Sec. 3125. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ACCELERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT
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## SEC. 3125 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ACCELERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT ###
(a)Limitation on Maximum Amount for Dismantlement Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for any of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 for the National Nuclear Security Administration, not more than $87,000,000 may be obligated or expended in each such fiscal year to carry out the nuclear weapons dismantlement and disposition activities of the Administration. ###
(b)Limitation on Acceleration of Dismantlement Activities Except as provided by subsection (c), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for any of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 for the National Nuclear Security Administration may be obligated or expended to accelerate the nuclear weapons dismantlement activities of the United States to a rate that exceeds the rate described in the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan schedule. ###
(c)Exception The limitation in subsection
(b)shall not apply to the following: ####
(1)The dismantlement of a nuclear weapon not covered by the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan schedule if the Administrator for Nuclear Security certifies, in writing, to the congressional defense committees that— #####
(A)the components of the nuclear weapon are directly required for the purposes of a current life extension program; or #####
(B)such dismantlement is necessary to conduct maintenance or surveillance of the nuclear weapons stockpile or to ensure the safety or reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile. ####
(2)The dismantlement of a nuclear weapon if the President certifies, in writing, to the congressional defense committees that— #####
(A)such dismantlement is being carried out pursuant to a nuclear arms reduction treaty or similar international agreement that requires such dismantlement; and #####
(B)such treaty or similar international agreement— ######
(i)has entered into force after the date of the enactment of this Act; and ######
(ii)was approved— ######
(I)with the advice and consent of the Senate pursuant to clause 2 of section 2 of Article II of the Constitution of the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act; or ######
(II)by an Act of Congress, as described in section 303(b) of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2573(b)). ###
(d)Budget Requests The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall ensure that the budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2021 includes amounts for the nuclear weapons dismantlement and disposition activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration in accordance with the limitation in subsection (a). ###
(e)Certification Not later than February 1, 2018, the Administrator shall certify to the congressional defense committees that the Administrator is carrying out the nuclear weapons dismantlement and disposition activities of the Administration in accordance with the limitations in subsections
(a)and (b). ###
(f)Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan Schedule Defined In this section, the term “Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan schedule” means the schedule described in table 2-7 of the annex of the report titled “Fiscal Year 2016 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan” submitted in March 2015 by the Administrator for Nuclear Security to the congressional defense committees under section 4203(b)(2) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2523(b)(2)). ## Subtitle C Plans and Reports
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LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ACCELERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT
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