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that have significant bearing on confidence in the safety or reliabil-
ity of nuclear weapons or nuclear weapon types.’’.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘nuclear weapons laboratory’’ means the
following:
(A) 
Lawrence 
Livermore 
National 
Laboratory,
California.
(B) Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.
(C) Sandia National Laboratories.
(2) The term ‘‘nuclear weapons production plant’’ means
the following:
(A) The Pantex Plant, Texas.
(B) The Savannah River Site, South Carolina.
(C) The Kansas City Plant, Missouri.
(D) The Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
SEC. 3160. EXTENSION 
OF 
APPLICABILITY 
OF 
NOTICE-AND-WAIT
REQUIREMENT REGARDING PROPOSED COOPERATION
AGREEMENTS.
Section 3155(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1995 (42 U.S.C. 2153 note) is amended by striking
out ‘‘October 1, 1996’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1,
1997’’.
SEC. 3161. SENSE OF SENATE RELATING TO REDESIGNATION OF
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) SENSE
OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate that
the program of the Department of Energy known as the Defense
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program, and
also known as the Environmental Management Program, be redesig-
nated as the Defense Nuclear Waste Management Program of the
Department of Energy.
(b) REPORT ON REDESIGNATION.—Not later than January 31,
1997, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the costs and other difficulties,
if any, associated with the following:
(1) The redesignation of the program known as the Defense
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program,
and also known as the Environmental Management Program,
as the Defense Nuclear Waste Management Program of the
Department of Energy.
(2) The redesignation of the Defense Environmental
Restoration and Waste Management Account as the Defense
Nuclear Waste Management Account.
SEC. 3162. COMMISSION ON MAINTAINING UNITED STATES NUCLEAR
WEAPONS EXPERTISE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a commission
to be known as the ‘‘Commission on Maintaining United States
Nuclear Weapons Expertise’’ (in this section referred to as the
‘‘Commission’’).
(b) ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS.—(1)(A) The Commission shall
be composed of eight members appointed from among individuals
in the public and private sectors who have significant experience
in matters relating to nuclear weapons, as follows:
(i) Two shall be appointed by the majority leader of the
Senate (in consultation with the minority leader of the Senate).
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(ii) One shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
Senate (in consultation with the majority leader of the Senate).
(iii) Two shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives (in consultation with the minority leader
of the House of Representatives).
(iv) One shall be appointed by the minority leader of the
House of Representatives (in consultation with the Speaker
of the House of Representatives).
(v) Two shall be appointed by the Secretary of Energy.
(B) Members shall be appointed for the life of the Commission.
Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(C) The chairman of the Commission shall be designated from
among the members of the Commission appointed under subpara-
graph (A) by the majority leader of the Senate, in consultation
with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority
leader of the Senate, and the minority leader of the House of
Representatives.
(D) Members shall be appointed not later than 60 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) The members of the Commission shall establish procedures
for the activities of the Commission, including procedures for calling
meetings, requirements for quorums, and the manner of taking
votes.
(c) DUTIES.—(1) The Commission shall develop a plan for
recruiting and retaining within the Department of Energy nuclear
weapons complex such scientific, engineering, and technical person-
nel as the Commission determines appropriate in order to permit
the Department to maintain over the long term a safe and reliable
nuclear weapons stockpile without engaging in underground testing.
(2) In developing the plan, the Commission shall—
(A) identify actions that the Secretary may undertake to
attract qualified scientific, engineering, and technical personnel
to the nuclear weapons complex of the Department; and
(B) review and recommend improvements to the on-going
efforts of the Department to attract such personnel to the
nuclear weapons complex.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than March 15, 1998, the Commission
shall submit to the Secretary and to Congress a report containing
the plan developed under subsection (c). The report may include
recommendations for legislation and administrative action.
(e) COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.—(1) Each member of
the Commission who is not an officer or employee of the Federal
Government shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United
States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which
such member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the
Commission. All members of the Commission who are officers or
employees of the United States shall serve without compensation
in addition to that received for their services as officers or employees
of the United States.
(2) The members of the Commission shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates author-
ized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57
of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or
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regular places of business in the performance of services for the
Commission.
(3) The Commission may, without regard to the civil service
laws and regulations, appoint and terminate such personnel as
may be necessary to enable the Commission to perform its duties.
The Commission may fix the compensation of the personnel of
the Commission without regard to the provisions of chapter 51
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code,
relating to classification of positions and General Schedule pay
rates.
(4) Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to the
Commission without reimbursement, and such detail shall be with-
out interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege.
(f) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 30 days
after the date on which the Commission submits its report under
subsection (d).
(g) APPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the
activities of the Commission.
(h) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
pursuant to section 3101, not more than $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the activities of the Commission under this section. Funds
made available to the Commission under this section shall remain
available until expended.
SEC. 3163. SENSE 
OF 
CONGRESS 
REGARDING 
RELIABILITY 
AND
SAFETY OF REMAINING NUCLEAR FORCES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States is committed to proceeding with
a robust, science-based stockpile stewardship program with
respect to production of nuclear weapons, and to maintaining
nuclear weapons production capabilities and capacities, that
are adequate—
(A) to ensure the safety, reliability, and performance
of the United States nuclear arsenal; and
(B) to meet such changing national security require-
ments as may result from international developments or
technical problems with nuclear warheads.
(2) The United States is committed to reestablishing and
maintaining production facilities for nuclear weapons compo-
nents at levels that are sufficient—
(A) to satisfy requirements for the safety, reliability,
and performance of United States nuclear weapons; and
(B) to demonstrate and sustain production capabilities
and capacities.
(3) The United States is committed to maintaining the
nuclear weapons laboratories and protecting core nuclear
weapons competencies.
(4) The United States is committed to ensuring rapid access
to a new production source of tritium within the next decade,
as it currently has no meaningful capability to produce tritium,
a component that is essential to the performance of modern
nuclear weapons.
(5) The United States reserves the right, consistent with
United States law, to resume underground nuclear testing to
maintain confidence in the United States stockpile of nuclear
weapons if warhead design flaws or aging of nuclear weapons