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nuclear waste disposal for payment to the Nuclear Waste 
Fund established in section 302(c) of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)) in the amount 
of $292,046,000. 
SEC. 3105. ENERGY SECURITY AND ASSURANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2008 for energy 
security and assurance programs necessary for national 
security in the amount of $5,860,000. 
Subtitle 
B—Program 
Authoriza-
tions, Restrictions, and Limita-
tions 
SEC. 3111. RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD PROGRAM. 
No funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization 
of appropriations in section 3101(a)(1) or otherwise made 
available for weapons activities of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration for fiscal year 2008 may be obli-
gated or expended for activities under the Reliable Re-
placement Warhead program under section 4204a of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2524a) beyond 
phase 2A activities. 
SEC. 3112. NUCLEAR TEST READINESS. 
(a) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENTS ON READINESS POS-
TURE.—Section 3113 of the National Defense Authoriza-
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tion Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 
Stat. 1743; 50 U.S.C. 2528a) is repealed. 
(b) REPORTS ON NUCLEAR TEST READINESS POS-
TURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4208 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2528) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4208. REPORTS ON NUCLEAR TEST READINESS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2009, 
and every odd-numbered year thereafter, the Secretary of 
Energy shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the nuclear test readiness of the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include, current as of the date of such report, the 
following: 
‘‘(1) 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 conduct such a 
test. 
‘‘(2) A description of the level of test readiness 
that the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Defense, determines to be appro-
priate.
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‘‘(3) A list and description of the workforce 
skills and capabilities that are essential to carrying 
out an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test 
Site. 
‘‘(4) A list and description of the infrastructure 
and physical plant that are essential to carrying out 
an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test 
Site. 
‘‘(5) An assessment of the readiness status of 
the skills and capabilities described in paragraph (3) 
and the infrastructure and physical plant described 
in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(c) FORM.—Each report under subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a clas-
sified annex.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 4208 in the table of contents for such Act 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 4208. Reports on nuclear test readiness.’’. 
SEC. 3113. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
Section 3111 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 
3539) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
(d) and (e), respectively;
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(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) 
shall be submitted in classified form, and shall include a 
detailed unclassified summary.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)’’. 
SEC. 3114. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
FISSILE MATERIALS DISPOSITION PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION PENDING REPORT ON USE OF PRIOR 
FISCAL YEAR FUNDS.—No more than 75 percent of the 
fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition program 
funds may be obligated for the Fissile Materials Disposi-
tion program until the Secretary of Energy, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator for Nuclear Security, submits 
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 ac-
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tivities (other than the Fissile Materials Disposition pro-
gram) for which amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated by section 3101(a)(2). 
(c) FISCAL YEAR 2008 FISSILE MATERIALS DISPOSI-
TION PROGRAM FUNDS DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘fiscal year 2008 Fissile Materials Disposition pro-
gram funds’’ means amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by section 3101(a)(2) and available for the Fissile 
Materials Disposition program. 
SEC. 3115. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATIONS ON AVAIL-
ABILITY 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 Manage-
ment Agency has recommended for acceptance’’ and 
inserting ‘‘an independent 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 Immobiliza-
tion Plant’’ after ‘‘Waste Treatment and Immo-
bilization Plant’’.
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SEC. 3116. MODIFICATION OF SUNSET DATE OF THE OFFICE 
OF THE OMBUDSMAN OF THE ENERGY EM-
PLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL 
ILLNESS 
COM-
PENSATION PROGRAM. 
Section 3686(g) of the Energy Employees Occupa-
tional 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 amend-
ed by inserting after the item relating to section 
4204 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4204A. Reliable Replacement Warhead program.’’. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 3121. STUDY ON USING EXISTING PITS FOR THE RELI-
ABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD PROGRAM. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Administrator for Nu-
clear Security, in consultation with the Nuclear Weapons 
Council, shall carry out a study analyzing the feasibility
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of using existing pits in the Reliable Replacement War-
head program. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later six months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the results of the study. The re-
port 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 suit-
able for such use; 
(iv) whether proceeding to use existing 
pits in the program before using newly 
manufactured pits in the program is desir-
able; and
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(v) the extent to which using existing 
pits, as compared to using newly manufac-
tured pits, in the program would reduce 
future requirements for new pit produc-
tion, 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 pur-
suant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
3101(a)(1), such funds as may be necessary shall be avail-
able 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 Weap-
ons Council, shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the retirement and dismantlement
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of the nuclear warheads that will not be part of the endur-
ing 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 dismantling those warheads; 
(2) an assessment of the capacity of the nuclear 
weapons complex to accommodate an accelerated 
schedule for retiring and dismantling those war-
heads, taking into account the full range of capabili-
ties in the complex; and 
(3) an identification of the resources needed to 
accommodate such an accelerated schedule for retir-
ing and dismantling those warheads. 
SEC. 3123. PLAN FOR ADDRESSING SECURITY RISKS POSED 
TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX. 
Section 3253(b) of the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration Act (50 U.S.C. 2453(b)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) A plan, developed in consultation with the 
Director of the Office of Health, Safety, and Secu-
rity 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
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cyber security threats during the applicable five-fis-
cal year period, together with— 
‘‘(A) for each site in the nuclear weapons 
complex, a description of the technologies de-
ployed to address the physical and cyber secu-
rity threats posed to that site; 
‘‘(B) for each site and for the nuclear 
weapons complex, the methods used by the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration to es-
tablish priorities among investments in physical 
and cyber security technologies; and 
‘‘(C) a detailed description of how the 
funds identified for each program element spec-
ified pursuant to paragraph (1) in the budget 
for the Administration for each fiscal year dur-
ing that five-fiscal year period will help carry 
out that plan.’’. 
SEC. 3124. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROTECTIVE FORCES. 
(a) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON DEPART-
MENT 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 sub-
mit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Armed Services of the
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House of Representatives a report on the manage-
ment 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 mate-
rials. 
(B) For each site identified under subpara-
graph (A)— 
(i) a description of the management 
and contractual 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 re-
sponse force as required by the policy of 
the Department of Energy and an assess-
ment of the issues or problems, if any, in-
volved in moving to such a force; 
(iv) a description of the extent to 
which the protective force at the site has 
been assigned or is responsible for law en-
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tages of each option, and an assessment of the 
approximate cost of each option when compared 
with the costs associated with the existing man-
agement 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 ALTER-
NATIVES FOR MANAGING AND DEPLOYING PROTECTIVE 
FORCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date on which the report is submitted under sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Energy, in conjunction 
with the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the 
Assistant Secretary for Environmental 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 man-
agement of the protective forces of the Department 
of Energy. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include the 
following: 
(A) Each of the matters specified in sub-
paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection 
(a)(2).
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(B) Each of the matters specified in sub-
paragraph (D) of subsection (a)(2), except 
that— 
(i) the options analyzed shall include 
each of the options included in the report 
submitted under subsection (a), as well as 
any other options identified by the Sec-
retary; 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 
ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIC PLAN FOR AD-
VANCED COMPUTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall— 
(1) enter into an agreement with an inde-
pendent entity to conduct an evaluation of the stra-
tegic plan for advanced computing of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration; and
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(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 sub-
section (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 develop-
ment of, high-performance computing supported 
by the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion in fulfilling the mission of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration and in main-
taining 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 missions of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration. 
(2) An assessment of the efforts of the Depart-
ment of Energy to— 
(A) 
coordinate 
high-performance 
com-
puting work within the Department, in par-
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ticular 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 com-
puting; and 
(C) share high-performance computing de-
velopments with private industry and capitalize 
on innovations in private industry in high-per-
formance computing. 
SEC. 3126. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE NUCLEAR NON- 
PROLIFERATION POLICY OF THE UNITED 
STATES AND THE RELIABLE REPLACEMENT 
WARHEAD PROGRAM. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should maintain its com-
mitment to Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Pro-
liferation 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
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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 nu-
clear weapons state parties to the Nuclear Non-Pro-
liferation Treaty, together with weapons states that 
are not parties to the Treaty, should work to reduce 
the total number of nuclear weapons in the respec-
tive 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 material; 
(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 dis-
mantle 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 de-
clared nuclear weapons state parties to the Nuclear
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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 pro-
grams and plans relate to their obligations as nu-
clear weapons state parties under the Treaty; 
(8) the United States and the declared nuclear 
weapons state parties to the Nuclear Non-Prolifera-
tion Treaty should work to decrease reliance on, and 
the importance of, nuclear weapons; and 
(9) the United States should formulate any de-
cision on whether to manufacture or deploy a reli-
able replacement warhead 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 
RADIOLOGICAL THREAT REDUCTION PRO-
GRAM. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment 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 Reduction (IRTR) pro-
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gram within the Global Threat Reduction Initiative. The 
plan shall address concerns raised and recommendations 
made by the Government Accountability Office in its re-
port of March 13, 2007, titled ‘‘Focusing on the Highest 
Priority Radiological Sources Could Improve DOE’s Ef-
forts to Secure Sources in Foreign Countries’’, and shall 
specifically include actions to— 
(1) improve the Department’s coordination with 
the Department of State and the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission; 
(2) improve information-sharing between the 
Department and the International Atomic Energy 
Agency; 
(3) with respect to hospitals and clinics con-
taining radiological sources that receive security up-
grades, give high priority to those determined to be 
the highest risk; 
(4) accelerate efforts to remove as many radio-
isotope 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
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(6) develop a long-term operational plan that 
ensures sufficient 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 pos-
sible. 
SEC. 3128. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REPORT ON PLAN TO 
STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND MATERIALS PRO-
TECTION, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING PRO-
GRAM. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit 
to Congress a specific plan for strengthening and expand-
ing the Department of Energy Materials Protection, Con-
trol, and Accounting (MPC&A) program. The plan shall 
address concerns raised and recommendations made by 
the Government Accountability Office in its report of Feb-
ruary 2007, titled ‘‘Progress Made in Improving Security 
at Russian Nuclear Sites, but the Long-Term Sustain-
ability 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
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warhead sites in the Russian Federation and other 
countries by— 
(A) revising the metrics used to measure 
MPC&A program progress to better reflect the 
level of security upgrade completion at buildings 
reported as ‘‘secure’’; 
(B) actively working with other countries, 
in coordination 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 sufficient 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.—
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(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 Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
and the Director of National Intelligence, enter into agree-
ments with countries or international organizations to con-
duct 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 nu-
clear device or weapon. 
‘‘SEC. 4308. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON INFORMA-
TION ON RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. 
‘‘The Secretary of Energy may, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State and in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
and the Director of National Intelligence, enter into agree-
ments with countries or international organizations— 
‘‘(1) to acquire for the materials information 
program of the Department of Energy validated in-
formation on the physical characteristics of radio-
active material produced, used, or stored at various
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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 at-
tempted 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.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the beginning of such Act is amended by in-
serting 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 mate-
rials.’’. 
(b) 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 sections 4307 and 4308 of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act, as added by subsection 
(a);
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(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 re-
port— 
(1) setting forth standards and procedures to 
be used in determining accurately and in a timely 
manner 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 ca-
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pabilities of the United States by September 30, 
2010. 
SEC. 3130. REPORT ON STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MAN-
AGEMENT 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 Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees and the Comptroller General of 
the United States a report on the status of the environ-
mental management initiatives undertaken 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 Depart-
ment, and applicable Federal and State agencies with reg-
ulatory jurisdiction. 
(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 chal-
lenges described in subsection (a) in each of the fol-
lowing areas: 
(A) Acquisition strategy and contract man-
agement.
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(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 contrac-
tors of the Department with respect to acceler-
ated risk reduction and cleanup. 
(F) Consolidation of special nuclear mate-
rials and improvements in safeguards and secu-
rity. 
(2) An assessment of whether legislative 
changes or clarifications would improve or accelerate 
environmental management 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 cur-
rent scope of the environmental management pro-
gram as of October 1, 2007, by project baseline
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summary and summarized by site, including assump-
tions impacting cost projections and descriptions of 
the work to be done at each site. 
(5) For environmental cleanup liabilities and 
excess facilities projected to be transferred to the en-
vironmental management 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 sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report con-
taining 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 Pro-
tection of Nuclear Material’’ means the Convention 
on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, 
signed at New York and Vienna March 3, 1980. 
(2) The term ‘‘formula quantities of strategic 
special nuclear material’’ means uranium–235 (con-
tained in uranium enriched to 20 percent or more in
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the U–235 isotope), uranium–233, or plutonium in 
any combination in a total quantity of 5,000 grams 
or more computed by the formula, grams = (grams 
contained U–235) + 2.5 (grams U–233 + grams 
plutonium), as set forth in the definitions of ‘‘for-
mula quantity’’ and ‘‘strategic special nuclear mate-
rial’’ in section 73.2 of title 10, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(3) The term ‘‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation Trea-
ty’’ means 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 (21 UST 483). 
(4) The term ‘‘nuclear weapon’’ means any de-
vice utilizing atomic energy, exclusive of the means 
for transporting or propelling the device (where such 
means is a separable and divisible part of the de-
vice), the principal purpose of which is for use as, 
or for the development of, a weapon, a weapon pro-
totype, or a weapon test device. 
SEC. 3132. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE PREVENTION OF 
NUCLEAR TERRORISM. 
It is the sense of Congress that—
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(1) the President should make the prevention of 
a nuclear terrorist attack on the United States a 
high priority; 
(2) the President should accelerate programs, 
requesting additional funding as appropriate, to pre-
vent nuclear terrorism, including combating nuclear 
smuggling, securing and accounting for nuclear 
weapons, and eliminating, removing, or securing and 
accounting for formula quantities of strategic special 
nuclear material wherever such quantities may be; 
(3) the United States, together with the inter-
national community, should take a comprehensive 
approach to reducing the danger of nuclear ter-
rorism, including by making additional efforts to 
identify and eliminate terrorist groups that aim to 
acquire nuclear weapons, to ensure that nuclear 
weapons worldwide are secure and accounted for and 
that formula quantities of strategic special nuclear 
material worldwide are eliminated, removed, or se-
cure and accounted for to a degree sufficient to de-
feat the threat that terrorists and criminals have 
shown they can pose, and to increase the ability to 
find and stop terrorist efforts to manufacture nu-
clear explosives or to transport nuclear explosives 
and materials anywhere in the world;
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(4) within such a comprehensive approach, a 
high priority must be placed on ensuring that all nu-
clear weapons worldwide are secure and accounted 
for and that all formula quantities of strategic spe-
cial nuclear material worldwide are eliminated, re-
moved, or secure and accounted for; and 
(5) the International Atomic Energy Agency 
should be funded appropriately to fulfill its role in 
coordinating international efforts to protect nuclear 
material and to combat nuclear smuggling. 
SEC. 3133. MINIMUM SECURITY STANDARD FOR NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS AND FORMULA QUANTITIES OF 
STRATEGIC SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL. 
(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to 
work with the international community to take all possible 
steps to ensure that all nuclear weapons around the world 
are secure and accounted for and that all formula quan-
tities of strategic special nuclear material are eliminated, 
removed, or secure and accounted for to a level sufficient 
to defeat the threats posed by terrorists and criminals. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY STAND-
ARD.—It is the sense of Congress that, in furtherance of 
the policy described in subsection (a), and consistent with 
the requirement for ‘‘appropriate effective’’ physical pro-
tection contained in United Nations Security Council Res-
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olution 1540 (2004), as well as the Nuclear Non-Prolifera-
tion Treaty and the Convention on the Physical Protection 
of Nuclear Material, the President, in consultation with 
relevant Federal departments and agencies, should seek 
the broadest possible international agreement on a global 
standard for nuclear security that— 
(1) ensures that nuclear weapons and formula 
quantities of strategic special nuclear material are 
secure and accounted for to a sufficient level to de-
feat the threats posed by terrorists and criminals; 
(2) takes into account the limitations of equip-
ment and human performance; and 
(3) includes steps to provide confidence that the 
needed measures have in fact been implemented. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that, in furtherance of the policy described in 
subsection (a), the President, in consultation with relevant 
Federal departments and agencies, should— 
(1) work with other countries and the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency to assist as appro-
priate, and if necessary work to convince, the gov-
ernments of any and all countries in possession of 
nuclear weapons or formula quantities of strategic 
special nuclear material to ensure that security is 
upgraded to meet the standard described in sub-
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section (b) as rapidly as possible and in a manner 
that— 
(A) accounts for the nature of the terrorist 
and criminal threat in each such country; and 
(B) ensures that any measures to which 
the United States and any such country agree 
are sustained after United States and other 
international assistance ends; 
(2) ensure that United States financial and 
technical assistance is available, as appropriate, to 
countries for which the provision of such assistance 
would accelerate the implementation of, or improve 
the effectiveness of, such security upgrades; and 
(3) work with the governments of other coun-
tries to ensure that effective nuclear security rules, 
accompanied by effective regulation and enforce-
ment, are put in place to govern all nuclear weapons 
and formula quantities of strategic special nuclear 
material around the world. 
SEC. 3134. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 1 of 
each year through 2012, the President, in consultation 
with relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the security of nuclear weap-
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ons and related equipment and formula quantities of stra-
tegic special nuclear material outside of the United States. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A section on the programs for the security 
and accounting of nuclear weapons and the elimi-
nation, removal, and security and accounting of for-
mula quantities of strategic special nuclear material, 
established under section 3132(b) of the Ronald W. 
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2005 (50 U.S.C. 2569(b)), which shall in-
clude the following: 
(A) A survey of the facilities and sites 
worldwide that contain nuclear weapons or re-
lated equipment, or formula quantities of stra-
tegic special nuclear material. 
(B) A list of such facilities and sites deter-
mined to be of the highest priority for security 
and accounting of nuclear weapons and related 
equipment, or the elimination, removal, or secu-
rity and accounting of formula quantities of 
strategic special nuclear material, taking into 
account risk of theft from such facilities and 
sites, and organized by level of priority.
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(C) A prioritized plan, including measur-
able milestones, metrics, estimated timetables, 
and estimated costs of implementation, on the 
following: 
(i) The security and accounting of nu-
clear weapons and related equipment and 
the elimination, removal, or security and 
accounting of formula quantities of stra-
tegic special nuclear material at such fa-
cilities and sites worldwide. 
(ii) Ensuring that security upgrades 
and accounting reforms implemented at 
such facilities and sites worldwide, using 
the financial and technical assistance of 
the United States, are effectively sustained 
after such assistance ends. 
(iii) The role that international agen-
cies and the international community have 
committed to play, together with a plan for 
securing international contributions. 
(D) An assessment of the progress made in 
implementing the plan described in subpara-
graph (C), including a description of the efforts 
of foreign governments to secure and account 
for nuclear weapons and related equipment and
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to eliminate, remove, or secure and account for 
formula quantities of strategic special nuclear 
material. 
(2) A section on efforts to establish and imple-
ment the international nuclear security standard de-
scribed in section 3133(b) and related policies. 
(c) FORM.—The report may be submitted in classi-
fied form but shall include a detailed unclassified sum-
mary. 
TITLE XXXII—WAR-RELATED NA-
TIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
AUTHOR-
IZATIONS 
Sec. 3201. Additional war-related authorization of appropriations for National 
Nuclear Security Administration. 
SEC. 3201. ADDITIONAL WAR-RELATED AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR 
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds are hereby authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 to the Department 
of Energy for the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion for defense nuclear nonproliferation in the amount of 
$50,000,000, of which $30,000,000 is for the Inter-
national Nuclear Materials Protection and Cooperation 
program and $20,000,000 is for the Global Threat Reduc-
tion Initiative.
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(b) TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION.— 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this section 
are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act. 
TITLE 
XXXIII—DEFENSE 
NU-
CLEAR 
FACILITIES 
SAFETY 
BOARD 
Sec. 3301. Authorization. 
SEC. 3301. AUTHORIZATION. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2008, $22,499,000 for the operation of the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.). 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL 
PETROLEUM RESERVES 
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 3402. Remedial action at Moab uranium milling site. 
SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AMOUNT.—There are hereby authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Energy $17,301,000 for fis-
cal year 2008 for the purpose of carrying out activities 
under chapter 641 of title 10, United States Code, relating 
to the naval petroleum reserves. 
(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in sub-
section (a) shall remain available until expended.
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SEC. 3402. REMEDIAL ACTION AT MOAB URANIUM MILLING 
SITE. 
Section 3405(i) of the Strom Thurmond National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 
105–261; 10 U.S.C. 7420 note) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6)(A) Not later than October 1, 2019, the Sec-
retary of Energy shall complete remediation at the Moab 
site and removal of the tailings to the Crescent Junction 
site in Utah. 
‘‘(B) In the event the Secretary of Energy is unable 
to complete remediation at the Moab Site by October 1, 
2019, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a plan set-
ting forth the projected completion date and the estimated 
funding to meet the revised date.
The Secretary shall 
submit the plan, if required, to Congress not later than 
October 2, 2019.’’. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
Subtitle A—Maritime Administration Reauthorization 
Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2008. 
Sec. 3502. Temporary authority to transfer obsolete combatant vessels to Navy 
for disposal. 
Sec. 3503. Vessel disposal program. 
Subtitle B—Programs 
Sec. 3511. Commercial vessel chartering authority. 
Sec. 3512. Maritime Administration vessel chartering authority. 
Sec. 3513. Chartering to State and local governmental instrumentalities. 
Sec. 3514. Disposal of obsolete Government vessels. 
Sec. 3515. Vessel transfer authority. 
Sec. 3516. Sea trials for Ready Reserve Force.