900 
‘‘(D) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, 
South Carolina. 
‘‘(E) The Y-12 National Security Complex, 
Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 
‘‘(F) The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the National Nuclear Security Administration Act is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 3255 and 
inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 3255. Comptroller General assessment of adequacy of budget requests 
with respect to the modernization and refurbishment of the nu-
clear weapons stockpile.’’. 
SEC. 3114. NOTIFICATION OF COST OVERRUNS FOR CER-
TAIN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROJECTS. 
(a) 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. 4713. NOTIFICATION OF COST OVERRUNS FOR CER-
TAIN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF COST
AND SCHEDULE 
BASELINES.— 
‘‘(1) STOCKPILE LIFE EXTENSION PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for 
Nuclear Security shall establish a cost and 
schedule baseline for each nuclear stockpile life 
extension project of the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration. 
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‘‘(B) PER UNIT COST.—The cost baseline 
developed under subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude, with respect to each life extension 
project, an estimated cost for each warhead in 
the project. 
‘‘(C) NOTIFICATION
TO
CONGRESSIONAL 
DEFENSE
COMMITTEES.—Not later than 30 
days after establishing a cost and schedule 
baseline under subparagraph (A), the Adminis-
trator shall submit the cost and schedule base-
line to the congressional defense committees. 
‘‘(2) 
DEFENSE-FUNDED
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of En-
ergy shall establish a cost and schedule baseline 
under the project management protocols of the 
Department of Energy for each construction 
project that is— 
‘‘(i) in excess of $50,000,000; and 
‘‘(ii) carried out by the Department 
using funds authorized to be appropriated 
for a fiscal year pursuant to a DOE na-
tional security authorization. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION
TO
CONGRESSIONAL 
DEFENSE
COMMITTEES.—Not later than 30 
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days after establishing a cost and schedule 
baseline under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall submit the cost and schedule baseline to 
the congressional defense committees. 
‘‘(3) DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
establish a cost and schedule baseline under the 
project management protocols of the Depart-
ment of Energy for each defense environmental 
management project that is— 
‘‘(i) in excess of $50,000,000; and 
‘‘(ii) carried out by the Department 
pursuant to such protocols. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION
TO
CONGRESSIONAL 
DEFENSE
COMMITTEES.—Not later than 30 
days after establishing a cost and schedule 
baseline under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall submit the cost and schedule baseline to 
the congressional defense committees. 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION OF COSTS EXCEEDING BASE-
LINE.—The Administrator or the Secretary, as applicable, 
shall notify the congressional defense committees not later 
than 30 days after determining that— 
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‘‘(1) the total cost for a project referred to in 
paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) will ex-
ceed an amount that is equal to 125 percent of the 
cost baseline established under subsection (a) for 
that project; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a stockpile life extension 
project referred to in subsection (a)(1), the cost for 
any warhead in the project will exceed an amount 
that is equal to 200 percent of the cost baseline es-
tablished under subsection (a)(1)(B) for each war-
head in that project. 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION OF DETERMINATION WITH RE-
SPECT
TO
TERMINATION
OR
CONTINUATION
OF 
PROJECTS.—Not later than 90 days after submitting a 
notification under subsection (b) with respect to a project, 
the Administrator or the Secretary, as applicable, shall— 
‘‘(1) notify the congressional defense commit-
tees with respect to whether the project will be ter-
minated or continued; and 
‘‘(2) if the project will be continued, certify to 
the congressional defense committees that— 
‘‘(A) a revised cost and schedule baseline 
has been established for the project and, in the 
case of a stockpile life extension project referred 
to in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection 
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(a)(1), a revised estimate of the cost for each 
warhead in the project has been made; 
‘‘(B) the continuation of the project is nec-
essary to the mission of the Department of En-
ergy and there is no alternative to the project 
that would meet the requirements of that mis-
sion; and 
‘‘(C) a management structure is in place 
adequate to manage and control the cost and 
schedule of the project. 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS TO REVISED 
COST AND SCHEDULE BASELINES.—A revised cost and 
schedule baseline established under subsection (c) shall— 
‘‘(1) be submitted to the congressional defense 
committees with the certification submitted under 
subsection (c)(2); and 
‘‘(2) be subject to the notification requirements 
of subsections (b) and (c) in the same manner and 
to the same extent as a cost and schedule baseline 
established under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 4712 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4713. Notification of cost overruns for certain Department of Energy 
projects.’’. 
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SEC. 3115. ESTABLISHMENT OF COOPERATIVE RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
(a) COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
CENTERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4813 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (division D of Public Law 107– 
314; 50 U.S.C. 2794) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 
following new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
CENTERS.—(1) Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions provided for such purpose, the Administrator for Nu-
clear Security shall establish a cooperative research and 
development center described in paragraph (2) at each na-
tional security laboratory. 
‘‘(2) A cooperative research and development center 
described in this paragraph is a center to foster collabo-
rative scientific research, technology development, and the 
appropriate transfer of research and technology to users 
in addition to the national security laboratories. 
‘‘(3) In establishing a cooperative research and devel-
opment center under this subsection, the Administrator— 
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