Sec. 1503. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NONPROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES

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## SEC. 1503 REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NONPROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES ###

(a)Report Required The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly submit to the committees of Congress named in subsection (d)(1) a report describing the role of the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy with respect to the nonproliferation policy of the United States. ###

(b)Matters To Be Covered in Report The report shall— ####

(1)address how the Secretary of Defense integrates and coordinates existing intelligence and military capabilities of the Department of Defense and how the Secretary of Energy integrates and coordinates the intelligence and emergency response capabilities of the Department of Energy in support of the nonproliferation policy of the United States; ####

(2)identify existing and planned capabilities within the Department of Defense, including particular capabilities of the military services, and the Department of Energy to

(A)detect and monitor clandestine weapons of mass destruction programs,

(B)respond to terrorism or accidents involving such weapons and to theft of related weapons materials, and

(C)assist with interdiction and destruction of weapons of mass destruction and related weapons materials; ####

(3)describe, for the Department of Defense, the degree to which the Secretary of Defense has incorporated a nonproliferation mission into the overall mission of the unified combatant commands and how the Special Operations Command might support the commanders of the unified and specified commands in that mission; ####

(4)consider the appropriate roles of the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA), the On-Site-Inspection Agency (OSIA), and other Department of Defense agencies, as well as the national laboratories of the Department of Energy, in providing technical assistance and support for the efforts of the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy with respect to nonproliferation; and ####

(5)identify existing and planned mechanisms for improving the integration of Department of Defense and Department of Energy nonproliferation activities with those of other Federal departments and agencies. ###

(c)Coordination With Other Agencies The report required by subsection

(a)shall, for purposes of subsection (b)(5), be coordinated with the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies. ###

(d)Submission of Report ####

(1)The report required by subsection

(a)shall be submitted— #####

(A)to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and #####

(B)to the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. ####

(2)The report shall be submitted not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and shall be submitted in unclassified form and, as necessary, in classified form.