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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4737
To require an inventory of documents and devices containing Restricted
Data at the national security laboratories of the Department of Energy,
to improve security procedures for access to the vaults containing Re-
stricted Data at those laboratories, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 23, 2000
Mr. HUNTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require an inventory of documents and devices containing
Restricted Data at the national security laboratories of
the Department of Energy, to improve security proce-
dures for access to the vaults containing Restricted Data
at those laboratories, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Secrets Safety
Act’’.
SEC. 2. INVENTORY OF RESTRICTED DATA AT NATIONAL
SECURITY LABORATORIES.
(a) INVENTORY REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Energy shall submit to the specified congressional com-
mittees a report containing an inventory of each document
or device at each national security laboratory that contains
Restricted Data.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘specified congressional commit-
tees’’ means the Committee on Armed Services of
the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of
the House of Representatives.
(2) The term ‘‘national security laboratory’’ has
the meaning given such term in section 3281 of the
National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50
U.S.C. 2471).
(3) The term ‘‘Restricted Data’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 11 y. of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(y)).
SEC. 3. INCREASED SECURITY FOR VAULTS AT NATIONAL
SECURITY LABORATORIES.
(a) ACCESS TO VAULTS.—Section 3234 of the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C.
2424) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(a) PROCEDURES REQUIRED.—The Adminis-
trator’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) ACCESS TO VAULTS AT NATIONAL SECURITY
LABORATORIES.—With respect to any vault containing
Restricted Data at any national security laboratory, the
procedures shall, at a minimum, provide that an individual
shall not have access to any such vault unless, before each
access, the identity of the individual is verified by an at-
tendant through direct visual observation.’’.
(b) VAULT ACCESS POLYGRAPH PROGRAM.—Section
3233 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 2423) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) VAULT ACCESS POLYGRAPH PROGRAM.—(1) At
each national security laboratory, the counterintelligence
program specified in subsection (a) shall include a poly-
graph program for individuals who have access to any
vault containing Restricted Data at that laboratory. The
polygraph program shall consist of the administration, to
each individual who has access to any such vault, of poly-
graph examinations using questions reasonably calculated
to obtain information relating to such access.
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
each individual shall undergo a polygraph examination not
later than one year after the individual has access to any
such vault.
‘‘(B) In the case of an individual’s first access to any
such vault, the individual shall undergo a polygraph exam-
ination not later than—
‘‘(i) 30 days after the date of such access, if the
individual’s first such access occurred after the date
of the enactment of the Nuclear Secrets Safety Act;
and
‘‘(ii) 120 days after the date of the enactment
of the Nuclear Secrets Safety Act, if the individual’s
first such access occurred on or before such date.’’.
(c) CHANGE OF LOCK COMBINATIONS.—The Admin-
istrator for Nuclear Security shall ensure, for each vault
containing Restricted Data at each national security lab-
oratory, that the combination of each lock to such vault
is changed not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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