Sec. 1632. Portfolio management framework for nuclear forces
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Chapter 24 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and conforming the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter accordingly): Not later than January 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall— implement a portfolio management framework for nuclear forces of the United States that— specifies the portfolio of nuclear forces covered by the framework; establishes a portfolio governance structure for such forces that takes advantage of, or is modeled on, an existing portfolio governance structure, such as the Deputy’s Management Action Group described in Department of Defense Directive 5105.79; outlines the approach of the Secretary for identifying and managing risk relating to such forces and prioritizing the efforts among such forces, including how the Secretary will coordinate such identification, management, and prioritization with the Secretary of Energy; and incorporates the findings and recommendations identified by the Comptroller General of the United States in the report titled Nuclear Enterprise:
DOD and NNSA Could Further Enhance How They Manage Risk and Prioritize Efforts (GAO–22–104061) and dated January 2022; and complete a comprehensive assessment of the portfolio management capabilities required to identify and manage risk in the portfolio of nuclear forces. In conjunction with the submission of the budget of the President to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on identifying and managing risk relating to nuclear forces and prioritizing the efforts among such forces, including, with respect to the period covered by the briefing— the current and projected operational requirements for nuclear forces that were used for such identification, management, and prioritization; key areas of risk identified; and a description of the actions proposed or carried out to mitigate such risk.
The Secretary may provide the briefings under paragraph
(1)in classified form. In this section, the term nuclear forces includes, at a minimum— nuclear weapons; the delivery platforms and systems for nuclear weapons; nuclear command, control, and communications systems; and the supporting infrastructure for nuclear weapons, the delivery platforms and systems for nuclear weapons, and nuclear command, control, and communications systems, including related personnel, facilities, construction, operation, and maintenance. . Not later than June 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the progress of the Secretary to— develop the portfolio management framework for nuclear forces under section 499c of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a); and complete the assessment described in subsection (a)(2) of such section. The Secretary may provide the briefings under paragraph
(1)in classified form.