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(2) A certification by the Chief of Engineers
that the Corps of Engineers is in compliance with
the requirements of that section.
(c) TERMINATION.—If the limitation in subsection
(a) takes effect, the limitation shall cease to be in effect
when both certifications referred to in subsection (b) have
been submitted to the congressional defense committees.
SEC. 3139. CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR SUBSURFACE GEO-
SCIENCES LABORATORY AT IDAHO NATIONAL
ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAB-
ORATORY, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Of the amounts authorized to
be appropriated by paragraphs (2) and (3) of section
3102(a), not more than $400,000 may be available to the
Secretary of Energy for purposes of carrying out a concep-
tual design for a Subsurface Geosciences Laboratory at
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Labora-
tory, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
(b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to
be appropriated by subsection (a) may be obligated until
60 days after the date on which the Secretary submits
the report required by subsection (c).
(c) REPORT.—The Secretary of Energy shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on the
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proposed Subsurface Geosciences Laboratory. The report
shall include the following:
(1) Whether there is a need to conduct
mesoscale experiments to meet long-term clean-up
requirements at Department of Energy sites.
(2) The possibility of using or modifying an ex-
isting structure or facility to house a new capability
for conducting mesoscale experiments.
(3) The estimated construction cost of the facil-
ity.
(4) The estimated annual operating cost of the
facility.
(5) How the facility will use, integrate, and
support the technical expertise, capabilities, and re-
quirements at other Department of Energy and non-
Department of Energy facilities.
(6) An analysis of costs, savings, and benefits
which are unique to the Idaho National Engineering
and Environmental Laboratory.
SEC. 3140. REPORT ON NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY, LAW-
RENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY,
LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA.
(a) NEW BASELINE.—(1) Not more than 50 percent
of the funds available for the national ignition facility
(Project 96–D–111) may be obligated or expended until
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the Administrator for Nuclear Security submits to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House
of Representatives a report setting forth a new baseline
plan for the completion of the national ignition facility.
(2) The report shall include—
(A) the funding required for completion of the
facility, set forth in detail, year by year; and
(B) projected dates for the completion of pro-
gram milestones, including the date on which the
first laser beams are expected to become operational.
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF NIF PRO-
GRAM.—(1) The Comptroller General shall conduct a thor-
ough review of the national ignition facility program.
(2) Not later than March 31, 2001, the Comptroller
General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and House of Representatives a report
on the review conducted under paragraph (1). The report
shall include the following:
(A) An analysis of—
(i) the role of the national ignition facility
in ensuring the safety and reliability of the nu-
clear stockpile of the United States;
(ii) the relationship of the national ignition
facility program to other significant programs
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to sustain the nuclear stockpile of the United
States; and
(iii) the potential effect of delays in the na-
tional ignition facility program, and of a failure
to complete significant program objectives of
the program, on the other significant programs
to sustain the nuclear stockpile of the United
States, such as the Accelerated Strategic Com-
puting Initiative Program.
(B) A detailed description and analysis of the
funds spent as of the date of the report on the na-
tional ignition facility program.
(C) An assessment whether the new baseline
plan for the national ignition facility program sub-
mitted under subsection (a) includes clear goals for
that program, adequate and sustainable funding,
and achievable milestones for that program.
SEC. 
3141. 
RIVER 
PROTECTION 
PROJECT, 
RICHLAND,
WASHINGTON.
(a) REDESIGNATION OF PROJECT.—The tank waste
remediation system environmental project, Richland,
Washington, including all programs relating to the re-
trieval and treatment of tank waste at the site at Hanford,
Washington, under the management of the Office of River
Protection, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘River
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Protection Project’’. Any reference to that project in any
law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of
the United States shall be considered to be a reference
to the River Protection Project.
(b) MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFICE
OF RIVER PROTECTION.—Subsection (b) of section 3139
of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 112 Stat.
2250) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘managing all
aspects of the’’ and all that follows through the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘managing, consistent with the
policy direction established by the Department, all
aspects of the River Protection Project, Richland,
Washington.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3)(A) The Assistant Secretary of Energy for Envi-
ronmental Management shall delegate in writing responsi-
bility for the management of the River Protection Project,
Richland, Washington, to the head of the Office.
‘‘(B) Such delegation shall include, at a minimum,
authorities for contracting, financial management, safety,
and general program management that are equivalent to
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the authorities of managers of other operations offices of
the Department of Energy.
‘‘(C) The head of the Office shall, to the maximum
extent possible, coordinate all activities of the Office with
the manager of the Richland Operations Office of the De-
partment of Energy.’’.
(c) DEPARTMENT
RESPONSIBILITIES.—Subsection
(c) of such section is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘manager’’ and inserting
‘‘head’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘to manage’’ and all that follows
through the period and inserting ‘‘to carry out the
responsibilities specified in subsection (b)(2).’’.
(d) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.—Subsection (d) of
such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Assistant Secretary of Energy
for Environmental Management shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives,
not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment
of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2001, a copy of the delegation of au-
thority required by subsection (b)(3).’’.