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Weapons Council, shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the retirement and dis-
mantlement of the nuclear warheads that are not part of 
the enduring stockpile but that have not yet been retired 
or dismantled. The report shall include the following: 
(1) The existing plan and schedule for retiring 
and dismantling those warheads. 
(2) An assessment of the capacity of the Pantex 
and Y–12 plants to accommodate an accelerated 
schedule for retiring and dismantling those war-
heads. 
(3) An assessment of the feasibility of imple-
menting such an accelerated schedule. 
SEC. 3114. ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY RISKS POSED TO NU-
CLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX. 
(a) ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED.—The Administrator 
for Nuclear Security shall conduct an assessment of— 
(1) the physical security risks, and the cyber se-
curity risks, posed to the nuclear weapons complex; 
and 
(2) the security technologies employed within 
the nuclear weapons complex. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than February 1, 
2008, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional
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defense committees a report on the assessments conducted 
under subsection (a). The report shall include— 
(1) for each site within the nuclear weapons 
complex, a description of the security technologies 
employed at the site and, for each such technology, 
the age and maintenance status of the technology; 
(2) a description of the methods used by the 
Department of Energy to establish priorities among 
investments in physical and cyber security programs 
and activities; and 
(3) a multi-year plan for the lifecycle mainte-
nance (and replacement) of the security technologies 
employed within the nuclear weapons complex. 
SEC. 3115. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REPORT ON PLAN TO 
STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND INTERNATIONAL 
RADIOLOGICAL THREAT REDUCTION PRO-
GRAM. 
Not later than 60 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-
gram within the Global Threat Reduction Initiative. The 
plan shall address concerns raised and recommendations 
made by the Government Accountability Office in its re-
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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 highest 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 
(6) develop a long-term operational plan that 
steadily increases funding for the IRTR program 
and ensures sufficient funding to identify, recover, 
and secure all vulnerable high-risk radiological
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sources worldwide as quickly and effectively as pos-
sible. 
SEC. 3116. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REPORT ON PLAN TO 
STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND MATERIALS PRO-
TECTION, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING PRO-
GRAM. 
Not later than 60 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 
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
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level of security upgrade completion at buildings 
reported as ‘‘secure’’; 
(B) actively working with Russia and other 
countries, in coordination with and with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of State, to de-
velop an 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 
steadily increases 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. 3117. AUTHORITY TO USE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR 
MATERIALS PROTECTION AND COOPERATION 
PROGRAM FUNDS OUTSIDE THE FORMER SO-
VIET UNION. 
(a) MODIFICATION
OF CERTIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 3124 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 
Stat. 1747) is amended in subsection (a)—
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(1) by striking ‘‘the President may’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Secretary of Energy may’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘if the President’’ and inserting 
‘‘if the Secretary of Energy, with the concurrence of 
the Secretary of State,’’. 
(b) REPEAL
OF FUNDING LIMITATION.—Section 
3124 of that Act is further amended by striking subsection 
(c). 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—Sec-
tion 3124 of that Act is further amended in subsection 
(d)— 
(1) in pararaph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The President may not’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Energy may 
not’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘until the President’’ and 
inserting ‘‘until the Secretary of Energy’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than 10 days 
after’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 15 days 
prior to’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the President shall’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Energy shall’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Committee on Armed Services and the
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Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Armed 
Services and Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In the case of a situation that threatens human 
life or safety or where a delay would severely undermine 
the national security of the United States, notification 
under paragraph (2) shall be made not later than 10 days 
after obligating funds under the authority in subsection 
(a) for a project or activity.’’. 
SEC. 3118. INCREASED AUTHORITY FOR OMBUDSMAN 
UNDER ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL 
ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM. 
Section 3686 of the Energy Employees Occupational 
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
7385s–15) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Office shall be as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) To assist individuals in making claims 
under this title. 
‘‘(2) To provide information on the benefits 
available under this title and on the requirements
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and procedures applicable to the provision of such 
benefits. 
‘‘(3) To act as an advocate on behalf of individ-
uals seeking benefits under this title. 
‘‘(4) To make recommendations to the Sec-
retary regarding the location of centers (to be known 
as ‘resource centers’) for the acceptance and devel-
opment of claims for benefits under this title. 
‘‘(5) To carry out such other duties as the Sec-
retary shall specify.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (g) (establishing a 
sunset date) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(g) CONTRACT
AUTHORITY.—The Ombudsman 
shall have authority to contract for the services of individ-
uals with expertise in relevant disciplines, including health 
physics, medicine, industrial hygiene, and toxicology, as 
the Ombudsman may from time to time consider appro-
priate. 
‘‘(h) FUNDING.—Effective for appropriations made 
for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, and 
notwithstanding section 3684 or any other provision of 
this title, or section 151 of division B of the Miscellaneous 
Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554; 
114 Stat. 2763A–251)), this section shall not be carried
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out with direct spending under this title. Instead, no funds 
shall be obligated for the purpose of carrying out this sec-
tion except funds appropriated specifically for the purpose 
of carrying out this section in appropriations Acts enacted 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection. There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section for fiscal year 2008 
and each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
TITLE 
XXXII—DEFENSE 
NU-
CLEAR 
FACILITIES 
SAFETY 
BOARD 
Sec. 3201. Authorization. 
SEC. 3201. 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 XXXIII—NATIONAL 
DEFENSE STOCKPILE 
Sec. 3301. Authorized uses of National Defense Stockpile funds. 
Sec. 3302. Revisions to required receipt objectives for previously authorized dis-
posals from the national defense stockpile. 
SEC. 3301. AUTHORIZED USES OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 
STOCKPILE FUNDS. 
(a) OBLIGATION OF STOCKPILE FUNDS.—During fis-
cal year 2008, the National Defense Stockpile Manager 
may obligate up to $44,825,000 of the funds in the Na-
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tional Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund established 
under subsection (a) of section 9 of the Strategic and Crit-
ical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h) for the 
authorized uses of such funds under subsection (b)(2) of 
such section, including the disposal of hazardous materials 
that are environmentally sensitive. 
(b) ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—The National De-
fense Stockpile Manager may obligate amounts in excess 
of the amount specified in subsection (a) if the National 
Defense Stockpile Manager notifies Congress that extraor-
dinary or emergency conditions necessitate the additional 
obligations. The National Defense Stockpile Manager may 
make the additional obligations described in the notifica-
tion after the end of the 45-day period beginning on the 
date on which Congress receives the notification. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—The authorities provided by this 
section shall be subject to such limitations as may be pro-
vided in appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 3302. REVISIONS TO REQUIRED RECEIPT OBJECTIVES 
FOR PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED DISPOSALS 
FROM THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2000 DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 3402(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2000 (50 U.S.C. 98d note), as amended 
by section 3302 of the National Defense Authorization Act
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for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 
1788) and section 3302 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 
119 Stat. 3545), is amended by striking ‘‘$600,000,000 
before’’ in paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘$730,000,000 
by’’. 
(b) FISCAL YEAR 1999 DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 3303(a) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105– 
261; 50 U.S.C. 98d note), as amended by section 3302 
of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization 
Act for Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2193), 
section 3302 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 
3545), and section 3302(a) of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 
Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2513), is amended by striking 
‘‘$1,016,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 2014’’ in para-
graph (7) and inserting ‘‘$1,469,102,000 by the end of 
fiscal year 2015’’. 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL 
PETROLEUM RESERVES 
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 3402. Remedial action at Moab uranium milling site.