Sec. 3119. Replacement of W78 warhead
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The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall conduct an analysis of alternatives with respect to replacing the W78 warhead. Such analysis shall describe the technical risks and costs for each option to replace the W78 warhead. The Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation of the National Nuclear Security Administration shall review the analysis of alternatives under paragraph (1). Not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the replacement of the W78 warhead. Such report shall include the analysis of alternatives under paragraph
(1)and the review under paragraph (2). Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2020 for the National Nuclear Security Administration for the modernization of the W78 warhead, not more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which the report is submitted under subsection (a)(3). The Administrator shall seek to enter into an arrangement with the private scientific advisory group known as JASON to conduct a study of the plan of the Administrator to replace the W78 warhead. Such study shall include— an assessment of the risks to certification; and the need for planned upgrades to such warhead. Not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees the study under paragraph (1), without change.