Sec. 1641. Coordination in transfer of funds by Department of Defense to National Nuclear Security Administration
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Section 179(f)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy shall ensure that a transfer of estimated nuclear budget request authority is carried out in a manner that provides for coordination between the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator for Nuclear Security using appropriate interagency processes during the process in which the Secretaries develop the budget materials of the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration, including by beginning such coordination by not later than June 30 for such budget materials that will be submitted during the following year. .
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(B)of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: A description of the total amount of the proposed estimated nuclear budget request authority to be transferred by the Secretary of Defense to the Secretary of Energy to support the weapons activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration, including— identification of any trade-offs made within the budget of the Department of Defense as part of such proposed transfer; and a certification made jointly by the Secretaries that such proposed transfer was developed in a manner that allowed for the coordination described in subparagraph (D). .