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liferation-resistant process that will generate elec-
tricity; 
(3) a determination of the resulting waste 
streams; 
(4) an analysis of the nuclear proliferation 
risks, including effects on the nuclear nonprolifera-
tion efforts of the United States; 
(5) a comparison to nuclear waste reprocessing 
technologies used in other countries and a compari-
son to the direct disposal of nuclear waste; and 
(6) a detailed analysis of the feasibility of large- 
scale deployment of such technology at military in-
stallations. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) NNSA.—The National Academy of Sciences 
shall submit to the Administrator for Nuclear Secu-
rity a report containing the results of the study and 
any recommendations resulting from the study. 
(2) CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date on which the contract is awarded 
under subsection (a), the Administrator for Nuclear 
Security shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees the report submitted under para-
graph (1) and any comments or recommendations of 
the Administrator with respect to the report. 
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(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (2) 
shall be submitted to the appropriate congressional 
committees in unclassified form, but may include a 
classified annex. 
(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means the following: 
(A) The Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives. 
(B) The Committee on Armed Services, 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources, and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate. 
TITLE 
XXXII—DEFENSE 
NU-
CLEAR 
FACILITIES 
SAFETY 
BOARD 
SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2012, $29,130,000 for the operation of the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.). 
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SEC. 3202. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR DEFENSE NUCLEAR 
FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD. 
(a) FUNDING INCREASE.—The amount set forth in 
section 3201 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear Fa-
cilities Safety Board is hereby increased by $2,500,000. 
(b) OFFSETTING REDUCTION.—Notwithstanding the 
amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the 
amount authorized to be appropriated in section 101 for 
other procurement, Army, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in division D, is hereby reduced 
by $2,500,000, with the amount of the reduction to be 
derived from Joint Tactical Radio System Maritime-Fixed 
radios under Line 039 Joint Tactical Radio System as set 
forth in the table under section 4101. 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL 
PETROLEUM RESERVES 
SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AMOUNT.—There are hereby authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Energy $14,909,000 for fis-
cal year 2012 for the purpose of carrying out activities 
under chapter 641 of title 10, United States Code, relating 
to the naval petroleum reserves. 
(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in sub-
section (a) shall remain available until expended. 
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TITLE XXXV—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 3501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NA-
TIONAL SECURITY ASPECTS OF THE MER-
CHANT MARINE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2012, to be available without fiscal year limita-
tion if so provided in the appropriations Acts, for the use 
of the Department of Transportation for Maritime Admin-
istration programs associated with maintaining national 
security aspects of the merchant marine, as follows: 
(1) For expenses necessary for operations of the 
United 
States 
Merchant 
Marine 
Academy, 
$93,068,000, of which— 
(A) $64,183,000 shall remain available 
until expended for Academy operations; and 
(B) $28,885,000 shall remain available 
until expended for capital asset management at 
the Academy. 
(2) For expenses necessary to support the State 
maritime academies, $17,100,000, of which— 
(A) $2,400,000 shall remain available until 
expended for student incentive payments; 
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(B) $3,600,000 shall remain available until 
expended for direct payments to such acad-
emies; and 
(C) $11,100,000 shall remain available 
until expended for maintenance and repair of 
State maritime academy training vessels. 
(3) For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels 
in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $18,500,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
(4) For expenses to maintain and preserve a 
United States-flag merchant marine to serve the na-
tional security needs of the United States under 
chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, 
$186,000,000. 
(5) For the cost (as defined in section 502(5) 
of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 
6661a(5)) of loan guarantees under the program au-
thorized by chapter 537 of title 46, United States 
Code, $14,260,000, of which $3,740,000 shall re-
main available until expended for administrative ex-
penses of the program. 
SEC. 3502. USE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE FLEET 
AND READY RESERVE FORCE VESSELS. 
Section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 
(50 U.S.C. App. 1744(b)) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon at the end of paragraph (4), striking the 
period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; 
or’’, and adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(6) for civil contingency operations and Mari-
time Administration promotional and media events, 
in accordance with subsection (f).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) USE OF NDRF VESSELS FOR CIVIL CONTIN-
GENCY OPERATIONS
AND PROMOTIONAL
AND MEDIA 
EVENTS.—With the concurrence of the Secretary of De-
fense, the Secretary of Transportation may allow the use 
of vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) 
for civil contingency operations requested by another Fed-
eral agency, and for Maritime Administration promotional 
and media events relating to demonstration projects and 
research and development supporting the Administration’s 
mission, if the Secretary of Transportation determines 
such use is in the best interest of the Government after 
considering the following factors: 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY.—The availability of NDRF 
or Ready Reserve Force (RRF) resources and the 
impact of such use on NDRF and RRF mission sup-
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