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Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 3141. Establishment of Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker 
Health; extension of authority of Office of Ombudsman for En-
ergy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program. 
Sec. 3142. Technical corrections to Atomic Energy Defense Act. 
Sec. 3143. Technical corrections to National Nuclear Security Administration 
Act. 
Sec. 3144. Technology Commercialization Fund. 
Subtitle A—National Security 
Programs Authorizations 
SEC. 3101. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Energy for fiscal year 2015 for the activities of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs 
as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.— 
From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 
for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 
may carry out new plant projects for the National Nuclear 
Security Administration as follows: 
Project 15–D–613, Emergency Operations Cen-
ter, Y–12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, 
Tennessee, $2,000,000. 
Project 15–D–612, Emergency Operations Cen-
ter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Liver-
more, California, $2,000,000.
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Project 15–D–611, Emergency Operations Cen-
ter, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New 
Mexico, $4,000,000. 
Project 15–D–302, TA–55 Reinvestment Project 
Phase III, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Ala-
mos, New Mexico, $16,062,000. 
Project 15–D–301, High Explosive Science and 
Engineering Facility, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, 
$11,800,000. 
Project 15–D–904, Overpack Storage Expansion 
3, Naval Reactors Facility, Idaho, $400,000. 
Project 15–D–903, Fire System Upgrade, Knolls 
Atomic Power Laboratory, Schenectady, New York, 
$600,000. 
Project 15–D–902, Engine Room Team Trainer 
Facility, Kesselring Site, West Milton, New York, 
$1,500,000. 
Project 15–D–901, Central Office and Prototype 
Staff Building, Kesselring Site, West Milton, New 
York, $24,000,000. 
SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Energy for fiscal year 2015 for defense environmental
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cleanup activities in carrying out programs as specified in 
the funding table in section 4701. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.— 
From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 
for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 
may carry out, for defense environmental cleanup activities, 
the following new plant projects: 
Project 15–D–401, KW Basin Sludge Removal 
Project, Hanford, Washington, $26,290,000. 
Project 15–D–402, Saltstone Disposal Unit #6, 
Savannah River 
Site, 
Aiken, 
South 
Carolina, 
$34,642,000. 
Project 15–D–405, Sludge Processing Facility 
Build Out, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $4,200,000. 
Project 15–D–406, Hexavalent Chromium Pump 
and Treatment Remedy Project, Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $28,600,000. 
Project 
15–D–409, 
Low 
Activity 
Waste 
Pretreatment 
System, 
Hanford, 
Washington, 
$23,000,000. 
SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2015 for other defense 
activities in carrying out programs as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4701.
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Subtitle 
B—Program 
Authoriza-
tions, Restrictions, and Limita-
tions 
SEC. 3111. DESIGN AND USE OF PROTOTYPES OF NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS FOR INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 4509 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2660) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) PROTOTYPES.—(1) Not later than the date on 
which the President submits to Congress under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the budget for fiscal 
year 2016, the directors of the national security laboratories 
shall jointly develop a multiyear plan to design and build 
prototypes of nuclear weapons to further intelligence esti-
mates with respect to foreign nuclear weapons activities 
and capabilities. 
‘‘(2) Not later than the date on which the President 
submits to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, the budget for an even-numbered fiscal 
year occurring after fiscal year 2017, the directors shall 
jointly develop an update to the plan developed under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(3)(A) The directors shall jointly submit to the Sec-
retary of Energy and the Director of National Intelligence
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the plan and each update developed under paragraphs (1) 
and (2), respectively. 
‘‘(B) Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
the directors submit the plan or an update under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees and the congressional intelligence commit-
tees the plan or update, as the case may be, without 
change; and 
‘‘(ii) may include, with the plan or update sub-
mitted under clause (i), the views of the Secretary 
with respect to the plan or update. 
‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary, in coordination with the direc-
tors, shall carry out the plan developed under paragraph 
(1), including the updates to the plan developed under 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) The Secretary may determine the manner in 
which the designing and building of prototypes of nuclear 
weapons is carried out under such plan. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall promptly submit to the con-
gressional defense committees and the congressional intel-
ligence committees written notification of any changes the 
Secretary makes to such plan pursuant to subparagraph 
(B), including justifications for such changes.’’.
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(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—(1) The directors shall en-
sure that the plan developed and updated under subsection 
(a) provides increased information upon which to base in-
telligence assessments and emphasizes the competencies of 
the national security laboratories with respect to designing 
and building prototypes of nuclear weapons. 
‘‘(2) To carry out paragraph (1), the plan developed 
and updated under subsection (a) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Design and system engineering activities of 
full-scale engineering prototypes (using surrogate spe-
cial nuclear materials), including weaponization fea-
tures as required. 
‘‘(B) Design, system engineering, and experi-
mental testing (using surrogate special nuclear mate-
rials) of above-ground experiment test hardware. 
‘‘(C) Design and system engineering of scaled or 
subcomponent experimental test articles (using special
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nuclear materials) for conducting experiments at the 
Nevada National Security Site.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c) of such 
section, as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by 
striking ‘‘subsection (a), the Administrator’’ and inserting 
‘‘this section, the Secretary’’. 
SEC. 3112. PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the requirement to create a modern, respon-
sive nuclear infrastructure that includes the capa-
bility and capacity to produce, at minimum, 50 to 80 
pits per year, is a national security priority; 
(2) delaying creation of a modern, responsive 
nuclear infrastructure until the 2030s is an unaccept-
able risk to the nuclear deterrent and the national se-
curity of the United States; and 
(3) timelines for creating certain capacities for 
production of plutonium pits and other nuclear weap-
ons components must be driven by the requirement to 
hedge against technical and geopolitical risk and not 
solely by the needs of life extension programs. 
(b) PIT PRODUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XLII of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521 et seq.)
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is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 4219. PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Consistent with the require-
ments of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy 
shall ensure that the nuclear security enterprise— 
‘‘(1) during 2021, begins production of qualifica-
tion plutonium pits; 
‘‘(2) during 2024, produces not less than 10 war 
reserve plutonium pits; 
‘‘(3) during 2025, produces not less than 20 war 
reserve plutonium pits; 
‘‘(4) during 2026, produces not less than 30 war 
reserve plutonium pits; and 
‘‘(5) during a pilot period of not less than 90 
days during 2027 (subject to subsection (b)), dem-
onstrates the capability to produce war reserve pluto-
nium pits at a rate sufficient to produce 80 pits per 
year. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF TWO-YEAR DELAY OF DEM-
ONSTRATION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Energy and 
the Secretary of Defense may jointly delay, for not more 
than two years, the requirement under subsection (a)(5) 
if—
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‘‘(1) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of Energy jointly submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report describing— 
‘‘(A) the justification for the proposed delay; 
‘‘(B) the effects of the proposed delay on 
stockpile stewardship and modernization, life ex-
tension programs, future stockpile strategy, and 
dismantlement efforts; and 
‘‘(C) whether the proposed delay is con-
sistent with national policy regarding creation of 
a responsive nuclear infrastructure; and 
‘‘(2) the Commander of the United States Stra-
tegic Command submits to the congressional defense 
committees a report containing the assessment of the 
Commander with respect to the potential risks to na-
tional security of the proposed delay in meeting— 
‘‘(A) the nuclear deterrence requirements of 
the United States Strategic Command; and 
‘‘(B) national requirements related to cre-
ation of a responsive nuclear infrastructure. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Not later than March 
1, 2015, and each year thereafter through 2027 (or, if the 
authority under subsection (b) is exercised, 2029), the Sec-
retary of Energy shall certify to the congressional defense 
committees and the Secretary of Defense that the programs
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and budget of the Secretary of Energy will enable the nu-
clear security enterprise to meet the requirements under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) PLAN.—If the Secretary of Energy does not make 
a certification under subsection (c) by March 1 of any year 
in which a certification is required under that subsection, 
by not later than May 1 of such year, the Chairman of 
the Nuclear Weapons Council shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a plan to enable the nuclear secu-
rity enterprise to meet the requirements under subsection 
(a). Such plan shall include identification of the resources 
of the Department of Energy that the Chairman determines 
should be redirected to support the plan to meet such re-
quirements.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for such Act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 4218 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4219. Plutonium pit production capacity.’’. 
SEC. 3113. LIFE-CYCLE COST ESTIMATES OF CERTAIN ATOM-
IC ENERGY DEFENSE CAPITAL ASSETS. 
(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:
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‘‘SEC. 4714. LIFE-CYCLE COST ESTIMATES OF CERTAIN 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE CAPITAL ASSETS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall en-
sure that an independent life-cycle cost estimate under De-
partment of Energy Order 413.3 (relating to program man-
agement and project management for the acquisition of cap-
ital assets) of each capital asset described in subsection (b) 
is conducted before the asset achieves critical decision 2 in 
the acquisition process. 
‘‘(b) CAPITAL ASSETS DESCRIBED.—A capital asset 
described in this subsection is an atomic energy defense cap-
ital asset— 
‘‘(1) the total project cost of which exceeds 
$100,000,000; and 
‘‘(2) the purpose of which is to perform a lim-
ited-life, single-purpose mission. 
‘‘(c) INDEPENDENT DEFINED.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), the term ‘independent’, with respect to a life- 
cycle cost estimate of a capital asset, means that the life- 
cycle cost estimate is prepared by an organization inde-
pendent of the project sponsor, using the same detailed tech-
nical and procurement information as the sponsor, to deter-
mine if the life-cycle cost estimate of the sponsor is accurate 
and reasonable.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 
such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 4713 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4714. Life-cycle cost estimates of certain atomic energy defense capital as-
sets.’’. 
SEC. 3114. EXPANSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR INDE-
PENDENT COST ESTIMATES ON LIFE EXTEN-
SION PROGRAMS AND NEW NUCLEAR FACILI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b)(1) of section 4217 
of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2537) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), 
and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, 
and by moving such clauses, as so redesignated, two 
ems to the right; 
(2) in clause (iii), as redesignated by paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘critical decision 2’’ and inserting 
‘‘critical decision 1 and before such facility achieves 
critical decision 2’’; 
(3) in the matter preceding clause (i), as so re-
designated, by striking ‘‘an independent cost estimate 
of’’; 
(4) by inserting before clause (i), as so redesig-
nated, the following:
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‘‘(A) An independent cost estimate of the fol-
lowing:’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) An independent cost review of each nuclear 
weapon system undergoing life extension at the com-
pletion of phase 6.2, relating to study of feasibility 
and down-select.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL
AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Such section is further amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘ESTI-
MATES ON’’ and inserting ‘‘ESTIMATES AND RE-
VIEWS OF’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND REVIEWS’’ after ‘‘ESTIMATES’’; and 
(B) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by inserting 
‘‘or review’’ after ‘‘estimate’’ each place it ap-
pears. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 
such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 
4217 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4217. Selected Acquisition Reports and independent cost estimates and re-
views of life extension programs and new nuclear facilities.’’.
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SEC. 3115. DEFINITION OF BASELINE AND THRESHOLD FOR 
STOCKPILE LIFE EXTENSION PROJECT. 
Section 4713 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2753) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by adding after the 
period the following new sentence: ‘‘In addition to the 
requirement under subparagraph (B), the cost and 
schedule baseline of a nuclear stockpile life extension 
project established under this subparagraph shall be 
the cost and schedule as described in the first Selected 
Acquisition Report submitted under section 4217(a) 
for the project.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘200’’ and 
inserting ‘‘150’’. 
SEC. 3116. AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS OF NATIONAL 
NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 
Subsection (a) of section 3241A of the National Nuclear Se-
curity Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2441a) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting 
‘‘2015’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1,825’’ and inserting 
‘‘1,690’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘2016’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1,825’’ and inserting 
‘‘1,690’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Such section is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR EMPLOYEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘Office of the Administrator’, with 
respect to the employees of the Administration, includes em-
ployees whose funding is derived from an account of the 
Administration titled ‘Federal Salaries and Expenses’.’’. 
SEC. 3117. COST ESTIMATION AND PROGRAM EVALUATION 
BY NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
Section 3221(h) of the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration Act (50 U.S.C. 2411(h)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraph (1): 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘Administra-
tion’, with respect to any authority, duty, or respon-
sibility provided by this section, does not include the 
Office of Naval Reactors.’’.
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SEC. 3118. COST CONTAINMENT FOR URANIUM CAPABILI-
TIES REPLACEMENT PROJECT. 
Section 3123 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 
2177), as amended by section 3126 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113– 
66; 127 Stat. 1063), is further amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (g) and (h); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(3) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(d) COST OF PHASE I.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—The total cost of Phase I 
under subsection (a) of the project referred to in that 
subsection may not exceed $4,200,000,000. 
‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENT.—If the Secretary determines 
the total cost of Phase I under subsection (a) of the 
project referred to in that subsection will exceed the 
amount set forth in paragraph (1), the Secretary may 
adjust that amount if, by not later than March 1, 
2015, the Secretary submits to the congressional de-
fense committees a detailed justification for the ad-
justment, including— 
‘‘(A) the amount of the adjustment and the 
proposed total cost of Phase I;
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‘‘(B) a detailed justification for the adjust-
ment, including a description of the changes to 
the project that would be required for Phase I to 
not exceed the total cost set forth in paragraph 
(1); 
‘‘(C) a detailed description of the actions 
taken to hold appropriate contractors, employees 
of contractors, and employees of the Federal Gov-
ernment accountable for the repeated failures 
within the project; 
‘‘(D) a description of the clear lines of re-
sponsibility, authority, and accountability for 
the project as the project continues, including de-
scriptions of the roles and responsibilities for 
each key Federal and contractor position; and 
‘‘(E) a detailed description of the structural 
reforms planned or implemented by the Sec-
retary to ensure Phase I is executed on time and 
on schedule. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL
CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 
March 1 of each year through 2025, the Secretary 
shall certify in writing to the congressional defense 
committees and the Secretary of Defense that Phase I 
under subsection (a) of the project referred to in that 
subsection will—
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‘‘(A) not exceed the total cost set forth in 
paragraph (1) (as adjusted pursuant to para-
graph (2), if so adjusted); and 
‘‘(B) meet a schedule that enables, by not 
later than 2025— 
‘‘(i) uranium operations in building 
9212 to cease; and 
‘‘(ii) uranium operations in a new fa-
cility constructed under the project to begin. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—If the Secretary of Energy does 
not make a certification under paragraph (3) by 
March 1 of any year in which a certification is re-
quired under that paragraph, by not later than May 
1 of that year, the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons 
Council shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report that identifies the resources of the De-
partment of Energy that the Chairman determines 
should be redirected to enable the Department of En-
ergy to meet the total cost and schedule requirements 
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of that para-
graph. 
‘‘(e) TECHNOLOGY
READINESS
LEVELS
DURING 
PHASE I.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Critical decision 3 in the ac-
quisition process may not be approved for Phase I