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‘‘(3) submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that includes— 
‘‘(A) the results of the reviews conducted under 
paragraphs (1) and (2); 
‘‘(B) any recommendations of the Comptroller 
General for improving the process and systems de-
scribed in paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(C) a description of the status of the imple-
mentation of recommendations, if any, with respect 
to that process and such systems made by the 
Comptroller General in previous years. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the congressional defense committees; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives. 
‘‘(2) COVERED ITEM OF SUPPLY.—The term ‘cov-
ered item of supply’ means an item— 
‘‘(A) that is purchased for inclusion in a cov-
ered system; and
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‘‘(B) the loss of integrity of which could result 
in a supply chain risk for a covered system. 
‘‘(3) COVERED PROCUREMENT.—The term ‘covered 
procurement’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) A source selection for a covered system or 
a covered item of supply involving either a perform-
ance specification, as described in subsection 
(a)(3)(B) of section 3306 of title 41, United States 
Code, or an evaluation factor, as described in sub-
section (b)(1) of such section, relating to supply 
chain risk. 
‘‘(B) The consideration of proposals for and 
issuance of a task or delivery order for a covered 
system or a covered item of supply, as provided in 
section 4106(d)(3) of title 41, United States Code, 
where the task or delivery order contract concerned 
includes a contract clause establishing a require-
ment relating to supply chain risk. 
‘‘(C) Any contract action involving a contract 
for a covered system or a covered item of supply if 
the contract includes a clause establishing require-
ments relating to supply chain risk. 
‘‘(4) COVERED PROCUREMENT ACTION.—The term 
‘covered procurement action’ means, with respect to an
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action that occurs in the course of conducting a covered 
procurement, any of the following: 
‘‘(A) The exclusion of a source that fails to 
meet qualification requirements established pursu-
ant to section 3311 of title 41, United States Code, 
for the purpose of reducing supply chain risk in the 
acquisition of covered systems. 
‘‘(B) The exclusion of a source that fails to 
achieve an acceptable rating with regard to an eval-
uation factor providing for the consideration of sup-
ply chain risk in the evaluation of proposals for the 
award of a contract or the issuance of a task or de-
livery order. 
‘‘(C) The withholding of consent for a con-
tractor to subcontract with a particular source or 
the direction to a contractor for a covered system 
to exclude a particular source from consideration 
for a subcontract under the contract. 
‘‘(5) COVERED SYSTEM.—The term ‘covered system’ 
means the following: 
‘‘(A) National security systems (as defined in 
section 3542(b) of title 44, United States Code) and 
components of such systems. 
‘‘(B) Nuclear weapons and components of nu-
clear weapons.
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‘‘(C) Items associated with the design, develop-
ment, production, and maintenance of nuclear 
weapons or components of nuclear weapons. 
‘‘(D) Items associated with the surveillance of 
the nuclear weapon stockpile. 
‘‘(E) Items associated with the design and de-
velopment of nonproliferation and counterprolifera-
tion programs and systems. 
‘‘(6) SUPPLY CHAIN RISK.—The term ‘supply chain 
risk’ means the risk that an adversary may sabotage, 
maliciously introduce unwanted function, or otherwise 
subvert the design, integrity, manufacturing, production, 
distribution, installation, operation, or maintenance of a 
covered system or covered item of supply so as to surveil, 
deny, disrupt, or otherwise degrade the function, use, or 
operation of the system or item of supply. 
‘‘(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall take effect on 
the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2014. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The authority under sub-
section (a) shall apply to— 
‘‘(A) contracts awarded on or after the effec-
tive date specified in paragraph (1); and
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‘‘(B) task and delivery orders issued on or 
after that effective date pursuant to contracts 
awarded before, on, or after that effective date. 
‘‘(3) TERMINATION.—The authority under this sec-
tion shall terminate on the date that is four years after 
the effective date specified in paragraph (1).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 4805 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4806. Enhanced procurement authority to manage supply chain risk.’’. 
SEC. 3114. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR NA-
TIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection (d), 
of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or oth-
erwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for the National 
Nuclear Security Administration, the amount specified in 
subsection (c) may not be obligated or expended until the 
date on which the Administrator for Nuclear Security sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees— 
(1) a detailed plan to realize the planned effi-
ciencies; and 
(2) written certification that the planned efficiencies 
will be achieved during fiscal year 2014. 
(b) UNREALIZED EFFICIENCIES.—If the Administrator 
does not submit to the congressional defense committees the 
matters described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a)
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and development under section 4811(c) of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2791(c)) in fiscal year 2014. 
(f) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—The limitation under 
subsection (a) shall not be considered a specific denial of 
funds for purposes of the authority referred to in subsection 
(d)(2). 
(g) PLANNED EFFICIENCIES DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘planned efficiencies’’ means the $106,800,000, 
with respect to directed stockpile work, and $32,700,000, 
with respect to nuclear programs, that the Administrator 
plans to save during fiscal year 2014 through management 
efficiency and workforce restructuring reductions, as de-
scribed in the budget request for fiscal year 2014 that the 
President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 3115. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR OF-
FICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR NUCLEAR SE-
CURITY. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2014 by section 3101 and available for the Office of the 
Administrator as specified in the funding table in section 
4701, or otherwise made available for that Office for that fis-
cal year, not more than 75 percent may be obligated or ex-
pended until—
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(1) the President transmits to Congress the matters 
required to be transmitted during 2013 and 2014 under 
section 4205(f)(2) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 
(50 U.S.C. 2525(f)(2)); 
(2) the President transmits to the congressional de-
fense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives the matters— 
(A) required to be transmitted during 2013 
and 2014 under section 1043 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub-
lic Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1576); and 
(B) with respect to which the Secretary of En-
ergy is responsible; 
(3) the Secretary submits to the congressional de-
fense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives the reports required to be 
submitted during 2013 and 2014 under section 3122(b) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1710); and 
(4) the Administrator for Nuclear Security submits 
to the congressional defense committees— 
(A) the detailed report on the stockpile stew-
ardship, management, and infrastructure plan re-
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quired to be submitted during 2013 under para-
graph (2) of section 4203(b) of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2523(b)); and 
(B) the summary of the plan required to be 
submitted during 2014 under paragraph (1) of such 
section. 
SEC. 3116. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER FOR SECURITY TECH-
NOLOGY, ANALYSIS, RESPONSE, AND TESTING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator for Nuclear 
Security shall establish within the nuclear security enterprise 
(as defined in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2501) a Center for Security Technology, 
Analysis, Response, and Testing. 
(b) DUTIES.—The center established under subsection 
(a) shall carry out the following: 
(1) Provide to the Administrator, the Chief of De-
fense Nuclear Security, and the management and oper-
ating contractors of the nuclear security enterprise a 
wide range of objective expertise on security tech-
nologies, systems, analysis, testing, and response forces. 
(2) Assist the Administrator in developing stand-
ards, requirements, analysis methods, and testing cri-
teria with respect to security. 
(3) Collect, analyze, and distribute lessons learned 
with respect to security.
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(4) Support inspections and oversight activities with 
respect to security. 
(5) Promote professional development and training 
for security professionals. 
(6) Provide for advance and bulk procurement for 
security-related acquisitions that affect multiple facilities 
of the nuclear security enterprise. 
(7) Advocate for continual improvement and secu-
rity excellence throughout the nuclear security enter-
prise. 
(8) Such other duties as the Administrator may as-
sign. 
SEC. 3117. AUTHORIZATION OF MODULAR BUILDING STRATEGY 
AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE REPLACEMENT 
PROJECT FOR THE CHEMISTRY AND METALLURGY 
RESEARCH BUILDING, LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL 
LABORATORY, NEW MEXICO. 
Section 3114(c) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 
2171; 50 U.S.C. 2535 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘No funds’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Except as 
provided in paragraph (2), no funds’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(2) USE
OF
FUNDS
FOR
MODULAR
BUILDING 
STRATEGY.—The Administrator for Nuclear Security 
may obligate and expend funds referred to in paragraph 
(1) for activities relating to a modular building strategy 
on and after the date that is 60 days after the date on 
which the Nuclear Weapons Council established under 
section 179 of title 10, United States Code, notifies the 
congressional defense committees that— 
‘‘(A) the modular building strategy— 
‘‘(i) meets requirements for maintaining 
the nuclear weapons stockpile over a 30-year 
period; 
‘‘(ii) meets requirements for implementa-
tion of a responsive infrastructure, including 
meeting plutonium pit production require-
ments; and 
‘‘(iii) will achieve full operating capability 
for not less than two modular structures by not 
later than 2027; 
‘‘(B) in fiscal year 2015, the National Nuclear 
Security Administration will begin the process of 
designing and building modular buildings in accord-
ance with Department of Energy Order 413.3 (re-
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lating to relating to program management and 
project management for the acquisition of capital 
assets); and 
‘‘(C) the Administrator will include the costs of 
the modular building strategy in the estimated ex-
penditures and proposed appropriations reflected in 
the future-years nuclear security program submitted 
under section 3253 of the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2453). 
‘‘(3) MODULAR BUILDING STRATEGY DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘modular building strategy’ 
means an alternative strategy to the replacement project 
that consists of repurposing existing facilities and con-
structing a series of modular structures, each of which 
is fully useable, to complement the function of the pluto-
nium facility (PF–4) at Los Alamos National Labora-
tory, New Mexico, in accordance with all applicable safe-
ty and security standards of the Department of En-
ergy.’’. 
SEC. 3118. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WARHEAD LIFE EXTEN-
SION OPTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out Phase 6.2 and Phase 
6.2A of the Joint W78/88–1 Warhead Life Extension Pro-
gram, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, 
acting through the Nuclear Weapons Council established by
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nuclear material that are administered by the Adminis-
tration; and 
‘‘(B) written certification that such facilities are se-
cure and that the security measures at such facilities 
meet the security standards and requirements of the Ad-
ministration and the Department of Energy. 
‘‘(2) If the Administrator is unable to make the certifi-
cation described in paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a facil-
ity, the Administrator shall submit to the Secretary with the 
matters required by paragraph (1) a corrective action plan 
for the facility describing— 
‘‘(A) the deficiency that resulted in the Adminis-
trator being unable to make the certification; 
‘‘(B) the actions to be taken to correct the defi-
ciency; and 
‘‘(C) timelines for taking such actions. 
‘‘(3) Not later than December 1 of each year, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
the unaltered report, certification, and any corrective action 
plans submitted by the Administrator under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) together with any comments of the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) REPORT AND CERTIFICATION ON ATOMIC ENERGY 
DEFENSE FACILITIES NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE ADMINIS-
TRATION.—(1) Not later than December 1 of each year, the
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Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees— 
‘‘(A) a report detailing the status of the security of 
atomic energy defense facilities holding Category I and 
II quantities of special nuclear material that are not ad-
ministered by the Administration; and 
‘‘(B) written certification that such facilities meet 
the security standards and requirements of the Depart-
ment of Energy. 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary is unable to make the certification 
described in paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a facility, the 
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees, together with the matters required by paragraph (1), a 
corrective action plan describing— 
‘‘(A) the deficiency that resulted in the Secretary 
being unable to make the certification; 
‘‘(B) the actions to be taken to correct the defi-
ciency; and 
‘‘(C) timelines for taking such actions.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 4506 and inserting the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 4506. Annual report and certification on status of security of atomic en-
ergy defense facilities.’’.
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SEC. 3122. MODIFICATIONS TO ANNUAL REPORTS REGARDING 
THE CONDITION OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
STOCKPILE. 
(a) REPORT ON ASSESSMENTS.—Subsection (e) of sec-
tion 4205 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2525) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) a concise summary of any significant 
finding investigations initiated or active during the 
previous year for which the head of the national se-
curity laboratory has full or partial responsibility.’’; 
and 
(2) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) In the case of a report submitted by the Com-
mander of the United States Strategic Command— 
‘‘(A) a discussion of the relative merits of other 
nuclear weapon types (if any), or compensatory 
measures (if any) that could be taken, that could 
enable accomplishment of the missions of the nu-
clear weapon types to which the assessments relate,
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should such assessments identify any deficiency 
with respect to such nuclear weapon types; and 
‘‘(B) a summary of all major assembly releases 
in place as of the date of the report for the active 
and inactive nuclear weapon stockpiles.’’. 
(b) REPORTS SUBMITTED
TO
THE PRESIDENT
AND 
CONGRESS.—Subsection (f) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘March 1’’ and in-
serting ‘‘February 1’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) If the President does not forward to Congress the 
matters required under paragraph (2) by the date required 
by such paragraph, the officials specified in subsection (b) 
shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense commit-
tees not later than March 30 on the report such officials sub-
mitted to the Secretary concerned under subsection (e).’’. 
SEC. 3123. INCLUSION OF INTEGRATED PLUTONIUM STRATEGY 
IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP, 
MANAGEMENT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. 
Section 4203(d) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2523(d)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph 
(7); and
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following 
new paragraph (6): 
‘‘(6) A strategy for the integrated management of 
plutonium for stockpile and stockpile stewardship needs 
over a 20-year period that includes the following: 
‘‘(A) An assessment of the baseline science 
issues necessary to understand plutonium aging 
under static and dynamic conditions under manu-
factured and nonmanufactured plutonium geome-
tries. 
‘‘(B) An assessment of scientific and testing 
instrumentation for plutonium at elemental and 
bulk conditions. 
‘‘(C) An assessment of manufacturing and 
handling technology for plutonium and plutonium 
components. 
‘‘(D) An assessment of computational models 
of plutonium performance under static and dynamic 
loading, including manufactured and nonmanufac-
tured conditions. 
‘‘(E) An identification of any capability gaps 
with respect to the assessments described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D). 
‘‘(F) An estimate of costs relating to the 
issues, instrumentation, technology, and models de-
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scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) over the 
period covered by the future-years nuclear security 
program under section 3253 of the National Nu-
clear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 
2453). 
‘‘(G) An estimate of the cost of eliminating the 
capability gaps identified under subparagraph (E) 
over the period covered by the future-years nuclear 
security program. 
‘‘(H) Such other items as the Administrator 
considers important for the integrated management 
of plutonium for stockpile and stockpile stewardship 
needs.’’. 
SEC. 3124. MODIFICATIONS TO COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES FOR 
COMPETITION OF MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING 
CONTRACTS. 
(a) ANALYSES OF BID PROTESTS.—Subsection (a) of 
section 3121 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2175) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—The Administrator for Nu-
clear Security shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report described in subsection (b) by not later than 
30 days after the later of—
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‘‘(1) the date on which the Administrator awards a 
contract to manage and operate a facility of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration; or 
‘‘(2) the date on which a protest concerning an al-
leged violation of a procurement statute or regulation 
brought under subchapter V of chapter 35 of title 31, 
United States Code, with respect to such a contract is 
resolved.’’. 
(b) REPORTING ON EXPECTED COST SAVINGS.—Sub-
section (b)(1) of such section is amended by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding a description of the assumptions used and analysis 
conducted to determine such expected cost savings’’ before 
the semicolon. 
(c) REVIEW
BY
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
OF
THE 
UNITED STATES.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) REVIEW
BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF
THE 
UNITED STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
review of each report required by subsection (a) or 
(d)(2) not later than 180 days after the report is sub-
mitted to such committees.
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‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Comptroller General may 
not conduct a review under paragraph (1) of a report re-
lating to a contract to manage and operate a facility of 
the National Nuclear Security Administration while a 
protest described in subsection (a)(2) is pending with re-
spect to that contract.’’. 
(d) EXCEPTION FOR NAVAL REACTORS.—Subsection (d) 
of such section is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) NAVAL REACTORS.—The requirement for re-
ports under subsections (a) and (d)(2) shall not apply 
with respect to a management and operations contract 
for a Naval Reactor facility.’’. 
SEC. 3125. MODIFICATION OF DEADLINES FOR CERTAIN RE-
PORTS RELATING TO PROGRAM ON SCIENTIFIC 
ENGAGEMENT FOR NONPROLIFERATION. 
Section 3122 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2176; 
50 U.S.C. 2562 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘, and to the 
Comptroller General of the United States,’’ after ‘‘the 
appropriate congressional committees’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘15’’ and in-
serting ‘‘30’’;
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(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Administrator may waive the 
requirement under paragraph (1) to submit a report on 
a modification in the program under subsection (a) not 
later than 30 days before making the modification if the 
Administrator— 
‘‘(A) determines that the modification is urgent 
and necessary to the national security interests of 
the United States; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 30 days after making the 
modification, submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
‘‘(i) the report on the modification re-
quired by paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) a justification for exercising the 
waiver authority under this paragraph.’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by sub-
paragraph (B), by striking ‘‘The report under para-
graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘Each report submitted 
under paragraph (1) or (3)(B)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘two years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘18
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months after the date of the submittal of the report de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1)’’. 
SEC. 3126. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN REPORTS ON COST CON-
TAINMENT 
FOR 
URANIUM 
CAPABILITIES 
RE-
PLACEMENT PROJECT. 
Section 3123(f) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 
2178) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘QUAR-
TERLY’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph (1): 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the project referred to in sub-
section (a)— 
‘‘(A) not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and every 90 days there-
after through the date that is one year after such 
date of enactment; and 
‘‘(B) after the date that is one year after such 
date of enactment, at such times as the Comptroller 
General, in consultation with the congressional de-
fense committees, determines appropriate, taking 
into consideration the critical decision points of the
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project (as defined in orders of the Department of 
Energy).’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and the 
progress on meeting the requirements of section 
4713 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2753)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘pro-
grammatic’’. 
SEC. 3127. PLAN FOR TANK FARM WASTE AT HANFORD NU-
CLEAR RESERVATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title XLIV of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2621 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 4445. PLAN FOR TANK FARM WASTE AT HANFORD NU-
CLEAR RESERVATION. 
‘‘(a) PLAN.—Not later than June 1, 2014, the Secretary 
of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a plan for the initial activities (as defined in subsection 
(d)) for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant and 
any related, required infrastructure facilities. 
‘‘(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The plan under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) A list of significant requirements needed for 
the initial activities.
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‘‘(2) A schedule of significant activities needed to 
carry out the initial activities. 
‘‘(3) Actions required to accelerate, to the extent 
possible, the treatment of lower risk, low-activity waste 
while continuing efforts to resolve the technical chal-
lenges associated with higher risk, high-activity waste. 
‘‘(4) A description of how the Secretary will— 
‘‘(A) provide adequate protection to workers 
and the public under the plan; and 
‘‘(B) incorporate into the plan any significant 
new science and technical information that was not 
available before the development of the plan. 
‘‘(c) DETERMINATIONS.—(1) For each significant re-
quirement identified by the Secretary under subsection 
(b)(1), the Secretary shall include in the plan submitted 
under subsection (a) a determination regarding whether such 
requirement is finalized and will be used to inform the initial 
activities. 
‘‘(2) For each significant requirement that the Secretary 
cannot make a finalized determination for under paragraph 
(1) by the date on which the plan under subsection (a) is 
submitted to the congressional defense committees, the Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(A) include in the plan— 
‘‘(i) a description of the requirement;
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‘‘(ii) a list of significant activities required to 
finalize the requirement; and 
‘‘(iii) the date on which the Secretary antici-
pates making such determination; and 
‘‘(B) once the Secretary makes a determination that 
such a significant requirement is finalized, submit to 
such committees notification that the requirement is fi-
nalized and will be used to inform the initial activities. 
‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding any determination made under 
paragraph (1) with respect to a significant requirement iden-
tified by the Secretary under subsection (b)(1)— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary shall change a requirement if 
necessary to provide adequate protection to workers and 
the public; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary may change a requirement if the 
Secretary determines such change is necessary. 
‘‘(B) If the Secretary authorizes a change to a require-
ment under subparagraph (A) that will have a significant ma-
terial effect on the schedule or cost of the initial activities, 
the Secretary shall promptly notify the congressional defense 
committees of such change. 
‘‘(C) The authority of the Secretary under this para-
graph may be delegated only to the Deputy Secretary of En-
ergy.
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‘‘(d) INITIAL ACTIVITIES DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘initial activities’ means activities necessary to start the 
operations of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant 
at the Hanford Tank Farms of the Hanford Nuclear Res-
ervation, Richland, Washington, with respect to the design, 
construction, and operating of the Waste Treatment and Im-
mobilization Plant and any related, required infrastructure 
facilities.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 4444 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4445. Plan for tank farm waste at Hanford Nuclear Reservation.’’. 
SEC. 3128. PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT AND INTEGRATION OF FI-
NANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR SECURITY 
ENTERPRISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for Nuclear Secu-
rity shall develop a plan for improving and integrating the fi-
nancial management of the nuclear security enterprise. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The plan required by 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the expected results of the 
plan. 
(2) An assessment of the feasibility of the plan. 
(3) The estimated costs of carrying out the plan. 
(4) A timeline for implementation of the plan.
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(c) CONSIDERATIONS IN DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—In 
developing the plan required by subsection (a), the Adminis-
trator shall consider the following: 
(1) Efforts to improve the structure for the alloca-
tion of work to be used by the entities within the nuclear 
security enterprise for the activities carried out by those 
entities. 
(2) Efforts to develop a clear and consistent cost 
structure for each program and entity within the nuclear 
security enterprise. 
(3) Methodologies for identifying costs for programs 
of record and base capabilities required for programs 
carried out by the nuclear security enterprise. 
(4) Mechanisms for monitoring those programs dur-
ing the execution of those programs and to provide data 
to inform oversight of those programs. 
(5) Reporting frameworks to be used by the entities 
within the nuclear security enterprise to facilitate anal-
yses, projections, and comparisons of similar activities 
carried out by different programs across the nuclear se-
curity enterprise. 
(6) Effects of the plan on the facilities and manage-
ment and operating contractors of the nuclear security 
enterprise.
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(d) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.—The Administrator 
shall submit the plan required by subsection (a) to the con-
gressional defense committees not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘nuclear security enterprise’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 4002 of the Atomic En-
ergy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501). 
SEC. 3129. PLAN FOR DEVELOPING EXASCALE COMPUTING AND 
INCORPORATING SUCH COMPUTING INTO THE 
STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Administrator for Nuclear 
Security shall develop and carry out a plan to develop 
exascale computing and incorporate such computing into the 
stockpile stewardship program under section 4201 of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521) during the 10- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) MILESTONES.—The plan required by subsection (a) 
shall include major programmatic milestones in— 
(1) the development of a prototype exascale com-
puter for the stockpile stewardship program; and 
(2) mitigating disruptions resulting from the transi-
tion to exascale computing.
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(c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—In devel-
oping the plan required by subsection (a), the Administrator 
shall coordinate, as appropriate, with the Under Secretary of 
Energy for Science, the Secretary of Defense, and elements 
of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 
(d) INCLUSION OF COSTS IN FUTURE-YEARS NUCLEAR 
SECURITY PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall— 
(1) address, in the estimated expenditures and pro-
posed appropriations reflected in each future-years nu-
clear security program submitted under section 3253 of 
the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 
U.S.C. 2453) during the 10-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the costs of— 
(A) developing exascale computing and incor-
porating such computing into the stockpile steward-
ship program; and 
(B) mitigating potential disruptions resulting 
from the transition to exascale computing; and 
(2) include in each such future-years nuclear secu-
rity program a description of the costs of efforts to de-
velop exascale computing borne by the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, the Office of Science of the De-
partment of Energy, other Federal agencies, and private 
industry.
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(e) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.—The Administrator 
shall submit the plan required by subsection (a) to the con-
gressional defense committees with each summary of the plan 
required by subsection (a) of section 4203 of the Atomic En-
ergy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2523) submitted under sub-
section (b)(1) of that section during the 10-year period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(f) EXASCALE COMPUTING DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘exascale computing’’ means computing through the 
use of a computing machine that performs near or above 10 
to the 18th power floating point operations per second. 
SEC. 3130. STUDY AND PLAN FOR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN 
PILOT PROGRAM PRINCIPLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for Nuclear Secu-
rity shall conduct a study of the feasibility of, and develop 
a plan for, extending the principles of the pilot program to 
improve and streamline oversight of the Kansas City Plant, 
Kansas City, Missouri, initiated on or about April 2006, to 
additional facilities of the nuclear security enterprise. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study and plan required by sub-
section (a) shall address the following: 
(1) The applicability of all or some of the principles 
of the pilot program to additional facilities of the nuclear 
security enterprise.
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(2) The costs, benefits, risks, opportunities, and 
cost avoidances that may result from the extension of 
the principles of the pilot program to additional facili-
ties. 
(3) The cost avoidances that have been realized 
from the pilot program described in subsection (a) since 
the pilot program was initiated. 
(4) The actions and timelines that would be re-
quired to extend the principles of the pilot program to 
additional facilities if the Administrator determines that 
extending such principles is feasible. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that includes the following: 
(1) The results of the study and the plan required 
by subsection (a). 
(2) The determination of the Administrator regard-
ing whether the principles of the pilot program will be 
extended to additional facilities of the nuclear security 
enterprise. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the following: 
(A) The congressional defense committees.
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(B) The Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(2) The term ‘‘nuclear security enterprise’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 4002 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501). 
(3) The term ‘‘principles of the pilot program’’ 
means the principles regarding the use of third-party 
certification, industrial standards, best business prac-
tices, and verification of internal procedures and per-
formance to improve and streamline oversight, as dem-
onstrated in the pilot program at the Kansas City Plant 
described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 3131. STUDY OF POTENTIAL REUSE OF NUCLEAR WEAPON 
SECONDARIES. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear Se-
curity shall conduct a study of the potential reuse of nuclear 
weapon secondaries that includes an assessment of the poten-
tial for reusing secondaries in future life extension programs, 
including— 
(1) a description of which secondaries could be re-
used;
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(2) the number of such secondaries available in the 
stockpile as of the date of the study; and 
(3) the number of such secondaries that are 
planned to be available after such date as a result of the 
dismantlement of nuclear weapons. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) The feasibility and practicability of potential full 
or partial reuse options with respect to nuclear weapon 
secondaries. 
(2) The benefits and risks of reusing such 
secondaries. 
(3) A list of technical challenges that must be re-
solved to certify aged materials under dynamic loading 
conditions and the full stockpile-to-target sequence of 
weapons, including a program plan and timeline for re-
solving such technical challenges and an assessment of 
the importance of resolving outstanding materials issues 
on certifying aged secondaries. 
(4) The potential costs and cost savings of such 
reuse. 
(5) The effects of such reuse on the requirements 
for secondaries manufacturing. 
(6) An assessment of how such reuse affects plans 
to build a responsive nuclear weapons infrastructure.
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(c) SUBMISSION.—Not later than March 1, 2014, the 
Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees the study under subsection (a). 
SEC. 3132. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPORT ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY 
PRACTICES AT NATIONAL SECURITY LABORATORIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4507 of the Atomic En-
ergy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2658) is repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by strik-
ing the item relating to section 4507. 
(b) REPORTS ON ADVANCED SUPERCOMPUTER SALES 
TO CERTAIN FOREIGN NATIONS.—Section 3157 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–85; 50 U.S.C. App. 2404 note) is repealed. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 3141. CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF SECRETARY OF EN-
ERGY. 
The amendment made by section 3113 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 
112–239; 126 Stat. 2169) to section 4102 of the Atomic En-
ergy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2512) may not be construed as 
affecting the authority of the Secretary of Energy, in car-
rying out national security programs, with respect to the 
management, planning, and oversight of the National Nuclear
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Security Administration or as affecting the delegation by the 
Secretary of authority to carry out such activities, as set 
forth under subsection (a) of such section 4102 as it existed 
before the amendment made by such section 3113. 
SEC. 3142. MODIFICATION OF DEADLINES FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
ADVISORY PANEL ON THE GOVERNANCE OF THE 
NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE. 
Section 3166 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2208) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘March 1, 2014’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘February 1, 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2014’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘June 1, 2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 
SEC. 3143. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LAND CONVEYANCE. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION OF TITLE TO BANNISTER FEDERAL 
COMPLEX.—Notwithstanding sections 521 and 522 of title 
40, United States Code, the Administrator of General Serv-
ices may transfer custody of and accountability for the por-
tion of the real property described in subsection (b) in the 
custody of the General Services Administration on the date
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of the enactment of this Act to the National Nuclear Security 
Administration. 
(b) REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The real property described in 
this subsection is the real property, including any im-
provements thereon, consisting of the Bannister Federal 
Complex in Kansas City, Missouri. 
(2) FURTHER
DESCRIPTION
OF
PROPERTY.—The 
exact acreage and legal description of the real property 
described in this subsection shall be determined by a 
survey satisfactory to the Administrator for Nuclear Se-
curity and the Administrator of General Services. 
(c) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO CONVEYANCE OF BAN-
NISTER FEDERAL COMPLEX.—After the consolidation of cus-
tody of and accountability for the real property described in 
subsection (b) in the National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion under subsection (a), the Administrator for Nuclear Se-
curity may— 
(1) negotiate an agreement to convey to an eligible 
entity all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to the real property described in subsection (b); 
and 
(2) enter into an agreement, on a reimbursable 
basis or otherwise, with the eligible entity to provide 
funding for the costs of—
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(A) the negotiation of the agreement described 
in paragraph (1); 
(B) planning for the disposition of the prop-
erty; and 
(C) carrying out the responsibilities of the Ad-
ministrator under section 120(h) of the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)) with re-
spect to the property, including— 
(i) identification, investigation, and clean 
up of, and research and development with re-
spect to, contamination from a hazardous sub-
stance or pollutant or contaminant; 
(ii) correction of other environmental 
damage that creates an imminent and substan-
tial endangerment to the public health or wel-
fare or to the environment; and 
(iii) demolition and removal of buildings 
and structures as required to clean up con-
tamination or as required for completion of the 
responsibilities of the Administrator under that 
section. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) PRICE.—The Administrator for Nuclear Secu-
rity shall select, through a public process provided for
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under the regulations of the Department of Energy, the 
eligible entity to which the real property described in 
subsection (b) is to be conveyed under subsection (c). 
The Administrator shall use good faith efforts to ensure 
the greatest possible return on such conveyance consid-
ering the conditions described in paragraphs (2) and (3). 
(2) CONDITION ON CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance 
under subsection (c) shall be subject to the requirements 
relating to transfer of property by the Federal Govern-
ment under section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Envi-
ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)). 
(3) OCCUPANCY BY NATIONAL OCEANIC AND AT-
MOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION.—The conveyance under 
subsection (c) shall be subject to the condition that the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may 
continue to occupy until December 31, 2015, the space 
in the real property described in subsection (b) that the 
Administration occupies as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(e) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
(1) REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 
The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall use any 
funds received from the conveyance under subsection (c) 
to reimburse the Administrator for costs (other than
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costs referred to in paragraph (2) of that subsection) in-
curred by the Administrator to carry out the conveyance, 
including survey costs, costs for environmental docu-
mentation, and any other administrative costs related to 
the conveyance. 
(2) 
TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received as reimbursement under paragraph 
(1) shall be credited to the fund or account that was 
used to cover the costs referred to in that paragraph. 
Amounts so credited shall be merged with amounts in 
such fund or account and shall be available for the same 
purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limita-
tions, as amounts in such fund or account. 
(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Admin-
istrator for Nuclear Security may require such additional 
terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance under 
subsection (c) as the Administrator considers appropriate to 
protect the interests of the United States. 
(g) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a nongovernmental entity that 
has demonstrated to the Administrator for Nuclear Security, 
in the Administrator’s sole discretion, that the entity has the 
capability to operate and maintain the real property described 
in subsection (b).