Sec. 7512. ASSESSMENT OF USING CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY CAPABILITIES

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## SEC. 7512 ASSESSMENT OF USING CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY CAPABILITIES ###

(a)Assessment Required The Director of National Intelligence shall, in consultation with the heads of such other elements of the intelligence community as the Director considers appropriate, conduct an assessment of capabilities identified by the Intelligence Community Continuity Program established pursuant to section E(3) of Intelligence Community Directive 118, or any successor directive, or such other intelligence community facilities or intelligence community capabilities as may be determined by the Director to be critical to United States national security, that have unique energy needs— ####

(1)to ascertain the feasibility and advisability of using civil nuclear reactors to meet such needs; and ####

(2)to identify such additional technologies, infrastructure, or authorities needed, or other potential obstacles, to commence use of a nuclear reactor to meet such needs. ###

(b)Report ####

(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report, which may be in classified form, on the findings of the Director with respect to the assessment conducted pursuant to subsection (a). ####

(2)Appropriate committees of congress In this subsection, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— #####

(A)the congressional intelligence committees; #####

(B)the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and #####

(C)the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.