Sec. 3137. REVIEW OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR AND RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM PREVENTION STRATEGY

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## SEC. 3137 REVIEW OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR AND RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM PREVENTION STRATEGY ###

(a)In General The Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator for Nuclear Security, shall enter into an arrangement with the private scientific advisory group known as JASON to assess and recommend improvements to the strategies of the United States for preventing, countering, and responding to nuclear and radiological terrorism, specifically terrorism involving the use of nuclear weapons, improvised nuclear devices, or radiological dispersal or exposure devices, or the sabotage of nuclear facilities. ###

(b)Review The assessment conducted under subsection

(a)shall address the adequacy of the strategies of the United States described in that subsection and identify technical, policy, and resource gaps with respect to— ####

(1)identifying national and international nuclear and radiological terrorism risks and critical emerging threats; ####

(2)preventing state-sponsored actors and non-state actors from acquiring the technologies, materials, and critical expertise needed to mount nuclear or radiological attacks, including dual-use technologies, materials, and expertise; ####

(3)countering efforts by state-sponsored actors and non-state actors to mount such attacks; ####

(4)responding to nuclear and radiological terrorism incidents to attribute their origin and help manage their consequences; and ####

(5)other important matters identified by JASON that are directly relevant to those strategies. ###

(c)Recommendations The assessment conducted under subsection

(a)shall include recommendations to the Secretary of Energy, Congress, and such other Federal entities as JASON considers appropriate, for preventing, countering, and responding to nuclear and radiological terrorism, including recommendations for— ####

(1)closing technical, policy, or resource gaps; ####

(2)improving cooperation and appropriate integration among Federal entities and Federal, State, and tribal governments; ####

(3)improving cooperation between the United States and other countries and international organizations; and ####

(4)other important matters identified by JASON that are directly relevant to the strategies of the United States described in subsection (a). ###

(d)Liaisons The Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence shall appoint appropriate liaisons to JASON with respect to supporting the timely conduct of the assessment required by subsection (a). ###

(e)Materials The Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence shall provide access to JASON to materials relevant to the assessment required by subsection (a), consistent with the protection of sources and methods and other critically sensitive information. ###

(f)Clearances The Secretary of Energy and the Director of National Intelligence shall ensure that appropriate members and staff of JASON have the necessary clearances, obtained in an expedited manner, to conduct the assessment required by subsection (a).