Sec. 3116. MODIFICATION TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY

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## SEC. 3116 MODIFICATION TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY ###

(a)Sense of Congress **[**[50 U.S.C. 2538a note](/us/usc/t50/s2538a)**]** It is the sense of Congress that— ####

(1)rebuilding a robust plutonium pit production infrastructure with a capacity of up to 80 pits per year is critical to maintaining the viability of the nuclear weapons stockpile; ####

(2)that effort will require cooperation from experts across the nuclear security enterprise; and ####

(3)any further delay to achieving a plutonium sustainment capability to support the planned stockpile life extension programs will result in an unacceptable capability gap to our deterrent posture. ###

(b)Modification to Requirements Section 4219 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a) is amended— ####

(1)in subsection (a), by striking paragraph

(5)and inserting the following: > > #### “(5) > > during 2030, produces not less than 80 war reserve plutonium pits.” > ; ####

(2)by striking subsection (b); ####

(3)by redesignating subsections

(c)and

(d)as subsections

(b)and (c), respectively; ####

(4)in subsection (b), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking “2027 (or, if the authority under subsection

(b)is exercised, 2029)” and inserting “2030”; and ####

(5)in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking “subsection (c)” and inserting “subsection (b)”.

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