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paragraph (1) to achieve the goal specified in such paragraph. 
Such plan shall include— 
(A) the funding required to carry out the program 
during the period covered by the future-years nuclear secu-
rity program under section 3253 of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2453); 
(B) the criteria for selecting and prioritizing projects 
within the program under paragraph (1); 
(C) mechanisms for ensuring the robust management 
and oversight of such projects; 
(D) a description of the process provided to the 
Administrator to carry out the program pursuant to para-
graph (2)(A); and 
(E) a description of any legislative actions the Adminis-
trator recommends to further enhance or streamline 
authorities or processes relating to the program. 
(4) REASSESSMENT.—Not later than February 1, 2024, the 
Administrator shall reassess the program under paragraph (1) 
and, as appropriate, develop and establish goals for the program 
beyond 2025. 
(c) 
INCLUSION
IN
BIENNIAL
DETAILED
REPORT.—Section 
4203(d)(4) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2523(d)(4)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 
a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D)(i) a description of— 
‘‘(I) the metrics (based on industry best practices) 
used by the Administrator to determine the infrastruc-
ture deferred maintenance and repair needs of the 
nuclear security enterprise; and 
‘‘(II) the percentage of replacement plant value 
being spent on maintenance and repair needs of the 
nuclear security enterprise; and 
‘‘(ii) an explanation of whether the annual spending 
on such needs complies with the recommendation of the 
National Research Council of the National Academies of 
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that such spending 
be in an amount equal to four percent of the replacement 
plant value, and, if not, the reasons for such noncompliance 
and a plan for how the Administrator will ensure facilities 
of the nuclear security enterprise are being properly sus-
tained.’’. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CRITICAL DECISIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XLVII of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2741 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 4715. MATTERS RELATING TO CRITICAL DECISIONS. 
‘‘(a) POST-CRITICAL DECISION 2 CHANGES.—After the date on 
which a plant project specifically authorized by law and carried 
out under Department of Energy Order 413.3B (relating to program 
management and project management for the acquisition of capital 
assets), or a successor order, achieves critical decision 2, the 
Administrator may not change the requirements for such project
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if such change increases the cost of such project by more than 
the lesser of $5,000,000 or 15 percent, unless— 
‘‘(1) the Administrator submits to the congressional defense 
committees— 
‘‘(A) a certification that the Administrator, without 
delegation, authorizes such proposed change; and 
‘‘(B) a cost-benefit and risk analysis of such proposed 
change, including with respect to— 
‘‘(i) the effects of such proposed change on the 
project cost and schedule; and 
‘‘(ii) any mission risks and operational risks from 
making such change or not making such change; and 
‘‘(2) a period of 15 days elapses following the date of such 
submission. 
‘‘(b) REVIEW AND APPROVAL.—The Administrator shall ensure 
that critical decision packages are timely reviewed and either 
approved or disapproved.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents at the 
beginning of such Act is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 4714 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4715. Matters relating to critical decisions.’’. 
(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the nuclear security enterprise, comprised of the infra-
structure and capabilities of the laboratories and plants coupled 
with the dedicated and talented scientists, engineers, techni-
cians, and administrators who form the backbone of the enter-
prise, are a central component of the nuclear deterrent of 
the United States; 
(2) if left unaddressed, the state of the infrastructure within 
the nuclear security enterprise represents a direct, long-term 
threat to the credibility of the nuclear deterrent of the United 
States; 
(3) both Congress and the President must take strong, 
sustained action to recapitalize and repair this infrastructure; 
(4) the Administrator must continue to carry out expedi-
tious demolition of old facilities of the Administration to reduce 
long-term costs and improve safety; and 
(5) each budget of the President submitted to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal 
year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter should include funding 
in an amount sufficient to carry out the program established 
pursuant to subsection (b)(1) to achieve the goal specified in 
such subsection. 
SEC. 3112. INCORPORATION OF INTEGRATED SURETY ARCHITECTURE 
IN TRANSPORTATION. 
(a) INCORPORATION.—Subtitle A of title XLII of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 4222. INCORPORATION OF INTEGRATED SURETY ARCHITEC-
TURE. 
‘‘(a) SHIPMENTS.—(1) The Administrator shall ensure that ship-
ments described in paragraph (2) incorporate surety technologies 
relating to transportation and shipping developed by the Integrated 
Surety Architecture program of the Administration.
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‘‘(2) A shipment described in this paragraph is an over-the- 
road shipment of the Administration that involves any nuclear 
weapon planned to be in the active stockpile after 2025. 
‘‘(b) CERTAIN PROGRAMS.—(1) The Administrator, in coordina-
tion with the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council, shall 
ensure that each program described in paragraph (2) incorporates 
integrated designs compatible with the Integrated Surety Architec-
ture program. 
‘‘(2) A program described in this subsection is a program of 
the Administration that is a warhead development program, a 
life extension program, or a warhead major alteration program. 
‘‘(c) DETERMINATION.—(1) If, on a case-by-case basis, the 
Administrator determines that a shipment under subsection (a) 
will not incorporate some or all of the surety technologies described 
in such subsection, or that a program under subsection (b) will 
not incorporate some or all of the integrated designs described 
in such subsection, the Administrator shall submit such determina-
tion to the congressional defense committees, including the results 
of an analysis conducted pursuant to paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) Each determination made under paragraph (1) shall be 
based on a documented, system risk analysis that considers security 
risk reduction, operational impacts, and technical risk. 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—The requirements of subsections (a) and 
(b) shall terminate on December 31, 2029.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 4221 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4222. Incorporation of integrated surety architecture.’’. 
SEC. 3113. COST ESTIMATES FOR LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAM AND 
MAJOR ALTERATION PROJECTS. 
Section 4217(b) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2537(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES AND REVIEWS.—(1) The Sec-
retary, acting through the Administrator, shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees and the Nuclear Weapons Council 
the following: 
‘‘(A) An independent cost estimate of the following: 
‘‘(i) Each nuclear weapon system undergoing life exten-
sion at the completion of phase 6.2A, relating to design 
definition and cost study. 
‘‘(ii) Each nuclear weapon system undergoing life exten-
sion at the completion of phase 6.3, relating to development 
engineering. 
‘‘(iii) Each nuclear weapon system undergoing life 
extension at the completion of phase 6.4, relating to produc-
tion engineering, and before the initiation of phase 6.5, 
relating to first production. 
‘‘(iv) Each new nuclear facility within the nuclear secu-
rity enterprise that is estimated to cost more than 
$500,000,000 before such facility achieves critical decision 
1 and before such facility achieves critical decision 2 in 
the acquisition process. 
‘‘(v) Each nuclear weapons system undergoing a major 
alteration project (as defined in section 4713(a)(2)).
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‘‘(B) An independent cost review of each nuclear weapon 
system undergoing life extension at the completion of phase 
6.2, relating to study of feasibility and down-select. 
‘‘(2) Each independent cost estimate and independent cost 
review under paragraph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) whether the cost baseline or the budget estimate for 
the period covered by the future-years nuclear security program 
has changed, and the rationale for any such change; and 
‘‘(B) any views of the Secretary or the Administrator 
regarding such estimate or review. 
‘‘(3) The Administrator shall review and consider the results 
of any independent cost estimate or independent cost review of 
a nuclear weapon system or a nuclear facility, as the case may 
be, under this subsection before entering the next phase of the 
development process of such system or the acquisition process of 
such facility. 
‘‘(4) Except as otherwise specified in paragraph (1), each inde-
pendent cost estimate or independent cost review of a nuclear 
weapon system or a nuclear facility under this subsection shall 
be submitted not later than 30 days after the date on which— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a nuclear weapons system, such system 
completes a phase specified in such paragraph; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a nuclear facility, such facility achieves 
critical decision 1 as specified in subparagraph (A)(iv) of such 
paragraph. 
‘‘(5) Each independent cost estimate or independent cost review 
submitted under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex if necessary.’’. 
SEC. 3114. IMPROVED INFORMATION RELATING TO CERTAIN DEFENSE 
NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) IMPROVED INFORMATION.—Title XLIII of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2563 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 4310. INFORMATION RELATING TO CERTAIN DEFENSE NUCLEAR 
NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) TECHNOLOGIES
AND
CAPABILITIES.—The Administrator 
shall document, for efforts that are not focused on basic research, 
the technologies and capabilities of the defense nuclear nonprolifera-
tion research and development program that— 
‘‘(1) are transitioned to end users for further development 
or deployment; and 
‘‘(2) are deployed. 
‘‘(b) ASSESSMENTS OF STATUS.—(1) In assessing projects under 
the defense nuclear nonproliferation research and development pro-
gram or the defense nuclear nonproliferation and arms control 
program, the Administrator shall compare the status of each such 
project, including with respect to the final results of such project, 
to the baseline targets and goals established in the initial project 
plan of such project. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator may carry out paragraph (1) using 
a common template or such other means as the Administrator 
determines appropriate.’’. 
(b) INCLUSION IN PLAN.—Section 4309(b) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
2575(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (16) as paragraph (18); 
and