN THRESHOLD. 
Section 4706(b) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2746(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘$600,000’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’.
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Subtitle C—Plans and Reports 
SEC. 3121. ANNUAL REPORT AND CERTIFICATION ON STATUS OF SECU-
RITY OF ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4506 of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2657) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4506. ANNUAL REPORT AND CERTIFICATION ON STATUS OF 
SECURITY OF ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE FACILITIES. 
‘‘(a) REPORT AND CERTIFICATION ON NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTER-
PRISE.—(1) Not later than September 30 of each year, the Adminis-
trator shall submit to the Secretary of Energy— 
‘‘(A) a report detailing the status of security at facilities 
holding Category I and II quantities of special nuclear material 
that are administered by the Administration; and 
‘‘(B) written certification that such facilities are secure 
and that the security measures at such facilities meet the 
security standards and requirements of the Administration and 
the Department of Energy. 
‘‘(2) If the Administrator is unable to make the certification 
described in paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a facility, the Adminis-
trator shall submit to the Secretary with the matters required 
by paragraph (1) a corrective action plan for the facility describing— 
‘‘(A) the deficiency that resulted in the Administrator being 
unable to make the certification; 
‘‘(B) the actions to be taken to correct the deficiency; and 
‘‘(C) timelines for taking such actions. 
‘‘(3) Not later than December 1 of each year, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees the unaltered 
report, certification, and any corrective action plans submitted by 
the Administrator under paragraphs (1) and (2) together with any 
comments of the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) REPORT AND CERTIFICATION ON ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE 
FACILITIES NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.—(1) Not 
later than December 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees— 
‘‘(A) a report detailing the status of the security of atomic 
energy defense facilities holding Category I and II quantities 
of special nuclear material that are not administered by the 
Administration; and 
‘‘(B) written certification that such facilities meet the secu-
rity standards and requirements of the Department of Energy. 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary is unable to make the certification 
described in paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a facility, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees, together with 
the matters required by paragraph (1), a corrective action plan 
describing— 
‘‘(A) the deficiency that resulted in the Secretary being 
unable to make the certification; 
‘‘(B) the actions to be taken to correct the deficiency; and 
‘‘(C) timelines for taking such actions.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 4506 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4506. Annual report and certification on status of security of atomic energy 
defense facilities.’’. 
SEC. 3122. MODIFICATIONS TO ANNUAL REPORTS REGARDING THE 
CONDITION OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE. 
(a) REPORT ON ASSESSMENTS.—Subsection (e) of section 4205 
of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2525) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(E) a concise summary of any significant finding inves-
tigations initiated or active during the previous year for 
which the head of the national security laboratory has 
full or partial responsibility.’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) In the case of a report submitted by the Commander 
of the United States Strategic Command— 
‘‘(A) a discussion of the relative merits of other nuclear 
weapon types (if any), or compensatory measures (if any) 
that could be taken, that could enable accomplishment 
of the missions of the nuclear weapon types to which the 
assessments relate, should such assessments identify any 
deficiency with respect to such nuclear weapon types; and 
‘‘(B) a summary of all major assembly releases in place 
as of the date of the report for the active and inactive 
nuclear weapon stockpiles.’’. 
(b) REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.— 
Subsection (f) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘March 1’’ and inserting 
‘‘February 1’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) If the President does not forward to Congress the matters 
required under paragraph (2) by the date required by such para-
graph, the officials specified in subsection (b) shall provide a briefing 
to the congressional defense committees not later than March 30 
on the report such officials submitted to the Secretary concerned 
under subsection (e).’’. 
SEC. 3123. INCLUSION OF INTEGRATED PLUTONIUM STRATEGY IN 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP, MANAGE-
MENT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. 
Section 4203(d) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2523(d)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new para-
graph (6): 
‘‘(6) A strategy for the integrated management of plutonium 
for stockpile and stockpile stewardship needs over a 20-year 
period that includes the following:
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‘‘(A) An assessment of the baseline science issues nec-
essary to understand plutonium aging under static and 
dynamic conditions under manufactured and nonmanufac-
tured plutonium geometries. 
‘‘(B) 
An 
assessment 
of 
scientific 
and 
testing 
instrumentation for plutonium at elemental and bulk condi-
tions. 
‘‘(C) An assessment of manufacturing and handling 
technology for plutonium and plutonium components. 
‘‘(D) An assessment of computational models of pluto-
nium performance under static and dynamic loading, 
including manufactured and nonmanufactured conditions. 
‘‘(E) An identification of any capability gaps with 
respect to the assessments described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D). 
‘‘(F) An estimate of costs relating to the issues, 
instrumentation, technology, and models described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D) over the period covered by 
the future-years nuclear security program under section 
3253 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act 
(50 U.S.C. 2453). 
‘‘(G) An estimate of the cost of eliminating the capa-
bility gaps identified under subparagraph (E) over the 
period covered by the future-years nuclear security pro-
gram. 
‘‘(H) Such other items as the Administrator considers 
important for the integrated management of plutonium 
for stockpile and stockpile stewardship needs.’’. 
SEC. 3124. MODIFICATIONS TO COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES FOR COM-
PETITION 
OF 
MANAGEMENT 
AND 
OPERATING 
CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) ANALYSES OF BID PROTESTS.—Subsection (a) of section 3121 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2175) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—The Administrator for Nuclear Secu-
rity shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
described in subsection (b) by not later than 30 days after the 
later of— 
‘‘(1) the date on which the Administrator awards a contract 
to manage and operate a facility of the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration; or 
‘‘(2) the date on which a protest concerning an alleged 
violation of a procurement statute or regulation brought under 
subchapter V of chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code, 
with respect to such a contract is resolved.’’. 
(b) REPORTING ON EXPECTED COST SAVINGS.—Subsection (b)(1) 
of such section is amended by inserting ‘‘, including a description 
of the assumptions used and analysis conducted to determine such 
expected cost savings’’ before the semicolon. 
(c) REVIEW
BY
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(c) REVIEW
BY
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit
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to the congressional defense committees a review of each report 
required by subsection (a) or (d)(2) not later than 180 days 
after the report is submitted to such committees. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Comptroller General may not conduct 
a review under paragraph (1) of a report relating to a contract 
to manage and operate a facility of the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration while a protest described in subsection 
(a)(2) is pending with respect to that contract.’’. 
(d) EXCEPTION FOR NAVAL REACTORS.—Subsection (d) of such 
section is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) NAVAL REACTORS.—The requirement for reports under 
subsections (a) and (d)(2) shall not apply with respect to a 
management and operations contract for a Naval Reactor 
facility.’’. 
SEC. 3125. MODIFICATION OF DEADLINES FOR CERTAIN REPORTS 
RELATING TO PROGRAM ON SCIENTIFIC ENGAGEMENT 
FOR NONPROLIFERATION. 
Section 3122 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2176; 50 U.S.C. 
2562 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘, and to the Comp-
troller General of the United States,’’ after ‘‘the appropriate 
congressional committees’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘15’’ and inserting 
‘‘30’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Administrator may waive the require-
ment under paragraph (1) to submit a report on a modification 
in the program under subsection (a) not later than 30 days 
before making the modification if the Administrator— 
‘‘(A) determines that the modification is urgent and 
necessary to the national security interests of the United 
States; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 30 days after making the modifica-
tion, submits to the appropriate congressional committees— 
‘‘(i) the report on the modification required by para-
graph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) a justification for exercising the waiver 
authority under this paragraph.’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by subparagraph 
(B), by striking ‘‘The report under paragraph (1)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Each report submitted under paragraph (1) or 
(3)(B)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘two years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘18 months 
after the date of the submittal of the report described in sub-
section (b)(1)’’. 
SEC. 3126. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN REPORTS ON COST CONTAIN-
MENT 
FOR 
URANIUM 
CAPABILITIES 
REPLACEMENT 
PROJECT. 
Section 3123(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2178) is amended—
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(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘QUARTERLY’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following 
new paragraph (1): 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the project referred to in subsection (a)— 
‘‘(A) not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter through 
the date that is one year after such date of enactment; 
and 
‘‘(B) after the date that is one year after such date 
of enactment, at such times as the Comptroller General, 
in consultation with the congressional defense committees, 
determines appropriate, taking into consideration the crit-
ical decision points of the project (as defined in orders 
of the Department of Energy).’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and the progress 
on meeting the requirements of section 4713 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2753)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘programmatic’’. 
SEC. 3127. PLAN FOR TANK FARM WASTE AT HANFORD NUCLEAR RES-
ERVATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title XLIV of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2621 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 4445. PLAN FOR TANK FARM WASTE AT HANFORD NUCLEAR 
RESERVATION. 
‘‘(a) PLAN.—Not later than June 1, 2014, the Secretary of 
Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
plan for the initial activities (as defined in subsection (d)) for 
the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant and any related, 
required infrastructure facilities. 
‘‘(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The plan under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
‘‘(1) A list of significant requirements needed for the initial 
activities. 
‘‘(2) A schedule of significant activities needed to carry 
out the initial activities. 
‘‘(3) Actions required to accelerate, to the extent possible, 
the treatment of lower risk, low-activity waste while continuing 
efforts to resolve the technical challenges associated with higher 
risk, high-activity waste. 
‘‘(4) A description of how the Secretary will— 
‘‘(A) provide adequate protection to workers and the 
public under the plan; and 
‘‘(B) incorporate into the plan any significant new 
science and technical information that was not available 
before the development of the plan. 
‘‘(c) DETERMINATIONS.—(1) For each significant requirement 
identified by the Secretary under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary 
shall include in the plan submitted under subsection (a) a deter-
mination regarding whether such requirement is finalized and will 
be used to inform the initial activities. 
‘‘(2) For each significant requirement that the Secretary cannot 
make a finalized determination for under paragraph (1) by the
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date on which the plan under subsection (a) is submitted to the 
congressional defense committees, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) include in the plan— 
‘‘(i) a description of the requirement; 
‘‘(ii) a list of significant activities required to finalize 
the requirement; and 
‘‘(iii) the date on which the Secretary anticipates 
making such determination; and 
‘‘(B) once the Secretary makes a determination that such 
a significant requirement is finalized, submit to such commit-
tees notification that the requirement is finalized and will 
be used to inform the initial activities. 
‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding any determination made under para-
graph (1) with respect to a significant requirement identified by 
the Secretary under subsection (b)(1)— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary shall change a requirement if necessary 
to provide adequate protection to workers and the public; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary may change a requirement if the Sec-
retary determines such change is necessary. 
‘‘(B) If the Secretary authorizes a change to a requirement 
under subparagraph (A) that will have a significant material effect 
on the schedule or cost of the initial activities, the Secretary shall 
promptly notify the congressional defense committees of such 
change. 
‘‘(C) The authority of the Secretary under this paragraph may 
be delegated only to the Deputy Secretary of Energy. 
‘‘(d) INITIAL ACTIVITIES DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘initial activities’ means activities necessary to start the operations 
of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford 
Tank Farms of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Richland, Wash-
ington, with respect to the design, construction, and operating of 
the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant and any related, 
required infrastructure facilities.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 4444 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4445. Plan for tank farm waste at Hanford Nuclear Reservation.’’. 
SEC. 3128. PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF FINANCIAL 
MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall 
develop a plan for improving and integrating the financial manage-
ment of the nuclear security enterprise. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The plan required by sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the expected results of the plan. 
(2) An assessment of the feasibility of the plan. 
(3) The estimated costs of carrying out the plan. 
(4) A timeline for implementation of the plan. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS IN DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—In developing 
the plan required by subsection (a), the Administrator shall consider 
the following: 
(1) Efforts to improve the structure for the allocation of 
work to be used by the entities within the nuclear security 
enterprise for the activities carried out by those entities.
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(2) Efforts to develop a clear and consistent cost structure 
for each program and entity within the nuclear security enter-
prise. 
(3) Methodologies for identifying costs for programs of 
record and base capabilities required for programs carried out 
by the nuclear security enterprise. 
(4) Mechanisms for monitoring those programs during the 
execution of those programs and to provide data to inform 
oversight of those programs. 
(5) Reporting frameworks to be used by the entities within 
the nuclear security enterprise to facilitate analyses, projec-
tions, and comparisons of similar activities carried out by dif-
ferent programs across the nuclear security enterprise. 
(6) Effects of the plan on the facilities and management 
and operating contractors of the nuclear security enterprise. 
(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator shall submit 
the plan required by subsection (a) to the congressional defense 
committees not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(e) NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘nuclear security enterprise’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2501). 
SEC. 3129. PLAN FOR DEVELOPING EXASCALE COMPUTING AND INCOR-
PORATING SUCH COMPUTING INTO THE STOCKPILE 
STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Administrator for Nuclear Security 
shall develop and carry out a plan to develop exascale computing 
and incorporate such computing into the stockpile stewardship pro-
gram under section 4201 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2521) during the 10-year period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) MILESTONES.—The plan required by subsection (a) shall 
include major programmatic milestones in— 
(1) the development of a prototype exascale computer for 
the stockpile stewardship program; and 
(2) mitigating disruptions resulting from the transition to 
exascale computing. 
(c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—In developing the 
plan required by subsection (a), the Administrator shall coordinate, 
as appropriate, with the Under Secretary of Energy for Science, 
the Secretary of Defense, and elements of the intelligence commu-
nity (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 
(d) INCLUSION OF COSTS IN FUTURE-YEARS NUCLEAR SECURITY 
PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall— 
(1) address, in the estimated expenditures and proposed 
appropriations reflected in each future-years nuclear security 
program submitted under section 3253 of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2453) during the 10- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the costs of— 
(A) developing exascale computing and incorporating 
such computing into the stockpile stewardship program; 
and
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(B) mitigating potential disruptions resulting from the 
transition to exascale computing; and 
(2) include in each such future-years nuclear security pro-
gram a description of the costs of efforts to develop exascale 
computing borne by the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion, the Office of Science of the Department of Energy, other 
Federal agencies, and private industry. 
(e) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator shall submit 
the plan required by subsection (a) to the congressional defense 
committees with each summary of the plan required by subsection 
(a) of section 4203 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2523) submitted under subsection (b)(1) of that section during the 
10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(f) EXASCALE COMPUTING DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘exascale computing’’ means computing through the use of a com-
puting machine that performs near or above 10 to the 18th power 
floating point operations per second. 
SEC. 3130. STUDY AND PLAN FOR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PILOT PRO-
GRAM PRINCIPLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall 
conduct a study of the feasibility of, and develop a plan for, 
extending the principles of the pilot program to improve and stream-
line oversight of the Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri, 
initiated on or about April 2006, to additional facilities of the 
nuclear security enterprise. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study and plan required by subsection 
(a) shall address the following: 
(1) The applicability of all or some of the principles of 
the pilot program to additional facilities of the nuclear security 
enterprise. 
(2) The costs, benefits, risks, opportunities, and cost 
avoidances that may result from the extension of the principles 
of the pilot program to additional facilities. 
(3) The cost avoidances that have been realized from the 
pilot program described in subsection (a) since the pilot program 
was initiated. 
(4) The actions and timelines that would be required to 
extend the principles of the pilot program to additional facilities 
if the Administrator determines that extending such principles 
is feasible. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes 
the following: 
(1) The results of the study and the plan required by 
subsection (a). 
(2) The determination of the Administrator regarding 
whether the principles of the pilot program will be extended 
to additional facilities of the nuclear security enterprise. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means 
the following: 
(A) The congressional defense committees.