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ernization activities, and mechanisms to ensure 
the retention of skilled personnel; 
‘‘(J) mechanisms to ensure that each na-
tional security laboratory has full and complete 
access to all weapons data to enable a rigorous 
peer-review process to support the annual as-
sessment of the condition of the nuclear weap-
ons stockpile required under section 4205; 
‘‘(K) mechanisms for allocating funds for 
activities under the stockpile management pro-
gram required by section 4204, including allo-
cations of funds by weapon type and facility; 
and 
‘‘(L) for each of the five fiscal years fol-
lowing the fiscal year in which the report is 
submitted, an identification of the funds needed 
to carry out the program required under section 
4204. 
‘‘(2) With respect to science-based tools— 
‘‘(A) a description of the information need-
ed to determine that the nuclear weapons stock-
pile is safe and reliable; 
‘‘(B) for each science-based tool used to 
collect information described in subparagraph 
(A), the relationship between such tool and 
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such information and the effectiveness of such 
tool in providing such information based on the 
criteria developed pursuant to section 4202(a); 
and 
‘‘(C) the criteria developed under section 
4202(a) (including any updates to such cri-
teria). 
‘‘(3) An assessment of the stockpile stewardship 
program under section 4201 by the Administrator, 
in consultation with the directors of the national se-
curity laboratories, which shall set forth— 
‘‘(A) an identification and description of— 
‘‘(i) any key technical challenges to 
the stockpile stewardship program; and 
‘‘(ii) the strategies to address such 
challenges without the use of nuclear test-
ing; 
‘‘(B) a strategy for using the science-based 
tools (including advanced simulation and com-
puting capabilities) of each national security 
laboratory to ensure that the nuclear weapons 
stockpile is safe, secure, and reliable without 
the use of nuclear testing. 
‘‘(C) an assessment of the science-based 
tools (including advanced simulation and com-
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puting capabilities) of each national security 
laboratory that exist at the time of the assess-
ment compared with the science-based tools ex-
pected to exist during the period covered by the 
future-years nuclear security program; and 
‘‘(D) an assessment of the core scientific 
and technical competencies required to achieve 
the objectives of the stockpile stewardship pro-
gram and other weapons activities and weap-
ons-related activities of the Department of En-
ergy, including— 
‘‘(i) the number of scientists, engi-
neers, and technicians, by discipline, re-
quired to maintain such competencies; and 
‘‘(ii) a description of any shortage of 
such individuals that exists at the time of 
the assessment compared with any short-
age expected to exist during the period cov-
ered by the future-years nuclear security 
program. 
‘‘(4) With respect to the nuclear security infra-
structure— 
‘‘(A) a description of the modernization 
and refurbishment measures the Administrator 
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determines necessary to meet the requirements 
prescribed in— 
‘‘(i) the national security strategy of 
the United States as set forth in the most 
recent national security strategy report of 
the President under section 108 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
404a) if such strategy has been submitted 
as of the date of the plan; 
‘‘(ii) the most recent quadrennial de-
fense review if such strategy has not been 
submitted as of the date of the plan; and 
‘‘(iii) the most recent Nuclear Posture 
Review as of the date of the plan; 
‘‘(B) a schedule for implementing the 
measures described under subparagraph (A) 
during the 10-year period following the date of 
the plan; and 
‘‘(C) the estimated levels of annual funds 
the Administrator determines necessary to 
carry out the measures described under sub-
paragraph (A), including a discussion of the cri-
teria, evidence, and strategies on which such es-
timated levels of annual funds are based. 
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‘‘(5) With respect to the nuclear test readiness 
of the United States— 
‘‘(A) an estimate of the period of time that 
would be necessary for the Secretary of Energy 
to conduct an underground test of a nuclear 
weapon once directed by the President to con-
duct such a test; 
‘‘(B) a description of the level of test read-
iness that the Secretary of Energy, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Defense, determines 
to be appropriate; 
‘‘(C) a list and description of the workforce 
skills and capabilities that are essential to car-
rying out an underground nuclear test at the 
Nevada National Security Site; 
‘‘(D) a list and description of the infra-
structure and physical plants that are essential 
to carrying out an underground nuclear test at 
the Nevada National Security Site; and 
‘‘(E) an assessment of the readiness status 
of the skills and capabilities described in sub-
paragraph (C) and the infrastructure and phys-
ical plants described in subparagraph (D). 
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‘‘(6) Identification of any modifications or up-
dates to the plan since the previous summary or de-
tailed report was submitted under subsection (b). 
‘‘(e) NUCLEAR WEAPONS COUNCIL ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) For each detailed report on the plan submitted under 
subsection (b)(2), the Nuclear Weapons Council estab-
lished by section 179 of title 10, United States Code, shall 
conduct an assessment that includes the following: 
‘‘(A) An analysis of the plan, including— 
‘‘(i) whether the plan supports the require-
ments of the national security strategy of the 
United States or the most recent quadrennial 
defense review, as applicable under subsection 
(d)(4)(A), and the Nuclear Posture Review; and 
‘‘(ii) whether the modernization and refur-
bishment measures described under subpara-
graph (A) of paragraph (4) and the schedule 
described under subparagraph (B) of such 
paragraph are adequate to support such re-
quirements. 
‘‘(B) An analysis of whether the plan ade-
quately addresses the requirements for infrastruc-
ture recapitalization of the facilities of the nuclear 
security enterprise. 
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