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(1) For military construction projects inside the United 
States authorized by subsection (a), $21,000,000. 
(2) For military construction projects outside the United 
States authorized by subsection (a), $6,600,000. 
SEC. 2905. AUTHORIZED BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT ACTIVI-
TIES FUNDED THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
BASE 
CLOSURE 
ACCOUNT 
2005 
AND 
RELATED 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZED BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT ACTIVITIES 
FUNDED
THROUGH
DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
BASE
CLOSURE 
ACCOUNT 2005.—Using amounts authorized appropriated pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (b), the Sec-
retary of Defense may carry out base closure and realignment 
activities otherwise authorized by section 2702 of this Act, including 
real property acquisition and military construction projects, as 
authorized by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 
1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 
note) and funded through the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account 2005 established by section 2906A of such Act, in the 
amount of $423,650,000. Such amount is in addition to the amount 
specified for such base closure and realignment activities in section 
2702 of this Act. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after Sep-
tember 30, 2007, for base closure and realignment activities author-
ized by subsection (a) and funded through the Department of 
Defense Base Closure Account 2005 in the total amount of 
$415,910,000. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY 
AUTHORIZA-
TIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security Programs Authorizations 
Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 
Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 
Sec. 3104. Defense nuclear waste disposal. 
Sec. 3105. Energy security and assurance. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 3111. Reliable Replacement Warhead program. 
Sec. 3112. Nuclear test readiness. 
Sec. 3113. Modification of reporting requirement. 
Sec. 3114. Limitation on availability of funds for Fissile Materials Disposition pro-
gram. 
Sec. 3115. Modification of limitations on availability of funds for Waste Treatment 
and Immobilization Plant. 
Sec. 3116. Modification of sunset date of the Office of the Ombudsman of the En-
ergy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program. 
Sec. 3117. Technical amendments. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 3121. Study on using existing pits for the Reliable Replacement Warhead pro-
gram.
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Sec. 3122. Report on retirement and dismantlement of nuclear warheads. 
Sec. 3123. Plan for addressing security risks posed to nuclear weapons complex. 
Sec. 3124. Department of Energy protective forces. 
Sec. 3125. Evaluation of National Nuclear Security Administration strategic plan 
for advanced computing. 
Sec. 3126. Sense of Congress on the nuclear nonproliferation policy of the United 
States and the Reliable Replacement Warhead program. 
Sec. 3127. Department of Energy report on plan to strengthen and expand Inter-
national Radiological Threat Reduction program. 
Sec. 3128. Department of Energy report on plan to strengthen and expand Mate-
rials Protection, Control, and Accounting program. 
Sec. 3129. Agreements and reports on nuclear forensics capabilities. 
Sec. 3130. Report on status of environmental management initiatives to accelerate 
the reduction of environmental risks and challenges posed by the legacy 
of the Cold War. 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Terrorism Prevention 
Sec. 3131. Definitions. 
Sec. 3132. Sense of Congress on the prevention of nuclear terrorism. 
Sec. 3133. Minimum security standard for nuclear weapons and formula quantities 
of strategic special nuclear material. 
Sec. 3134. Annual report. 
Subtitle A—National Security Programs 
Authorizations 
SEC. 3101. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for 
fiscal year 2008 for the activities of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration in carrying out programs necessary for national 
security in the amount of $9,576,095,000, to be allocated as follows: 
(1) For weapons activities, $6,465,574,000. 
(2) 
For 
defense 
nuclear 
nonproliferation 
activities, 
$1,902,646,000. 
(3) For naval reactors, $808,219,000. 
(4) For the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security, 
$399,656,000. 
(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: 
(1) For readiness in technical base and facilities, the fol-
lowing new plant projects: 
Project 08–D–801, High pressure fire loop, Pantex 
Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $7,000,000. 
Project 08–D–802, High explosive pressing facility, 
Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, $25,300,000. 
Project 08–D–804, Technical Area 55 reinvestment 
project, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New 
Mexico, $6,000,000. 
(2) For facilities and infrastructure recapitalization, the 
following new plant projects: 
Project 08–D–601, Mercury highway, Nevada Test Site, 
Nevada, $7,800,000. 
Project 08–D–602, Potable water system upgrades, Y– 
12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $22,500,000. 
(3) For safeguards and security, the following new plant 
project:
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Project 08–D–701, Nuclear materials safeguards and 
security upgrade, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los 
Alamos, New Mexico, $49,496,000. 
(4) For naval reactors, the following new plant projects: 
Project 08–D–901, Shipping and receiving and ware-
house complex, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West 
Mifflin, Pennsylvania, $9,000,000. 
Project 08–D–190, Project engineering and design, 
Expended Core Facility M–290 Recovering Discharge Sta-
tion, Naval Reactors Facility, Idaho Falls, Idaho, $550,000. 
SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for 
fiscal year 2008 for defense environmental cleanup activities in 
carrying out programs necessary for national security in the amount 
of $5,367,905,000. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
FOR NEW PLANT PROJECT.—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 project: 
Project 08–D–414, Project engineering and design, Pluto-
nium Vitrification Facility, various locations, $9,000,000. 
SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Energy for fiscal year 2008 for other defense activities 
in carrying out programs necessary for national security in the 
amount of $763,974,000. 
SEC. 3104. DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Energy for fiscal year 2008 for defense nuclear waste 
disposal for payment to the Nuclear Waste Fund established in 
section 302(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10222(c)) in the amount of $292,046,000. 
SEC. 3105. ENERGY SECURITY AND ASSURANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Energy for fiscal year 2008 for energy security and assur-
ance programs necessary for national security in the amount of 
$5,860,000. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, 
Restrictions, and Limitations 
SEC. 3111. RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD PROGRAM. 
No funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appro-
priations in section 3101(a)(1) or otherwise made available for 
weapons activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration 
for fiscal year 2008 may be obligated or expended for activities 
under the Reliable Replacement Warhead program under section 
4204a of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2524a) beyond 
phase 2A activities.
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SEC. 3112. NUCLEAR TEST READINESS. 
(a) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENTS ON READINESS POSTURE.—Section 
3113 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1743; 50 U.S.C. 2528a) is 
repealed. 
(b) REPORTS ON NUCLEAR TEST READINESS POSTURES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4208 of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2528) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4208. REPORTS ON NUCLEAR TEST READINESS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2009, and every 
odd-numbered year thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the nuclear 
test readiness of the United States. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) shall include, 
current as of the date of such report, the following: 
‘‘(1) An estimate of the period of time that would be nec-
essary for the Secretary of Energy to conduct an underground 
test of a nuclear weapon once directed by the President to 
conduct such a test. 
‘‘(2) A description of the level of test readiness that the 
Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense, determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(3) A list and description of the workforce skills and 
capabilities that are essential to carrying out an underground 
nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site. 
‘‘(4) A list and description of the infrastructure and physical 
plant that are essential to carrying out an underground nuclear 
test at the Nevada Test Site. 
‘‘(5) An assessment of the readiness status of the skills 
and capabilities described in paragraph (3) and the infrastruc-
ture and physical plant described in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(c) FORM.—Each report under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section 
4208 in the table of contents for such Act is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 4208. Reports on nuclear test readiness.’’. 
SEC. 3113. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
Section 3111 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3539) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as (d) and 
(e), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) shall be sub-
mitted in classified form, and shall include a detailed unclassified 
summary.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘(c)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(d)’’. 
SEC. 3114. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR FISSILE 
MATERIALS DISPOSITION PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION PENDING REPORT ON USE OF PRIOR FISCAL YEAR 
FUNDS.—No more than 75 percent of the fiscal year 2008 Fissile 
Materials Disposition program funds may be obligated for the Fissile 
Materials Disposition program until the Secretary of Energy, in 
consultation with the Administrator for Nuclear Security, submits