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requirements at each public shipyard under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of the Navy. 
(b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following elements: 
(1) A description of the operations and support required 
at each public shipyard under the control of the Secretary, 
including the location, year constructed, the classes of ships 
serviced, number of personnel assigned, and the average age 
of facilities at each location. 
(2) A review of all workload requirements in the past 
5 years, an assessment of the efficiency in the use of existing 
facilities to meet the workload, and an estimate of the workload 
planned for each public shipyard through the current future- 
years defense program under section 221 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(3) An assessment of the adequacy of each facility— 
(A) to carry out efficient depot-level ship maintenance 
with modern technology and equipment; 
(B) to ensure workplace safety; 
(C) 
to 
support 
nuclear-related 
activities 
(where 
applicable); 
(D) to maintain the quality of life of the workforce; 
and 
(E) to meet the energy savings goals of the Secretary 
of the Navy for military installations. 
(4) An assessment of the existing condition of each facility 
at each public shipyard to include a review of existing and 
projected deficiencies or inadequate conditions at each facility, 
and whether any of the facilities listed are temporary struc-
tures. 
(5) A description and cost estimate for each project to 
improve, repair, renovate, or modernize facilities or infrastruc-
ture. 
(6) A description of the facility improvements or new 
construction projects at each public shipyard that would 
improve the efficiency of the facility’s operations or generate 
energy savings based upon a business case analysis. 
(7) An investment strategy planned for each public shipyard 
to correct deficiencies identified in paragraph (4), including 
timelines to complete each project and cost estimates and 
timelines necessary to complete the projects identified in para-
graph (6). 
(8) A list of projects, costs, and timelines through the 
future-years defense program to meet the requirements of the 
minimum capital investment percentage required under section 
2476 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 2866. REPORT ON THE HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
report on the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Dem-
onstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 3374). The report shall include the following: 
(1) The estimated cost if eligibility were expanded to include 
permanent change of station applicants who purchased a home 
after July 1, 2006, and before July 1, 2008.
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(2) The estimated cost if eligibility were expanded to include 
members of the Armed Forces under paragraph (1) and perma-
nent change of station applicants who received permanent 
change of station orders after September 30, 2010, and before 
September 30, 2011. 
(3) The estimated number of members of the Armed Forces 
who received permanent change of station orders after Sep-
tember 30, 2010, and before September 30, 2011, and who 
suffered a decline of at least a 10 percent in home value 
from the date of purchase to the date of sale. 
SEC. 2867. DATA SERVERS AND CENTERS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) BEFORE PERFORMANCE PLAN.—During the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending on May 1, 2012, a department, agency, or component 
of the Department of Defense may not obligate funds for 
a data server farm or data center unless approved by 
the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense 
or the Chief Information Officer of a component of the 
Department to whom the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department has specifically delegated such approval 
authority. 
(B) UNDER PERFORMANCE PLAN.—After May 1, 2012, 
a department, agency, or component of the Department 
may not obligate funds for a data center, or any information 
systems technology used therein, unless that obligation 
is in accordance with the performance plan required by 
subsection (b) and is approved as described in subpara-
graph (A). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVALS.— 
(A) BEFORE PERFORMANCE PLAN.—An approval of the 
obligation of funds may not be granted under paragraph 
(1)(A) unless the official granting the approval determines, 
in writing, that existing resources of the agency, compo-
nent, or element concerned cannot affordably or practically 
be used or modified to meet the requirements to be met 
through the obligation of funds. 
(B) UNDER PERFORMANCE PLAN.—An approval of the 
obligation of funds may not be granted under paragraph 
(1)(B) unless the official granting the approval determines 
that— 
(i) existing resources of the Department do not 
meet the operation requirements to be met through 
the obligation of funds; and 
(ii) the proposed obligation is in accordance with 
the performance standards and measures established 
by the Chief Information Officer of the Department 
under subsection (b). 
(3) REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each calendar quarter, each Chief Information Officer of a 
component of the Department who grants an approval under 
paragraph (1) during such calendar quarter shall submit to 
the Chief Information Officer of the Department a report on 
the approval or approvals so granted during such calendar 
quarter.
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(b) PERFORMANCE
PLAN
FOR
REDUCTION
OF
RESOURCES 
REQUIRED FOR DATA SERVERS AND CENTERS.— 
(1) COMPONENT PLANS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 15, 2012, 
the Secretaries of the military departments and the heads 
of the Defense Agencies shall each submit to the Chief 
Information Officer of the Department a plan for the 
department or agency concerned to achieve the following: 
(i) A reduction in the square feet of floor space 
devoted to information systems technologies, attendant 
support technologies, and operations within data cen-
ters. 
(ii) A reduction in the use of all utilities necessary 
to power and cool information systems technologies 
and data centers. 
(iii) An increase in multi-organizational utilization 
of data centers, information systems technologies, and 
associated resources. 
(iv) A reduction in the investment for capital infra-
structure or equipment required to support data cen-
ters as measured in cost per megawatt of data storage. 
(v) A reduction in the number of commercial and 
government developed applications running on data 
servers and within data centers. 
(vi) A reduction in the number of government and 
vendor provided full-time equivalent personnel, and 
in the cost of labor, associated with the operation of 
data servers and data centers. 
(B) SPECIFICATION OF REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—The Chief 
Information Officer of the Department shall specify the 
particular performance standards and measures and 
implementation elements to be included in the plans sub-
mitted under this paragraph, including specific goals and 
schedules for achieving the matters specified in subpara-
graph (A). 
(2) DEFENSE-WIDE PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2012, the 
Chief Information Officer of the Department shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a performance plan 
for a reduction in the resources required for data centers 
and information systems technologies Department-wide. 
The plan shall be based upon and incorporate appropriate 
elements of the plans submitted under paragraph (1). 
(B) ELEMENTS.—The performance plan required under 
this paragraph shall include the following: 
(i) A Department-wide performance plan for 
achieving the matters specified in paragraph (1)(A), 
including performance standards and measures for 
data centers and information systems technologies, 
goals and schedules for achieving such matters, and 
an estimate of cost savings anticipated through 
implementation of the plan. 
(ii) A Department-wide strategy for each of the 
following: 
(I) 
Desktop, 
laptop, 
and 
mobile 
device 
virtualization. 
(II) Transitioning to cloud computing.
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(III) Migration of Defense data and govern-
ment-provided services from Department-owned 
and operated data centers to cloud computing serv-
ices generally available within the private sector 
that provide a better capability at a lower cost 
with the same or greater degree of security. 
(IV) Utilization of private sector-managed 
security services for data centers and cloud com-
puting services. 
(V) A finite set of metrics to accurately and 
transparently report on data center infrastructure 
(space, power and cooling): age, cost, capacity, 
usage, energy efficiency and utilization, accom-
panied with the aggregate data for each data 
center site in use by the Department in excess 
of 100 kilowatts of information technology power 
demand. 
(VI) Transitioning to just-in-time delivery of 
Department-owned 
data 
center 
infrastructure 
(space, power and cooling) through use of modular 
data center technology and integrated data center 
infrastructure management software. 
(3) RESPONSIBILITY.—The Chief Information Officer of the 
Department shall discharge the responsibility for establishing 
performance standards and measures for data centers and 
information systems technologies for purposes of this sub-
section. Such responsibility may not be delegated. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—The Chief Information Officer of the Depart-
ment and the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Commu-
nity may jointly exempt from the applicability of this section such 
intelligence components of the Department of Defense (and the 
programs and activities thereof) that are funded through the 
National Intelligence Program (NIP) as the Chief Information Offi-
cers consider appropriate. 
(d) REPORTS ON COST SAVINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 of each fiscal 
year, and ending in fiscal year 2016, the Chief Information 
Officer of the Department shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the cost savings, cost reduc-
tions, cost avoidances, and performance gains achieved, and 
anticipated to be achieved, as of the date of such report as 
a result of activities undertaken under this section. 
(2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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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. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 3111. Limitation on availability of funds for establishment of centers of excel-
lence on nuclear security outside of the former Soviet Union. 
Sec. 3112. Aircraft procurement. 
Sec. 3113. Hanford waste tank cleanup program reforms. 
Sec. 3114. Recognition and status of National Atomic Testing Museum. 
Subtitle C—Reports 
Sec. 3121. Repeal of certain report requirements. 
Sec. 3122. Progress on nuclear nonproliferation. 
Sec. 3123. Reports on role of nuclear security complex sites and potential effi-
ciencies. 
Sec. 3124. Net assessment of high-performance computing capabilities of foreign 
countries. 
Sec. 3125. Review and analysis of nuclear waste reprocessing and nuclear reactor 
technology. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 3131. Sense of Congress on the use of savings from excess amounts for certain 
pension plan contributions. 
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 2012 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 PROJECT.—From funds 
referred to in subsection (a) that are available for carrying out 
plant projects, the Secretary of Energy may carry out the following 
new plant project for the National Nuclear Security Administration: 
Project 12–D–301, Transuranic (TRU) Waste Facilities, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 
$9,881,000. 
SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Energy for fiscal year 2012 for defense environmental 
cleanup activities in carrying out programs as specified in the 
funding table in section 4701.
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SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Energy for fiscal year 2012 for other defense activities 
in carrying out programs as specified in the funding table in section 
4701. 
Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, 
Restrictions, and Limitations 
SEC. 3111. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ESTABLISH-
MENT OF CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE ON NUCLEAR SECU-
RITY OUTSIDE OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by section 3101 or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2012 
for the National Nuclear Security Administration, not more than 
25 percent may be obligated or expended to establish a center 
of excellence on nuclear security in a country that is not a state 
of the former Soviet Union until the date on which the Secretary 
of Energy submits to the appropriate congressional committees 
the report under subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that includes the following: 
(1) An identification of the country in which a center of 
excellence established under subsection (a) will be located. 
(2) A description of the purpose for which the center will 
be established and the existing capacity of the country in which 
the center will be located to develop and implement best prac-
tices for training for nuclear security. 
(3) The extent to which the training and relationship- 
building activities planned for the center could contribute to 
improving the historic pattern of the country in which the 
center will be located with respect to the proliferation of 
weapons of mass destruction and missiles. 
(4) The agreement under which the center will operate. 
(5) A funding plan for the center, including— 
(A) the amount of funds to be provided by the govern-
ment of the country in which the center will be located; 
and 
(B) the percentage of the total cost of establishing 
and operating the center the funds described in subpara-
graph (A) will cover. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 3112. AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT. 
Using amounts authorized to be appropriated and made avail-
able for obligation under section 3101 for weapons activities for 
any fiscal year before fiscal year 2013, the Secretary of Energy 
may procure not more than one aircraft.
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SEC. 3113. HANFORD WASTE TANK CLEANUP PROGRAM REFORMS. 
Section 4442 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2622) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘, consistent with the 
policy direction established by the Department, all aspects of 
the River Protection Project, Richland, Washington’’ and 
inserting ‘‘all aspects of the River Protection Project, Richland, 
Washington, including Hanford Tank Farm operations and the 
Waste Treatment Plant’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION.—The Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
Environmental Management shall submit to the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives written notification detailing any 
changes in the roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships 
that involve the Office.’’; and 
(3) by striking subsections (e) and (f) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The Office shall terminate on September 
30, 2019. The Office may be extended beyond that date if the 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management 
determines in writing that termination would disrupt effective 
management of the Hanford Tank Farm operations.’’. 
SEC. 3114. RECOGNITION AND STATUS OF NATIONAL ATOMIC TESTING 
MUSEUM. 
Section 3137 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (42 U.S.C. 7142) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘AND NATIONAL 
ATOMIC TESTING MUSEUM’’ after ‘‘ATOMIC MUSEUM’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) RECOGNITION AND STATUS OF NATIONAL ATOMIC TESTING 
MUSEUM.—The museum operated by the Nevada Test Site Histor-
ical Foundation and located in Las Vegas, Nevada— 
‘‘(1) is recognized as the official atomic testing museum 
of the United States; and 
‘‘(2) shall be known as the ‘National Atomic Testing 
Museum’.’’. 
Subtitle C—Reports 
SEC. 3121. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORT REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPEAL OF REPORT REQUIREMENT FOR NUCLEAR CITIES INI-
TIATIVE PROGRAM.—Section 3132 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1366) 
is repealed. 
(b) REMOVAL OF REPORT REQUIREMENT FOR NONPROLIFERATION 
INITIATIVE PROGRAM.—Paragraph (6) of section 4302(a) of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2562(a)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(6) Funds appropriated for the Initiatives for Proliferation 
Prevention program may not be used to pay any tax or customs 
duty levied by the government of the Russian Federation. In the 
event payment of such a tax or customs duty with such funds 
is unavoidable, the Secretary of Energy shall ensure that sufficient
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additional funds are provided to the Initiatives for Proliferation 
Prevention Program to offset the amount of such payment.’’. 
SEC. 3122. PROGRESS ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the spread of nuclear and radiological weapons, or 
weapons-usable material, technology, equipment, information, 
and expertise, poses a short- and long-term threat to the secu-
rity of the United States; and 
(2) the nonproliferation efforts of the United States should 
prioritize the programs which most directly address such threat. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter by not 
later than March 1 of each year through 2016, the Secretary 
of Energy shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report on the strategic plans of the Department of 
Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration to 
prevent the proliferation of materials, technology, equipment, 
and expertise related to nuclear and radiological weapons in 
order to minimize the risk of nuclear terrorism and the pro-
liferation of such weapons. 
(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each report under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) Progress and challenges in implementing the stra-
tegic plans described in paragraph (1), including— 
(i) preventing nuclear terrorism by securing and 
removing highly-enriched uranium and plutonium 
worldwide; 
(ii) converting reactors from highly-enriched ura-
nium to low-enriched uranium in the Russian Federa-
tion and other countries; 
(iii) providing radiation detection capability at 
ports and borders; 
(iv) securing and removing radiological materials 
worldwide; 
(v) developing and improving technology to— 
(I) detect the proliferation and detonation of 
nuclear weapons; 
(II) verify foreign commitments to treaties and 
agreements with respect to nuclear weapons; and 
(III) detect the diversion of nuclear materials, 
including safeguard technology; 
(vi) preventing and countering the proliferation 
and use of nuclear weapons (including materials, tech-
nology, and expertise related to such weapons), 
including through safeguards, export controls, inter-
national regimes, treaties, and agreements; 
(vii) disposing of surplus material of both the 
United States and Russia; and 
(viii) preventing the proliferation of nuclear 
weapons expertise. 
(B) An estimate of the budget requirements of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, including the 
costs associated with the implementation of the strategic 
plans described in paragraph (1) over the 5-year period 
following the date of the report.
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(C) A discussion of the coordination of the programs 
of the National Nuclear Security Administration with other 
offices of the Department of Energy and with other agencies 
and offices of the Federal Government with respect to 
implementing the strategic plans described in paragraph 
(1). 
(c) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter by 
not later than March 1 of each year through 2016, the Secretary 
of Energy, in coordination with the Office of Intelligence and 
Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy, shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees an assessment containing 
the following: 
(1) An assessment of the risk that non-nuclear weapons 
states may acquire nuclear enrichment or reprocessing tech-
nology. 
(2) A list, by country and site, reflecting the total amount 
of known highly-enriched uranium around the world, and an 
assessment of the vulnerability of such uranium to theft or 
diversion. 
(d) FORM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided by paragraph (2), 
each report and assessment under this section shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(2) LIST.—Each list under subsection (c)(2) may be in classi-
fied form if the Secretary determines it necessary. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
SEC. 3123. REPORTS ON ROLE OF NUCLEAR SECURITY COMPLEX SITES 
AND POTENTIAL EFFICIENCIES. 
(a) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 2013, the 
Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report— 
(A) assessing the role of the nuclear security complex 
sites in supporting— 
(i) a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear deterrent; 
(ii) reductions in the nuclear stockpile; and 
(iii) the nuclear nonproliferation efforts of the 
United States; and 
(B) identifying any opportunities for efficiencies and 
cost savings within the nuclear security complex. 
(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the role of the nuclear security 
complex sites, including the national security laboratories, 
in— 
(i) maintaining a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear 
deterrent;