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50 U.S.C. § 2453 — Future-years nuclear security program
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**(a) Submission to Congress** The Administrator shall submit to Congress each year, at or about the time that the President’s budget is submitted to Congress that year under [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim), a future-years nuclear security program (including associated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations included in that budget. Any such future-years nuclear security program shall cover the fiscal year with respect to which the budget is submitted and at least the four succeeding fiscal years.
**(b) Elements** Each future-years nuclear security program shall contain the following:
(1) A detailed description of the program elements (and the projects, activities, and construction projects associated with each such program element) during the applicable five-fiscal-year period for at least each of the following:
(A) For defense programs—
(i) directed stockpile work;
(ii) campaigns;
(iii) readiness in technical base and facilities; and
(iv) secure transportation asset.
(B) For defense nuclear nonproliferation—
(i) nonproliferation and verification, research, and development;
(ii) arms control; and
(iii) fissile materials disposition.
(C) For naval reactors, naval reactors operations and maintenance.
(2) A statement of proposed budget authority, estimated expenditures, and proposed appropriations necessary to support each program element specified pursuant to paragraph (1).
(3) A detailed description of how the funds identified for each program element specified pursuant to paragraph (1) in the budget for the Administration for each fiscal year during that five-fiscal-year period will hel
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**(a) Submission to Congress** The Administrator shall submit to Congress each year, at or about the time that the President’s budget is submitted to Congress that year under [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim), a future-years nuclear security program (including associated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations included in that budget. Any such future-years nuclear security program shall cover the fiscal year with respect to which the budget is submitted and at least the four succeeding fiscal years.
**(b) Elements** Each future-years nuclear security program shall contain the following:
(1) A detailed description of the program elements (and the projects, activities, and construction projects associated with each such program element) during the applicable five-fiscal-year period for at least each of the following:
(A) For defense programs—
(i) directed stockpile work;
(ii) campaigns;
(iii) readiness in technical base and facilities; and
(iv) secure transportation asset.
(B) For defense nuclear nonproliferation—
(i) nonproliferation and verification, research, and development;
(ii) arms control; and
(iii) fissile materials disposition.
(C) For naval reactors, naval reactors operations and maintenance.
(2) A statement of proposed budget authority, estimated expenditures, and proposed appropriations necessary to support each program element specified pursuant to paragraph (1).
(3) A detailed description of how the funds identified for each program element specified pursuant to paragraph (1) in the budget for the Administration for each fiscal year during that five-fiscal-year period will help ensure that the nuclear weapons stockpile is safe and reliable, as determined in accordance with the criteria established under section 2522(a) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title.
(4) A description of the anticipated workload requirements for each Administration site during that five-fiscal-year period.
**(c) Consistency in budgeting**
(1) The Administrator shall ensure that amounts described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) for any fiscal year are consistent with amounts described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) for that fiscal year.
(2) Amounts referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
(A) The amounts specified in program and budget information submitted to Congress by the Administrator in support of expenditure estimates and proposed appropriations in the budget submitted to Congress by the President under [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for any fiscal year, as shown in the future-years nuclear security program submitted pursuant to subsection (a).
(B) The total amounts of estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities of the Administration included pursuant to paragraph (5) of section 1105(a) of such title in the budget submitted to Congress under that section for any fiscal year.
**(d) Treatment of management contingencies** Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the inclusion in the future-years nuclear security program of amounts for management contingencies, subject to the requirements of subsection (c).
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**(a) Requirement for Criteria.—** The Secretary of Energy shall develop clear and specific criteria for judging whether the science-based tools being used by the Department of Energy for determining the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile are performing in a manner that will provide an adequate degree of certainty that the stockpile is safe and reliable.
**(b) Coordination With Secretary of Defense.—** The Secretary of Energy, in developing the criteria required by subsection (a), shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 2532, Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4212, formerly Pub. L. 104–106, div. C, title XXXI, § 3137, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 620; Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132(a), (b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2829; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4212, and amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3141(e)(13), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1760; Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, § 3131(e), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2181; Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(c)(6), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 1074; Pub. L. 116–92, div. C, title XXXI, § 3139(b)(3), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1962; Pub. L. 118–159, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(c)(4), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2295, related to program establishing a manufacturing infrastructure for refabrication and certification of the nuclear weapons stockpile. See [section 6122 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section6122&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces.
Section 2533, Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4213, formerly Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXI, § 3159, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2842, § 4218(b), (c), formerly Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title XIII, § 1305(c), (d), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1954; Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, § 3163(f), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 946; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4213, by Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, § 3141(e)(14), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1760; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4218(c), (d), and amended Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, §§ 3131(f)(1), 3164(a)(3), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2181, 2206; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4218(b), (c), and amended Pub. L. 113–66, div. C, title XXXI, § 3146(c)(7), (10)(B), Dec. 26, 2013
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**(a) Research and development; weapons production; hazardous wastes; transfers of technologies** The Commission is authorized to—
(1) conduct experiments and do research and development work in the military application of atomic energy;
(2) engage in the production of atomic weapons, or atomic weapon parts, except that such activities shall be carried on only to the extent that the express consent and direction of the President of the United States has been obtained, which consent and direction shall be obtained at least once each year;
(3) provide for safe storage, processing, transportation, and disposal of hazardous waste (including radioactive waste) resulting from nuclear materials production, weapons production and surveillance programs, and naval nuclear propulsion programs;
(4) carry out research on and development of technologies needed for the effective negotiation and verification of international agreements on control of special nuclear materials and nuclear weapons; and
(5) under applicable law (other than this paragraph) and consistent with other missions of the Department of Energy, make transfers of federally owned or originated technology to State and local governments, private industry, and universities or other nonprofit organizations so that the prospects for commercialization of such technology are enhanced.
**(b) Material for Department of Defense use** The President from time to time may direct the Commission (1) to deliver such quantities of special nuclear material or atomic weapons to the Department of Defense for such use as he deems necessary in the interest of national defense, or (2) to authorize the Department of Defense to manufacture, produce, or acquire any atomic weapon or utilization facility for military purposes: Provided, ho
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**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Department of Energy a separately organized agency to be known as the National Nuclear Security Administration (in this chapter referred to as the “Administration”).
**(b) Mission** The mission of the Administration shall be the following:
(1) To enhance United States national security through the military application of nuclear energy.
(2) To support the deterrence of strategic attacks against the United States by maintaining and enhancing the performance, reliability, security, and safety of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile, including the ability to design, produce, and test nuclear weapons as necessary in order to meet national security requirements.
(3) To provide the United States Navy with safe, militarily effective nuclear propulsion plants and to ensure the safe and reliable operation of those plants.
(4) To promote international nuclear safety and nonproliferation.
(5) To reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction.
(6) To support United States leadership in science and technology.
**(c) Operations and activities to be carried out consistently with certain principles** In carrying out the mission of the Administration, the Administrator shall ensure that all operations and activities of the Administration are consistent with the principles of—
(1) fulfilling, to the maximum extent possible, the requirements for nuclear weapons of the Department of Defense;
(2) protecting the environment;
(3) safeguarding the safety and health of the public and of the workforce of the Administration; and
(4) ensuring the security of the nuclear weapons, nuclear material, and classified information in the custody of the Administration.
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**(a)** On or after the first Monday in January but not later than the first Monday in February of each year, the President shall submit a budget of the United States Government for the following fiscal year. Each budget shall include a budget message and summary and supporting information. The President shall include in each budget the following:
(1) information on activities and functions of the Government.
(2) when practicable, information on costs and achievements of Government programs.
(3) other desirable classifications of information.
(4) a reconciliation of the summary information on expenditures with proposed appropriations.
(5) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations the President decides are necessary to support the Government in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year.
(6) estimated receipts of the Government in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that year under—
(A) laws in effect when the budget is submitted; and
(B) proposals in the budget to increase revenues.
(7) appropriations, expenditures, and receipts of the Government in the prior fiscal year.
(8) estimated expenditures and receipts, and appropriations and proposed appropriations, of the Government for the current fiscal year.
(9) balanced statements of the—
(A) condition of the Treasury at the end of the prior fiscal year;
(B) estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the current fiscal year; and
(C) estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted if financial proposals in the budget are adopted.
(10) essential information about the debt of the Government.
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**(a) Establishment.—** The Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator, shall establish a stewardship program to ensure—
(1) the preservation of the core intellectual and technical competencies of the United States in nuclear weapons, including weapons design, system integration, manufacturing, security, use control, reliability assessment, and certification; and
(2) that the nuclear weapons stockpile is safe, secure, and reliable without the use of underground nuclear weapons testing.
**(b) Program Elements.—** The program shall include the following:
(1) An increased level of effort for the construction of new facilities and the modernization of existing facilities with production and manufacturing capabilities that are necessary to support the deterrence of strategic attacks against the United States by maintaining and enhancing the performance, reliability, and security of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile, including—
(A) the nuclear weapons production facilities; and
(B) production and manufacturing capabilities resident in the national security laboratories.
(2) Support for advanced computational capabilities to enhance the simulation and modeling capabilities of the United States with respect to the performance over time of nuclear weapons.
(3) Support for above-ground experimental programs, such as hydrotesting, high-energy lasers, inertial confinement fusion, plasma physics, and materials research.
(4) Support for the modernization of facilities and projects that contribute to the experimental capabilities of the United States that support the sustainment and modernization of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile and the capabilities required to assess nuclear weapons effects.
(5) Support for the use of, and experiments
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**(a) Plan Requirement.—** The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and other appropriate officials of the departments and agencies of the Federal Government, shall develop and annually update a plan for sustaining the nuclear weapons stockpile. The plan shall cover, at a minimum, stockpile stewardship, stockpile management, stockpile responsiveness, stockpile surveillance, program direction, infrastructure modernization, human capital, and nuclear test readiness. The plan shall be consistent with the programmatic and technical requirements of the most recent annual Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum.
**(b) Submissions to Congress.—**
(1) In accordance with subsection (c), not later than 45 days after each date on which a budget for an odd-numbered fiscal year is submitted to Congress, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a detailed report on the plan developed under subsection (a).
(2) The report required by this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
**(c) Elements of Biennial Detailed Report.—** Each detailed report on the plan submitted under subsection (b)(1) shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) With respect to stockpile stewardship, stockpile management, and stockpile responsiveness—
(A) the status of the nuclear weapons stockpile, including the number and age of warheads (including both active and inactive) for each warhead type;
(B) for each five-year period occurring during the period beginning on the date of the report and ending on the date that is 20 years after the date of the report—
(i) the planned number of nuclear warheads (including active and inactive) for each warhead type in the nuclear weapons stockpile; and
(
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**(a) In general**
(1) There is at the head of the Administration an Administrator for Nuclear Security (in this chapter referred to as the “Administrator”).
(2) Pursuant to subsection (c) of [section 7132 of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7132&num=0&edition=prelim), the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy serves as the Administrator.
**(b) Functions** The Administrator has authority over, and is responsible for, all programs and activities of the Administration (except for the functions of the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors specified in the Executive order referred to in [section 2406(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2406/b&num=0&edition=prelim)), including the following:
(1) Strategic management.
(2) Policy development and guidance.
(3) Budget formulation, guidance, and execution, and other financial matters.
(4) Resource requirements determination and allocation.
(5) Program management and direction.
(6) Safeguards and security.
(7) Emergency management and Nuclear Emergency Support Team capabilities, including all field-deployed and remote technical support to public health and safety missions, countering weapons of mass destruction operations, technical and operational nuclear forensics, and responses to United States nuclear weapon accidents.
(8) Integrated safety management.
(9) Environment, safety, and health operations.
(10) Administration of contracts, including the management and operations of the nuclear weapons production facilities and the national security laboratories.
(11) Intelligence.
(12) Counterintelligence.
(13) Personnel, including the selection, appointment, distribution, supervi
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**(a) Establishment**
(1) There is in the Administration a Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation (in this section referred to as the “Director”).
(2) The position of the Director shall be a Senior Executive Service position (as defined in [section 3132(a) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3132/a&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(b) Duties**
(1) The Director shall be the principal advisor to the Administrator, the Deputy Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of Energy with respect to cost estimation and program evaluation for the Administration. The Director shall report directly to the Administrator.
(2) The Administrator may not delegate responsibility for receiving or acting on communications from the Director with respect to cost estimation and program evaluation for the Administration.
**(c) Activities for cost estimation**
(1) The Director shall be the responsible for the following activities relating to cost estimation:
(A) Advising the Administrator on policies and procedures for cost analysis and estimation by the Administration, including the determination of confidence levels with respect to cost estimates.
(B) Reviewing cost estimates and evaluating the performance baseline for each major atomic energy defense acquisition program.
(C) Advising the Administrator on policies and procedures for developing technology readiness assessments for major atomic energy defense acquisition programs that are consistent with the guidelines of the Department of Energy for technology readiness assessments.
(D) Reviewing technology readiness assessments for such programs to ensure that such programs are meeting levels of confidence associated with appropriate overall system performance.
(E) As
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 2453
dent’s budget is submitted to Congress under
section 1105(a) of title 31, each of the following:
(1) The plan required by subsection (b) pre-
pared with respect to that budget.
(2) A report on the plans prepared with re-
spect to the preceding years’ budgets, which
shall include, for each goal provided in those
plans—
(A) the assessment of the Administrator as
to whether or not that goal was met; and
(B) if that assessment is that the goal was
not met—
(i) the reasons why that goal was not
met; and
(ii) the plan of the Administrator for
meeting or, if necessary, adjusting that
goal.
(Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXII, § 3252, Oct. 5,
1999, 113 Stat. 966; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. C, title
XXXI, § 3158(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654,
1654A–469.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2000—Pub. L. 106–398 designated existing provisions as
subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsecs. (b) and
(c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of Pub.
L. 106–65, set out as a note under section 2401 of this
title.
UPDATED FINANCIAL INTEGRATION POLICY
Pub. L. 118–31, div. C, title XXXI, § 3132, Dec. 22, 2023,
137 Stat. 804, provided that: ‘‘Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 22,
2023], the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall
issue an updated financial integration policy, which
shall include the following:
‘‘(1) Updated responsibilities for offices of the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration and require-
ments for management and operating contractors, in-
cluding contractors at sites that are not sites of the
Administration.
‘‘(2) Guidance for how offices of the Administration
should use
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