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(C) mechanisms for ensuring the robust 
management and oversight of such projects; 
(D) a description of the process provided to 
the Administrator to carry out the program pur-
suant to paragraph (2)(A); 
(E) a description of any legislative actions 
the Secretary recommends to further enhance or 
streamline authorities or processes relating to the 
program; and 
(F) a certification by the Secretary that 
such budget will enable the program to meet the 
goal specified in paragraph (1). 
(4) TERMINATION.—The Administrator shall ter-
minate the program under paragraph (1) on the date 
that is five years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(c) INCLUSION IN BIENNIAL DETAILED REPORT.—Sec-
tion 4203(d)(4) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
U.S.C. 2523) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
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‘‘(D)(i) a description of— 
‘‘(I) the metrics (based on industry best 
practices) used by the Administrator to de-
termine the infrastructure deferred mainte-
nance and repair needs of the nuclear secu-
rity enterprise; and 
‘‘(II) the percentage of replacement 
plant value being spent on maintenance 
and repair needs of the nuclear security en-
terprise; and 
‘‘(ii) an explanation of whether the annual 
spending on such needs complies with the rec-
ommendation of the National Research Council 
of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineer-
ing, and Medicine that such spending be in an 
amount equal to four percent of the replacement 
plant value, and, if not, the reasons for such 
noncompliance and a plan for how the Adminis-
trator will ensure facilities of the nuclear secu-
rity enterprise are being properly sustained.’’. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CRITICAL DECI-
SIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XLVII of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2741 et 
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seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 4715. MATTERS RELATING TO CRITICAL DECISIONS. 
‘‘(a) POST-CRITICAL DECISION 2 CHANGES.—After the 
date on which a plant project specifically authorized by law 
achieves critical decision 2, the Administrator may not 
change the requirements for such project if such change in-
creases the scope, schedule, or budget of such project un-
less— 
‘‘(1) the Administrator submits to the congres-
sional defense committees— 
‘‘(A) a certification that the Administrator, 
without delegation, authorizes such proposed 
change; and 
‘‘(B) a cost-benefit and risk analysis of such 
proposed change, including with respect to— 
‘‘(i) the effects of such proposed change 
on the project cost and schedule; and 
‘‘(ii) any mission risks and oper-
ational risks from making such change or 
not making such change; and 
‘‘(2) a period of 15 days elapses following the 
date of such submission. 
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‘‘(b) REVIEW
AND APPROVAL.—The Administrator 
shall ensure that critical decision packages are timely re-
viewed and either approved or disapproved.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the beginning of such Act is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 4714 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4715. Matters relating to critical decisions.’’. 
(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the nuclear security enterprise, comprised of 
the infrastructure and capabilities of the laboratories 
and plants coupled with the dedicated and talented 
scientists, engineers, technicians, and administrators 
who form the backbone of the enterprise, are a central 
component of the nuclear deterrent of the United 
States; 
(2) if left unaddressed, the state of the infrastruc-
ture within the nuclear security enterprise represents 
a direct, long-term threat to the credibility of the nu-
clear deterrent of the United States; 
(3) both Congress and the President must take 
strong, sustained action to recapitalize and repair 
this infrastructure; 
(4) the Administrator must continue to carry out 
expeditious demolition of old facilities of the Adminis-
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tration to reduce long-term costs and improve safety; 
and 
(5) each budget of the President submitted to 
Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year 
thereafter during the life of the program established 
pursuant to subsection (b)(1) should include funding 
in an amount sufficient to carry out the program to 
achieve the goal specified in such subsection. 
SEC. 3112. INCORPORATION OF INTEGRATED SURETY AR-
CHITECTURE IN TRANSPORTATION. 
(a) INCORPORATION.—Subtitle A of title XLII of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 4222. INCORPORATION OF INTEGRATED SURETY AR-
CHITECTURE. 
‘‘(a) SHIPMENTS.—(1) The Administrator shall ensure 
that shipments described in paragraph (2) incorporate sur-
ety technologies relating to transportation and shipping de-
veloped by the Integrated Surety Architecture program of 
the Administration. 
‘‘(2) A shipment described in this paragraph is an 
over-the-road shipment of the Administration that involves 
any nuclear weapon planned to be in the active stockpile 
after 2025. 
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