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(3) the United States and other declared nuclear
weapons state parties to the Nuclear Non-Prolifera-
tion Treaty, together with weapons states that are not
parties to the treaty, should work to reduce the total
number of nuclear weapons in the respective stock-
piles and related delivery systems of such states;
(4) the United States, Russia, and other states
should work to negotiate, and then sign and ratify, a
treaty setting forth a date for the cessation of the pro-
duction of fissile material;
(5) the Senate should ratify the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, opened for signature at
New York September 10, 1996;
(6) the United States should commit to dis-
mantle as soon as possible all retired warheads or
warheads that are planned to be retired from the
United States nuclear weapons stockpile;
(7) the United States, along with the other de-
clared nuclear weapons state parties to the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty, should participate in trans-
parent discussions regarding their nuclear weapons
programs and plans, and how such programs and
plans, including plans for any new weapons or war-
heads, relate to their obligations as nuclear weapons
state parties under the Treaty;
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(8) the United States and the declared nuclear
weapons state parties to the Nuclear Non-Prolifera-
tion Treaty should work to decrease reliance on, and
the importance of, nuclear weapons; and
(9) the United States should formulate any deci-
sion on whether to manufacture or deploy a reliable
replacement warhead within the broader context of
the progress made by the United States toward
achieving each of the goals described in paragraphs
(1) through (8).
SEC. 3123. REPORT ON STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MAN-
AGEMENT INITIATIVES TO ACCELERATE THE
REDUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS AND
CHALLENGES POSED BY THE LEGACY OF THE
COLD WAR.
(a) IN GENERAL.—On the date described in subsection
(d), the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees and the Comptroller General of
the United States a report on the status of the environ-
mental management initiatives described in subsection (c)
undertaken to accelerate the reduction of the environmental
risks and challenges that, as a result of the legacy of the
Cold War, are faced by the Department of Energy, contrac-
tors of the Department, and applicable Federal and State
agencies with regulatory jurisdiction.
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) A discussion of the progress made in reduc-
ing the environmental risks and challenges described
in subsection (a) in each of the following areas:
(A) Acquisition strategy and contract man-
agement.
(B) Regulatory agreements.
(C) Interim storage and final disposal of
high-level waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic
waste, and low-level waste.
(D) Closure and transfer of environmental
remediation sites.
(E) Achievements in innovation by contrac-
tors of the Department with respect to acceler-
ated risk reduction and cleanup.
(F) Consolidation of special nuclear mate-
rials and improvements in safeguards and secu-
rity.
(2) An assessment of the progress made in
streamlining risk reduction processes of the environ-
mental management program of the Department.
(3) An assessment of the progress made in im-
proving the responsiveness and effectiveness of the en-
vironmental management program of the Department.