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SEC. 2872. INCLUSION IN DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRA-
STRUCTURE PILOT PROGRAM OF CERTAIN 
PROJECTS FOR ROTC TRAINING. 
Section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1)(B)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) 
as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-
lowing new clause (ii): 
‘‘(ii) Projects that will contribute to the train-
ing of cadets enrolled in an independent Reserve Of-
ficer Training Corps program at a covered edu-
cational institution.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) The term ‘covered educational institution’ 
means a college or university that is— 
‘‘(A) a part B institution, as defined in 
section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061); 
‘‘(B) an 1890 Institution, as defined in 
section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 
U.S.C. 7601); 
‘‘(C) not affiliated with a consortium; and 
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‘‘(D) located at least 40 miles from a 
major military installation.’’. 
SEC. 2873. BASING DECISION SCORECARD CONSISTENCY 
AND TRANSPARENCY. 
Section 2883(h) of the Military Construction Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 
10 U.S.C. 1781b note) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH SECRETARY OF DE-
FENSE.—In establishing a scorecard under this sub-
section, the Secretary of the military department 
concerned shall coordinate with the Secretary of De-
fense to ensure consistency among the military de-
partments. 
‘‘(5) PUBLICATION
IN
FEDERAL
REGISTER.— 
The methodology and criteria for establishing each 
scorecard under this subsection shall be published in 
the Federal Register for public comment.’’. 
SEC. 2874. LEASE OR USE AGREEMENT FOR CATEGORY 3 
SUBTERRANEAN TRAINING FACILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
seek to enter into a lease or use agreement with a category 
3 subterranean training facility that— 
(1) is located in close proximity to air assault 
and special forces units; and 
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(2) has the capacity to— 
(A) provide brigade or large full-mission 
profile training; 
(B) rapidly replicate full-scale underground 
venues; 
(C) support helicopter landing zones; and 
(D) support underground live fire. 
(b) USE OF FACILITY.—A lease or use agreement en-
tered into pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide that 
the category 3 subterranean training facility shall be avail-
able for— 
(1) the hosting of training and testing exercises 
for— 
(A) for members of the Armed Forces, in-
cluding special operations forces; 
(B) personnel of combat support agencies, 
including the Defense Threat Reduction Agen-
cy; and 
(C) such other personnel as the Secretary 
of Defense determines appropriate; and 
(2) for such other purposes as the Secretary of 
Defense determines appropriate. 
(c) DURATION.—The duration of any lease or use 
agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
be for a period of not less than 5 years. 
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(d) CATEGORY 3 SUBTERRANEAN TRAINING FACIL-
ITY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘category 3 sub-
terranean training facility’’ means an underground struc-
ture designed and built— 
(1) to be unobserved and to provide maximum 
protection; and 
(2) to serve as a command and control, oper-
ations, storage, production, and protection facility. 
SEC. 2875. REQUIRED CONSULTATION WITH STATE AND 
LOCAL ENTITIES ON ISSUES RELATED TO IN-
CREASE IN NUMBER OF MILITARY PER-
SONNEL AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
If any decision of the Secretary of Defense or the Sec-
retary of a military department would result in a signifi-
cant increase in the number of members of the Armed 
Forces assigned to a military installation, the Secretary 
of Defense or the Secretary of the military department 
concerned, during the development of the plans to imple-
ment the decision with respect to that installation, shall 
consult with appropriate State and local entities to ensure 
that matters affecting the local community, including re-
quirements for transportation, utility infrastructure, hous-
ing, education, and family support activities, are consid-
ered. 
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SEC. 2876. REQUIRED INVESTMENTS IN IMPROVING CHILD 
DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
(a) INVESTMENTS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TERS.—Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated 
for the Department of Defense for Facilities Sustainment, 
Restoration, and Modernization activities of a military de-
partment, the Secretary of that military department shall 
reserve the following amounts of the estimated replace-
ment cost of the total inventory of child development cen-
ters under the jurisdiction of that Secretary for the pur-
pose of carrying out projects for the improvement of child 
development centers: 
(1) An amount equal to one percent of such 
cost for fiscal year 2023. 
(2) An amount equal to two percent of such 
cost for fiscal year 2024. 
(3) An amount equal to three percent of such 
cost for fiscal year 2025. 
(4) An amount equal to five percent or such 
cost for fiscal year 2026. 
(b) CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER DEFINED.—The 
term ‘‘child development center’’ has meaning given the 
term ‘‘military child development center’’ in section 
1800(1) of title 10, United States Code. 
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SEC. 2877. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CLOSURE 
OF COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2023 for the Air Force may be obligated 
or expended to close, or prepare to close, any combat read-
iness training center. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 
waive the limitation under subsection (a) with respect to 
a combat readiness training center, if the Secretary sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees each of the 
following: 
(1) A certification that— 
(A) the closure of the center would not be 
in violation of section 2687 of title 10, United 
States Code; and 
(B) the support capabilities provided by 
the center will not be diminished as a result of 
the closure of the center. 
(2) A report that includes— 
(A) a detailed business case analysis for 
the closure of the center; and 
(B) an assessment of the effects the clo-
sure of the center would have on unit training, 
including active duty units that may use the 
center. 
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SEC. 2878. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF MASS TIMBER IN 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of each of the mili-
tary departments shall carry out a pilot program to evalu-
ate how the use of mass timber as the primary construc-
tion material in military construction projects affects the 
environmental sustainability, infrastructure resilience, 
cost effectiveness, and construction timeliness of such 
projects. The Secretary of a military department may 
carry out a military construction project under the pilot 
program using the authorities available to the Secretary 
of Defense under section 2914 of title 10, United States 
Code, regarding military construction projects for energy 
resilience, energy security, and energy conservation. 
(b) PROJECT SELECTION AND LOCATION.— 
(1) MINIMUM NUMBER.—Each Secretary of a 
military department shall carry out at least one mili-
tary construction project under the pilot program. 
(2) PROJECT LOCATIONS.—The pilot program 
shall be conducted at military installations in the 
United States— 
(A) that are identified as vulnerable to ex-
treme weather events; and 
(B) for which a military construction 
project is authorized but a request for proposal 
has not been released. 
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(3) MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING.—In 
selecting military construction projects for the pilot 
program, the Secretaries of the military departments 
shall coordinate to ensure that at least one of the 
projects involves the construction of military unac-
companied housing. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 180 days thereafter until December 31, 2025, 
the Secretaries of the military departments shall 
jointly submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the progress of the pilot program. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include each of the following: 
(A) A description of the status of the mili-
tary construction projects selected to be con-
ducted under the pilot program. 
(B) An explanation of the reasons for the 
selection of such military construction projects. 
(C) An analysis of the projected or actual 
carbon footprint, including stored carbon in 
building materials, resilience to extreme weath-
er events, construction timeliness, and cost ef-
fectiveness, of the military construction projects 
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conducted under the pilot program using mass 
timber as compared to other materials histori-
cally used in military construction. 
(D) Any updated guidance the Under Sec-
retary 
of 
Defense 
for 
Acquisition 
and 
Sustainment has released in relation to the pro-
curement policy for future military construction 
projects based on comparable benefits realized 
from use of mass timber, including guidance on 
prioritizing sustainable materials in establishing 
evaluation criteria for military construction 
project contracts when technically feasible. 
(d) MASS TIMBER DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘mass timber’’ means any of the following: 
(1) Cross-laminated timber. 
(2) Nail-laminated timber. 
(3) Glue-laminated timber. 
(4) Laminated strand lumber. 
(5) Laminated veneer lumber, 
(e) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary 
of a military department to carry out a military construc-
tion project under this section shall expire on September 
30, 2025. Any construction commenced under the pilot 
program before such date may continue until completion. 
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SEC. 2879. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE FOR 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATIONS 
SECURITY INVESTMENT. 
Section 2806(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘and construction’’ and inserting 
‘‘construction, and climate resilience’’. 
SEC. 2880. SCREENING AND REGISTRY OF INDIVIDUALS 
WITH 
HEALTH 
CONDITIONS 
RESULTING 
FROM UNSAFE HOUSING UNITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter V of chapter 169 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2895. Screening and registry of individuals with 
health conditions resulting from unsafe 
housing units 
‘‘(a) SCREENING.—(1) The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with appropriate scientific agencies as deter-
mined by the Secretary, may ensure that all military med-
ical treatment facilities screen eligible individuals for cov-
ered conditions and covered lead exposure. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may establish procedures through 
which screening under paragraph (1) may allow an eligible 
individual to be included in the registry under subsection 
(b). 
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‘‘(b) REGISTRY.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish and maintain a registry of eligible individuals 
who have a covered condition. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall include any information in 
the registry under paragraph (1) that the Secretary deter-
mines necessary to ascertain and monitor the health of 
eligible individuals and the connection between the health 
of such individuals and an unsafe housing unit. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall develop a public information 
campaign to inform eligible individuals about the registry 
under paragraph (1), including how to register and the 
benefits of registering. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered armed force’ means the 
following: 
‘‘(A) The Army. 
‘‘(B) The Navy. 
‘‘(C) The Marine Corps. 
‘‘(D) The Air Force. 
‘‘(E) The Space Force. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered condition’ means a med-
ical condition that is determined by the Secretary of 
Defense to have resulted from residing in an unsafe 
housing unit. 
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‘‘(3) The term ‘covered lead exposure’ means 
lead exposure that is determined by the Secretary of 
Defense to have resulted from residing in an unsafe 
housing unit. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘eligible individual’ means a 
member of a covered armed force or a family mem-
ber of a member of a covered armed force who has 
resided in an unsafe housing unit. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘unsafe housing unit’ means a 
dwelling unit that— 
‘‘(A) does not meet the housing quality 
standards established under section 8(o)(8)(B) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8)(B)); or 
‘‘(B) is not free from dangerous air pollu-
tion levels from mold.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 2894a the following 
new item: 
‘‘2895. Screening and registry of individuals with health conditions resulting 
from unsafe housing units.’’. 
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SEC. 2881. RECOGNITION OF MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GAR-
DEN, AND K9 MEMORIAL OF THE NATIONAL 
NAVY UDT-SEAL MUSEUM IN FORT PIERCE, 
FLORIDA, AS A NATIONAL MEMORIAL, MEMO-
RIAL GARDEN, AND K9 MEMORIAL, RESPEC-
TIVELY, OF NAVY SEALS AND THEIR PREDE-
CESSORS. 
The Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial 
of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, located at 
3300 North Highway A1A, North Hutchinson Island, in 
Fort Pierce, Florida, are recognized as a national memo-
rial, memorial garden, and K9 memorial, respectively, of 
Navy SEALs and their predecessors. 
SEC. 2882. ENSURING THAT CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES ON 
ARMY CORPS PROJECTS ARE PAID PRE-
VAILING WAGES AS REQUIRED BY LAW. 
The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works 
shall provide to each Army Corps district clarifying, uni-
form guidance with respect to prevailing wage require-
ments for contractors and subcontractors of the Army 
Corps that— 
(1) conforms with the Department of Labor’s 
regulations, policies, and guidance with respect to 
the proper implementation and enforcement of sub-
chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Davis-Bacon Act’’) 
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and other related Acts, including the proper classi-
fication of all crafts by Federal construction contrac-
tors and subcontractors; 
(2) directs Army Corps districts to investigate 
worker complaints and third-party complaints within 
30 days of the date of filing; and 
(3) instructs Army Corps districts that certified 
payroll reports submitted by contractors and sub-
contractors and the information contained therein 
shall be publicly available and are not exempt from 
disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 2883. INCLUSION OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE SERVICES 
IN THE COMBATANT COMMANDER INITIA-
TIVE FUND. 
Section 166a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(11) Climate resilience of military installations 
and essential civilian infrastructure. 
‘‘(12) Military support to civilian and military 
authorities to combat illegal wildlife trafficking, ille-
gal timber trafficking, and illegal, unreported, or un-
regulated fishing.’’. 
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SEC. 2884. INTERAGENCY REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR 
RESILIENCE PILOT PROJECT. 
(a) PILOT PROJECT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary shall 
establish within the Department of Defense four Inter-
agency Regional Coordinators. Each Interagency Regional 
Coordinator shall be responsible for improving the resil-
ience of a community that supports a military installation 
and serving as a model for enhancing community resilience 
before disaster strikes. 
(b) SELECTION.—Each Interagency Regional Coordi-
nator shall support military installations and surrounding 
communities within a geographic area, with at least one 
such Coordinator serving each of the East, West, and Gulf 
coasts. For purposes of the project, the Secretary shall 
select geographic areas— 
(1) with significant sea level rise and recurrent 
flooding that prevents members of the Armed Forces 
from reaching their posts or jeopardizes military 
readiness; and 
(2) where communities have collaborated on 
multi-jurisdictional climate adaptation planning ef-
forts, including such collaboration with the Army 
Corps of Engineers Civil Works Department and 
through Joint Land Use Studies. 
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(c) COLLABORATION.—In carrying out the pilot 
project, the Secretary shall build on existing efforts 
through collaboration with State and local entities, includ-
ing emergency management, transportation, planning, 
housing, community development, natural resource man-
agers, and governing bodies and with the heads of appro-
priate Federal departments and agencies. 
TITLE 
XXIX—SCIENCE 
AND 
TECHNOLOGY MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION 
SEC. 2901. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
The Secretary of the Army may acquire real property 
and carry out the military construction projects for the 
installations inside the United States, and in the amounts, 
set forth in the following table: 
Army: Inside the United States 
Country 
Installation 
Amount 
Alabama ........................................
Redstone Arsenal .........
$50,000,000 
Maryland ........................................
Aberdeen ......................
$85,000,000 
Mississippi ......................................
Vicksburg .....................
$20,000,000 
New Jersey .....................................
Picatinny Arsenal ........
$12,000,000 
SEC. 2902. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECT. 
The Secretary of the Navy may acquire real property 
and carry out the military construction project for the in-
stallation inside the United States, and in the amount, set 
forth in the following table: 
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Navy: Inside the United States 
Country 
Installation 
Amount 
California ......................................
Corona ..........................
$15,000,000 
Maryland ........................................
Carderock .....................
$2,073,000 
Indian Head .................
$8,039,000 
Virginia ...........................................
Dahlgren ......................
$2,503,000 
SEC. 2903. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND 
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
The Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real 
property and carry out the military construction projects 
for the installations inside the United States, and in the 
amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Air Force: Inside the United States 
Country 
Installation 
Amount 
Hawaii ...........................................
AFRL Maui .................
$89,000,000 
New York .......................................
AFRL Rome ................
$4,200,000 
SEC. 2904. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2022, for the 
military construction projects inside the United States au-
thorized by this title as specified in the funding table in 
section 4601. 
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DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
AND 
OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 
TITLE 
XXXI—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—National Security 
Programs and Authorizations 
SEC. 3101. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Energy for fiscal year 2023 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 23–D–516, Energetic Materials Charac-
terization Facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 
Los Alamos, New Mexico, $19,000,000. 
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Project 23–D–517, Electrical Power Capacity 
Upgrade, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Ala-
mos, New Mexico, $24,000,000. 
Project 23–D–518, Plutonium Modernization 
Operations & Waste Management Office Building, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New 
Mexico, $48,500,000. 
Project 23–D–519, Special Materials Facility, 
Y–12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Ten-
nessee, $49,500,000. 
Project 23–D–533, Component Test Complex 
Project, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West 
Mifflin, Pennsylvania, $57,420,000. 
SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Energy for fiscal year 2023 for defense environ-
mental 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 activi-
ties, the following new plant projects: 
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Project 23–D–402, Calcine Construction, Idaho 
National 
Laboratory, 
Idaho 
Falls, 
Idaho, 
$10,000,000. 
Project 23–D–403, Hanford 200 West Area 
Tank Farms Risk Management Project, Office of 
River 
Protection, 
Richland, 
Washington, 
$45,000,000. 
Project 23–D–404, 181D Export Water System 
Reconfiguration and Upgrade, Hanford Site, Rich-
land, Washington, $6,770,000. 
Project 23–D–405, 181B Export Water System 
Reconfiguration and Upgrade, Hanford Site, Rich-
land, Washington, $480,000. 
SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2023 for other 
defense activities in carrying out programs as specified in 
the funding table in section 4701. 
SEC. 3104. NUCLEAR ENERGY. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2023 for nuclear 
energy as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 
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Subtitle 
B—Program 
Authoriza-
tions, Restrictions, Limitations, 
and Other Matters 
SEC. 3111. PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the National Nu-
clear Security Administration and the Nuclear Weapons 
Council have acknowledged that producing 80 war reserve 
plutonium pit per year by 2030 is not achievable. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (a) of section 4219 
of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) PRODUCTION.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall produce the annual number of war reserve plu-
tonium pits that the Secretary of Defense identifies 
as a requirement of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(2) CAPACITY.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of Energy shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, has the 
ability to— 
‘‘(i) produce 30 war reserve plutonium 
pits during any year that the Secretary of 
Defense identifies such production amount 
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as a requirement of the Department of De-
fense; and 
‘‘(ii) 
implement 
surge 
efforts 
to 
produce more than 30 war reserve pluto-
nium pits during any year that the Secre-
taries identifies such production amount as 
a requirement of the Department of De-
fense; 
‘‘(B) ensure that the Savannah River Plu-
tonium Processing Facility at the Savannah 
River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, has a sus-
tainable ability to— 
‘‘(i) produce 50 war reserve plutonium 
pits during any year the Secretary of De-
fense identifies such production amount as 
a requirement of the Department of De-
fense; and 
‘‘(ii) 
implement 
surge 
efforts 
to 
produce more than 50 war reserve pluto-
nium pits during any year that the Secre-
taries identifies such production amount as 
a requirement of the Department of De-
fense; and 
‘‘(C) maintain the Los Alamos National 
Laboratory as the Plutonium Science and Pro-
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duction Center of Excellence for the United 
States.’’. 
(c) 
CERTIFICATIONS.—Such 
section 
is 
further 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (f) 
as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL NOTIFICATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND 
PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE.—Not later 
than March 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, the 
Secretary of Defense shall notify the Secretary of 
Energy and the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of the following: 
‘‘(A) The requirement of the Department 
of Defense with respect to the total minimum 
number of war reserve plutonium pits to be pro-
duced during the 10-year period following the 
notification and a justification of the require-
ment. 
‘‘(B) The year, if any, in which not fewer 
than 80 war reserve plutonium pits are needed 
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to be produced to meet the requirement of the 
Department of Defense. 
‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT
OF
ENERGY.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary 
of Energy receives a notification under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees the following: 
‘‘(A) A certification of whether the pro-
grams and budget of the Secretary will enable 
the nuclear security enterprise to meet the re-
quirements identified by the Secretary of De-
fense in the notification. 
‘‘(B) A plan by the Secretary of Energy to 
meet such requirements, including an identifica-
tion of the number of war reserve plutonium 
pits the Secretary will produce during each year 
covered by the notification and a cost estimate 
to meet such requirements.’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (e), as so redesig-
nated, and inserting the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) The congressional defense commit-
tees. 
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