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(a)(1), a revised estimate of the cost for each 
warhead in the project has been made; 
‘‘(B) the continuation of the project is nec-
essary to the mission of the Department of En-
ergy and there is no alternative to the project 
that would meet the requirements of that mis-
sion; and 
‘‘(C) a management structure is in place 
adequate to manage and control the cost and 
schedule of the project. 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS TO REVISED 
COST AND SCHEDULE BASELINES.—A revised cost and 
schedule baseline established under subsection (c) shall— 
‘‘(1) be submitted to the congressional defense 
committees with the certification submitted under 
subsection (c)(2); and 
‘‘(2) be subject to the notification requirements 
of subsections (b) and (c) in the same manner and 
to the same extent as a cost and schedule baseline 
established under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 4712 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4713. Notification of cost overruns for certain Department of Energy 
projects.’’.
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SEC. 3115. ESTABLISHMENT OF COOPERATIVE RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
(a) COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
CENTERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4813 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (division D of Public Law 107– 
314; 50 U.S.C. 2794) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 
following new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
CENTERS.—(1) Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions provided for such purpose, the Administrator for Nu-
clear Security shall establish a cooperative research and 
development center described in paragraph (2) at each na-
tional security laboratory. 
‘‘(2) A cooperative research and development center 
described in this paragraph is a center to foster collabo-
rative scientific research, technology development, and the 
appropriate transfer of research and technology to users 
in addition to the national security laboratories. 
‘‘(3) In establishing a cooperative research and devel-
opment center under this subsection, the Administrator—
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‘‘(A) shall enter into cooperative research and 
development agreements with governmental, public, 
academic, or private entities; and 
‘‘(B) may enter into a contract with respect to 
constructing, purchasing, managing, or leasing 
buildings or other facilities.’’. 
(2) DEFINITION.—Subsection (c) of such sec-
tion, as redesignated by paragraph (1)(A), is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) The term ‘national security laboratory’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 3281 of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 
U.S.C. 2471).’’. 
(3) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended by inserting ‘‘AND COOPERA-
TIVE
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT
CEN-
TERS’’ after ‘‘PARTNERSHIPS’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 4813 and inserting the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4813. Critical technology partnerships and cooperative research and de-
velopment centers.’’.
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SEC. 
3116. 
FUTURE-YEARS 
DEFENSE 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XLIV of the Atomic Energy 
Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2581 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 4402 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 4402A. FUTURE-YEARS DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL 
MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
submit to Congress each year, at or about the same time 
that the President’s budget is submitted to Congress for 
a fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, a future-years defense environmental man-
agement plan that— 
‘‘(1) reflects the estimated expenditures and 
proposed appropriations included in that budget for 
the Department of Energy for environmental man-
agement; and 
‘‘(2) covers a period that includes the fiscal 
year for which that budget is submitted and not less 
than the four succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each future-years defense envi-
ronmental management plan required by subsection (a) 
shall contain the following: 
‘‘(1) A detailed description of the projects and 
activities relating to defense environmental manage-
ment to be carried out during the period covered by
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the plan at the sites specified in subsection (c) and 
with respect to the activities specified in subsection 
(d). 
‘‘(2) A statement of proposed budget authority, 
estimated expenditures, and proposed appropriations 
necessary to support such projects and activities. 
‘‘(3) With respect to each site specified in sub-
section (c), the following: 
‘‘(A) A statement of each milestone in-
cluded in an enforceable agreement governing 
cleanup and waste remediation for that site for 
each fiscal year covered by the plan. 
‘‘(B) For each such milestone, a statement 
with respect to whether each such milestone will 
be met in each such fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) For any milestone that will not be 
met, an explanation of why the milestone will 
not be met and the date by which the milestone 
is expected to be met. 
‘‘(c) SITES SPECIFIED.—The sites specified in this 
subsection are the following: 
‘‘(1) The Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho. 
‘‘(2) The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Carlsbad, 
New Mexico.
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‘‘(3) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, South 
Carolina. 
‘‘(4) The Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak 
Ridge, Tennessee. 
‘‘(5) The Hanford Site, Richland, Washington. 
‘‘(6) Any defense closure site of the Depart-
ment of Energy. 
‘‘(7) Any site of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration. 
‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES SPECIFIED.—The activities specified 
in this subsection are the following: 
‘‘(1) Program support. 
‘‘(2) Program direction. 
‘‘(3) Safeguards and security. 
‘‘(4) Technology development and deployment. 
‘‘(5) Federal contributions to the Uranium En-
richment Decontamination and Decommissioning 
Fund established under section 1801 of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 4402 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 4402A. Future-years defense environmental management plan.’’.
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SEC. 3117. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF 
ENERGY FOR APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN 
SCIENTIFIC, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNICAL 
PERSONNEL. 
Section 4601(c)(1) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 
(50 U.S.C. 2701(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’. 
SEC. 3118. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF 
ENERGY TO ENTER INTO TRANSACTIONS TO 
CARRY OUT CERTAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS. 
Section 646(g)(10) of the Department of Energy Or-
ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7256(g)(10)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 3119. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS PROTECTION, 
CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING PROGRAM OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. 
Section 3156(b)(1) of the Bob Stump National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 
107–314; 50 U.S.C. 2343(b)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘January 1, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2018’’.
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SEC. 3120. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR TRANSFER OF 
PARCELS OF LAND TO BE CONVEYED TO LOS 
ALAMOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, AND HELD IN 
TRUST FOR THE PUEBLO OF SAN ILDEFONSO. 
(a) ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.—If the Sec-
retary of Energy determines under any authority pre-
viously established by law that a parcel of land described 
in subsection (c) requires environmental restoration or re-
mediation, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, complete the environmental restoration or re-
mediation of the parcel not later than September 30, 
2022, and otherwise in compliance with such law. 
(b) CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER.—If the Secretary 
determines under any authority previously established by 
law that environmental restoration or remediation cannot 
reasonably be expected to be completed with respect to a 
parcel of land described in subsection (c) by September 
30, 2022, the Secretary shall not convey or transfer the 
parcel of land. 
(c) PARCELS OF LAND.—A parcel of land described 
in this subsection is a parcel of land under the jurisdiction 
or administrative control of the Secretary at or in the vi-
cinity of Los Alamos National Laboratory that the Sec-
retary has previously identified as suitable for conveyance 
or transfer in a report submitted to the congressional de-
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fense committees prior to the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 3121. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION FOR MODIFICA-
TION OF MINOR CONSTRUCTION THRESHOLD 
FOR PLANT PROJECTS. 
(a) MINOR
CONSTRUCTION
THRESHOLD.—Para-
graph (3) of section 4701 of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act (50 U.S.C. 2741(3)), as amended by section 3118(b) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2709), is amended 
by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Section 3118(c) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public 
Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2709) is amended by striking 
‘‘during fiscal year 2010’’. 
SEC. 3122. ENHANCING PRIVATE-SECTOR EMPLOYMENT 
THROUGH COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DE-
VELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for Nuclear 
Security shall encourage cooperative research and develop-
ment activities at the national security laboratories (as de-
fined in section 3281 of the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration Act (50 U.S.C. 2471)) that lead to the cre-
ation of new private-sector employment opportunities.
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(b) REPORTS.—Not later than January 31 of each 
year from 2012 through 2017, the Administrator shall 
submit to Congress a report detailing the number of new 
private-sector employment opportunities created as a re-
sult of the previous years’ cooperative research and devel-
opment activities at each national security laboratory. 
SEC. 3123. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ESTABLISH-
MENT OF CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN 
COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF THE FORMER SO-
VIET UNION. 
Not more than $500,000 of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by section 3101(a)(2) for defense nuclear 
nonproliferation activities may be obligated or expended 
to establish a center of excellence in a country that is not 
a state of the former Soviet Union until the date that is 
15 days after the date on which the Administrator for Nu-
clear Security submits to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report that includes the following: 
(1) An identification of the country in which 
the center will be located. 
(2) A description of the purpose for which the 
center will be established. 
(3) The agreement under which the center will 
operate. 
(4) A funding plan for the center, including—
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(A) the amount of funds to be provided by 
the government of the country in which the cen-
ter will be located; and 
(B) the percentage of the total cost of es-
tablishing and operating the center the funds 
described in subparagraph (A) will cover. 
SEC. 3124. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ENERGY PARKS PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy may es-
tablish a program to permit the establishment of energy 
parks on former defense nuclear facilities. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives for establishing en-
ergy parks pursuant to subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) To provide locations to carry out a broad 
range of projects relating to the development and de-
ployment of energy technologies and related ad-
vanced manufacturing technologies. 
(2) To provide locations for the implementation 
of pilot programs and demonstration projects for 
new and developing energy technologies and related 
advanced manufacturing technologies. 
(3) To set a national example for the develop-
ment and deployment of energy technologies and re-
lated advanced manufacturing technologies in a
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manner that will promote energy security, energy 
sector employment, and energy independence. 
(4) To create a business environment that en-
courages collaboration and interaction between the 
public and private sectors. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In establishing an energy park 
pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult 
with— 
(1) the local government with jurisdiction over 
the land on which the energy park will be located; 
(2) the local governments of adjacent areas; 
and 
(3) any community reuse organization recog-
nized by the Secretary at the former defense nuclear 
facility on which the energy park will be located. 
(d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives a report on the implementation 
of the program under subsection (a). The report shall in-
clude such recommendations for additional legislative ac-
tions as the Secretary considers appropriate to facilitate 
the development of energy parks on former defense nu-
clear facilities.
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(e) DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITY DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘defense nuclear facility’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘Department of Energy defense 
nuclear facility’’ in section 318 of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286g). 
Subtitle C—Reports 
SEC. 3131. REPORT ON GRADED SECURITY PROTECTION 
POLICY. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2011, the 
Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the implementation of the 
graded security protection policy of the Department of En-
ergy. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A comprehensive plan and schedule (includ-
ing any benchmarks, milestones, or other deadlines) 
for implementing the graded security protection pol-
icy. 
(2) An explanation of the current status of the 
graded security protection policy for each site with 
respect to the comprehensive plan under paragraph 
(1). 
(3) An explanation of the Secretary’s objective 
end-state for implementation of the graded security
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protection policy (such end-state explanation shall 
include supporting justification and rationale to en-
sure that robust and adaptive security measures 
meet the graded security protection policy require-
ments). 
(4) Identification of each site that has received 
an exception or waiver to the graded security protec-
tion policy, including the justification for each such 
exception or waiver. 
(5) A schedule for ‘‘force-on-force’’ exercises 
that the Secretary considers necessary to maintain 
operational readiness. 
(6) A description of a program that will provide 
proper training and equipping of personnel to a cer-
tifiable standard. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
TITLE 
XXXII—DEFENSE 
NU-
CLEAR 
FACILITIES 
SAFETY 
BOARD 
Sec. 3201. Authorization. 
SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2011, $28,640,000 for the operation of the Defense
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Nuclear Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.). 
TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL 
PETROLEUM RESERVES 
Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AMOUNT.—There are hereby authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Energy $23,614,000 for fis-
cal year 2011 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. 
TITLE XXXV—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for national security aspects of the 
merchant marine for fiscal year 2011. 
Sec. 3502. Extension of Maritime Security Fleet program. 
Sec. 3503. United States Merchant Marine Academy nominations of residents 
of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
Sec. 3504. Research authority. 
SEC. 3501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NA-
TIONAL SECURITY ASPECTS OF THE MER-
CHANT MARINE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2011, to be available without fiscal year limita-
tion if so provided in appropriations Acts, for the use of
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the Department of Transportation for Maritime Adminis-
tration programs associated with maintaining national se-
curity aspects of the merchant marine, as follows: 
(1) For expenses necessary for operations of the 
United 
States 
Merchant 
Marine 
Academy, 
$100,020,000, of which— 
(A) $63,120,000 shall remain available 
until expended for Academy operations; 
(B) $6,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for refunds to Academy midshipmen 
for improperly charged fees; and 
(C) $30,900,000 shall remain available 
until expended for capital improvements at the 
Academy. 
(2) For expenses necessary to support the State 
maritime academies, $15,007,000, of which— 
(A) $2,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for student incentive payments; 
(B) $2,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for direct payments to such acad-
emies; and 
(C) $11,007,000 shall remain available 
until expended for maintenance and repair of 
State maritime academy training vessels.
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(3) For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels 
in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $10,000,000. 
(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, 
$174,000,000. 
(5) For the cost (as defined in section 502(5) 
of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 
661a(5)) of loan guarantees under the program au-
thorized by chapter 537 of title 46, United States 
Code, $60,000,000, of which $3,688,000 shall re-
main available until expended for administrative ex-
penses of the program. 
SEC. 3502. EXTENSION OF MARITIME SECURITY FLEET PRO-
GRAM. 
Chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in section 53104(a), by striking ‘‘2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2025’’; 
(2) in section 53106(a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘for 
each fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2012 though 
2025’’; and
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(3) in section 53111(3), by striking ‘‘2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2025’’. 
SEC. 3503. UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY 
NOMINATIONS 
OF 
RESIDENTS 
OF 
THE 
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 
Section 51302(b) of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘the North-
ern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (5) and redesignating 
paragraph (6) as paragraph (5). 
SEC. 3504. RESEARCH AUTHORITY. 
Section 51301 title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘as an institution of higher 
education’’ after ‘‘Academy’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘States.’’ and inserting ‘‘States, 
to conduct research with respect to maritime-related 
matters, and to provide such other appropriate aca-
demic support, assistance, training, and activities in
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accordance with the provisions of this chapter as the 
Secretary may authorize.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 17, 
2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6523 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activi-
ties of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.