Sec. 3122. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR NEW FIXED SITE RADIOLOGICAL PORTAL MONITORS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

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## SEC. 3122 PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR NEW FIXED SITE RADIOLOGICAL PORTAL MONITORS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES ###

(a)Prohibition None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 for the National Nuclear Security Administration may be obligated or expended for the installation, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, of fixed site radiological portal monitors or equipment in foreign countries until the date on which the Director of National Intelligence submits to the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the appropriate congressional committees, consistent with the provision of classified information and protection of sources and methods, a report containing an assessment of— ####

(1)whether and the extent to which fixed site and mobile radiological monitors address nuclear nonproliferation and smuggling threats; ####

(2)the contribution of other threat reduction programs and how well such programs address nuclear nonproliferation and smuggling threats; ####

(3)which programs have the greatest impact and cost-benefit for addressing nuclear nonproliferation and smuggling threats; and ####

(4)such other matters as the Director considers appropriate. ###

(b)Plan Required ####

(1)In general Not later than March 1, 2016, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for transitioning fixed site radiological portal monitors installed in foreign countries before or after the date of the enactment of this Act to being sustained, to the greatest extent possible, by the countries in which such monitors are located. ####

(2)Elements The plan required by paragraph

(1)shall include— #####

(A)timelines for the transition of the radiological portal monitors described in paragraph

(1)to being sustained by the countries in which such monitors are located; and #####

(B)an estimate of the costs expected to be incurred by the United States before the transition is complete. ###

(c)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the congressional defense committees; ####

(2)the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and ####

(3)the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.