Sec. 3144. Analysis of alternatives for Mobile Guardian Transporter program
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Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congressional defense committees the analysis of alternatives conducted by the Administrator for the mobile guardian transporter program. Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to conduct an independent assessment of the analysis of alternatives for the mobile guardian transporter program. The assessment under paragraph
(1)of the analysis of alternatives for the mobile guardian transporter program shall include an assessment of the following: The engineering, operations, logistics, cost, cost-benefit, policy, threat, safety, security, and risk analysis used to inform the analysis of alternatives. The options considered by the analysis of alternatives and whether such options represent a comprehensive set of options. The constraints and assumptions used to frame and bound the analysis of alternatives. Not later than March 1, 2016, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing— the assessment conducted by the federally funded research and development center under paragraph (1), without change; and any views of the Administrator regarding such assessment or the mobile guardian transporter program. The Secretary of Energy shall include in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Energy budget (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) for any fiscal year in which the mobile guardian transporter program is carried out a separate, dedicated program element for such program.