Sec. 3113. Certification of security measures at atomic energy defense facilities
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Subtitle A of title XLV of the Atomic Energy Defense Act ( 50 U.S.C. 2651 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Not later than January 1, 2014, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall— review the security measures of each facility specified in subsection
(b)that contains Category I or Category II special nuclear material; and submit to the congressional defense committees a certification with respect to whether such measures— provide for the effective protection of Category I and Category II special nuclear material; and meet the standards and regulations of the Department of Energy for the physical protection of facilities and surrounding infrastructure containing such material. The facilities specified in this subsection are the following: The national security laboratories. The nuclear weapons production facilities. The defense nuclear facilities at which defense environmental cleanup activities are occurring. If the Secretary determines under subsection (a)(2) that the security measures of a facility specified in subsection
(b)do not provide for the effective protection of Category I and Category II special nuclear material or do not meet the standards and regulations described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall develop and implement a plan for ensuring that such measures are improved to provide for effective protection of such material and to meet such standards and regulations in an expeditious manner. The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees with the certification required by subsection (a)(2) the following: Each plan developed under paragraph
(1)with respect to a facility specified in subsection (b). An estimate of the time required to ensure that the security measures of that facility provide for effective protection of Category I and Category II special nuclear material and meet the standards and regulations described in subsection (a)(2). An assessment of whether it is in the national security interests of the United States to keep that facility in routine operations and, if so, a description of the temporary mitigating measures to be taken to maintain routine operations at the facility. Not later than 30 days after the submission of the certification under subsection (a)(2), the Inspector General of the Department of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of each plan developed under paragraph (1). Each certification required by subsection (a)(2) and each plan and report required by subsection
(c)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. . The table of contents for such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4509 the following new item: Sec. 4510. Certification of security measures at atomic energy defense facilities. .
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Sec. 3113
Certification of security measures at atomic energy defense facilities
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