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(2) submit to Congress a report establishing an alternative 
date for completion. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary for research and construction 
activities under this subtitle (including for transfer to the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission for activities under section 644 as appro-
priate)— 
(1) $1,250,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006 
through 2015; and 
(2) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 
2016 through 2021. 
Subtitle D—Nuclear Security 
SEC. 651. NUCLEAR FACILITY AND MATERIALS SECURITY. 
(a) SECURITY
EVALUATIONS; DESIGN
BASIS
THREAT
RULE-
MAKING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 14 of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) (as amended by section 624(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 170D. SECURITY EVALUATIONS. 
‘‘a. SECURITY RESPONSE EVALUATIONS.—Not less often than 
once every 3 years, the Commission shall conduct security evalua-
tions at each licensed facility that is part of a class of licensed 
facilities, as the Commission considers to be appropriate, to assess 
the ability of a private security force of a licensed facility to defend 
against any applicable design basis threat. 
‘‘b. FORCE-ON-FORCE EXERCISES.—(1) The security evaluations 
shall include force-on-force exercises. 
‘‘(2) The force-on-force exercises shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, simulate security threats in accordance with any design 
basis threat applicable to a facility. 
‘‘(3) In conducting a security evaluation, the Commission shall 
mitigate any potential conflict of interest that could influence the 
results of a force-on-force exercise, as the Commission determines 
to be necessary and appropriate. 
‘‘c. ACTION BY LICENSEES.—The Commission shall ensure that 
an affected licensee corrects those material defects in performance 
that adversely affect the ability of a private security force at that 
facility to defend against any applicable design basis threat. 
‘‘d. FACILITIES
UNDER
HEIGHTENED
THREAT
LEVELS.—The 
Commission may suspend a security evaluation under this section 
if the Commission determines that the evaluation would com-
promise security at a nuclear facility under a heightened threat 
level. 
‘‘e. REPORT.—Not less often than once each year, the Commis-
sion shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives a report, in classified form and 
unclassified form, that describes the results of each security 
response evaluation conducted and any relevant corrective action 
taken by a licensee during the previous year. 
‘‘SEC. 170E. DESIGN BASIS THREAT RULEMAKING. 
‘‘a. RULEMAKING.—The Commission shall—
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‘‘(1) not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this section, initiate a rulemaking proceeding, including 
notice and opportunity for public comment, to be completed 
not later than 18 months after that date, to revise the design 
basis threats of the Commission; or 
‘‘(2) not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this section, complete any ongoing rulemaking to revise 
the design basis threats. 
‘‘b. FACTORS.—When conducting its rulemaking, the Commis-
sion shall consider the following, but not be limited to— 
‘‘(1) the events of September 11, 2001; 
‘‘(2) an assessment of physical, cyber, biochemical, and 
other terrorist threats; 
‘‘(3) the potential for attack on facilities by multiple coordi-
nated teams of a large number of individuals; 
‘‘(4) the potential for assistance in an attack from several 
persons employed at the facility; 
‘‘(5) the potential for suicide attacks; 
‘‘(6) the potential for water-based and air-based threats; 
‘‘(7) the potential use of explosive devices of considerable 
size and other modern weaponry; 
‘‘(8) the potential for attacks by persons with a sophisticated 
knowledge of facility operations; 
‘‘(9) the potential for fires, especially fires of long duration; 
‘‘(10) the potential for attacks on spent fuel shipments 
by multiple coordinated teams of a large number of individuals; 
‘‘(11) the adequacy of planning to protect the public health 
and safety at and around nuclear facilities, as appropriate, 
in the event of a terrorist attack against a nuclear facility; 
and 
‘‘(12) the potential for theft and diversion of nuclear mate-
rials from such facilities.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. prec. 2011) (as amended 
by section 624(b)) is amended by adding at the end of the 
items relating to chapter 14 the following:
‘‘Sec. 170D. Security evaluations. 
‘‘Sec. 170E. Design basis threat rulemaking.’’.
(3) FEDERAL SECURITY COORDINATORS.— 
(A) REGIONAL OFFICES.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Commis-
sion’’) shall assign a Federal security coordinator, under 
the employment of the Commission, to each region of the 
Commission. 
(B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Federal security coordi-
nator shall be responsible for— 
(i) communicating with the Commission and other 
Federal, State, and local authorities concerning 
threats, including threats against such classes of facili-
ties as the Commission determines to be appropriate; 
(ii) monitoring such classes of facilities as the 
Commission determines to be appropriate to ensure 
that they maintain security consistent with the secu-
rity plan in accordance with the appropriate threat 
level; and
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(iii) assisting in the coordination of security meas-
ures among the private security forces at such classes 
of facilities as the Commission determines to be appro-
priate and Federal, State, and local authorities, as 
appropriate. 
(b) BACKUP POWER
FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION 
SYSTEMS.—For any licensed nuclear power plants located where 
there is a permanent population, as determined by the 2000 decen-
nial census, in excess of 15,000,000 within a 50-mile radius of 
the power plant, not later than 18 months after enactment of 
this Act, the Commission shall require that backup power to be 
available for the emergency notification system of the power plant, 
including the emergency siren warning system, if the alternating 
current supply within the 10-mile emergency planning zone of the 
power plant is lost. 
(c) ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO UNIVERSITY NUCLEAR SAFETY, 
SECURITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS.—Sec-
tion 31 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2051(b)) 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘b. The Commission is further author-
ized to make’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘b. GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Commission is author-
ized— 
‘‘(1) to make’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) (as designated by subparagraph 
(A)) by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) to provide grants, loans, cooperative agreements, con-
tracts, and equipment to institutions of higher education (as 
defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1002)) to support courses, studies, training, curricula, 
and disciplines pertaining to nuclear safety, security, or 
environmental protection, or any other field that the Commis-
sion determines to be critical to the regulatory mission of the 
Commission.’’. 
(2) RECRUITMENT TOOLS.—Chapter 14 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) (as amended by subsection 
(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 170F. RECRUITMENT TOOLS. 
‘‘The Commission may purchase promotional items of nominal 
value for use in the recruitment of individuals for employment.’’. 
(3) EXPENSES
AUTHORIZED
TO
BE
PAID
BY
THE
COMMIS-
SION.—Chapter 14 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2201 et seq.) (as amended by paragraph (2)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 170G. EXPENSES AUTHORIZED TO BE PAID BY THE COMMISSION. 
‘‘The Commission may— 
‘‘(1) pay transportation, lodging, and subsistence expenses 
of employees who— 
‘‘(A) assist scientific, professional, administrative, or 
technical employees of the Commission; and 
‘‘(B) are students in good standing at an institution 
of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) pursuing courses