Sec. 3164. ADVICE TO PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS REGARDING SAFETY, SECURITY, AND RELIABILITY OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE AND NUCLEAR FORCES
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## SEC. 3164 ADVICE TO PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS REGARDING SAFETY, SECURITY, AND RELIABILITY OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE AND NUCLEAR FORCES ###
(a)In General Section 1305 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (42 U.S.C. 7274p) is— ####
(1)transferred to the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.); ####
(2)inserted after section 4217 of such Act, as added by section 3162(a); ####
(3)**[**[50 U.S.C. 2538](/us/usc/t50/s2538)**]** redesignated as section 4218; and ####
(4)amended by amending subsection
(f)to read as follows: > > ### “(f) Expression of Individual Views > > > #### “(1) In general > > No individual, including representatives of the President, may take any action against, or otherwise constrain, a director of a national security laboratory or a nuclear weapons production facility, a member of the Nuclear Weapons Council established under section 179 of title 10, United States Code, or the Commander of the United States Strategic Command from presenting the professional views of the director, member, or Commander, as the case may be, to the President, the National Security Council, or Congress regarding— > > > ##### “(A) > > the safety, security, reliability, or credibility of the nuclear weapons stockpile and nuclear forces; or > > > ##### “(B) > > the status of, and plans for, the capabilities and infrastructure that support and sustain the nuclear weapons stockpile and nuclear forces. > > > #### “(2) Construction > > Nothing in paragraph (1)(B) may be construed to affect the interagency budget process.” > . ###
(b)Conforming Amendments Section 4218 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act, as added by subsection (a), is amended— ####
(1)by striking “nuclear weapons laboratories” each place it appears and inserting “national security laboratories”; ####
(2)by striking “nuclear weapons laboratory” each place it appears and inserting “national security laboratory”; ####
(3)by striking “nuclear weapons production plants” each place it appears and inserting “nuclear weapons production facilities”; ####
(4)by striking “nuclear weapons production plant” each place it appears and inserting “nuclear weapons production facility”; and ####
(5)by amending subsection
(g)to read as follows: > > ### “(g) Representative of the President Defined > > In this section, the term ‘representative of the President’ means the following: > > > #### “(1) > > Any official of the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy who is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. > > > #### “(2) > > Any member or official of the National Security Council. > > > #### “(3) > > Any member or official of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. > > > #### “(4) > > Any official of the Office of Management and Budget.” > . ###
(c)Clerical Amendment The table of contents at the beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4217, as added by section 3162(b), the following new item:" “Sec. 4218. Advice to President and Congress regarding safety, security, and reliability of United States nuclear weapons stockpile.” ".
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Sec. 3164
ADVICE TO PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS REGARDING SAFETY, SECURITY, AND RELIABILITY OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE AND NUCLEAR FORCES
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