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50 U.S.C. § 2401 — Establishment and mission
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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) 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) In general**
(1) There is in the Administration a Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors. The director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program provided for under the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Executive Order shall serve as the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors.
(2) Within the Department of Energy, the Deputy Administrator shall report to the Secretary of Energy through the Administrator and shall have direct access to the Secretary and other senior officials in the Department.
**(b) Duties** The Deputy Administrator shall be assigned the responsibilities, authorities, and accountability for all functions of the Office of Naval Reactors under the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Executive Order.
**(c) Effect on Executive Order** Except as otherwise specified in this section and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the provisions of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Executive Order remain in full force and effect until changed by law.
**(d) Naval Nuclear Propulsion Executive Order** As used in this section, the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Executive Order is Executive Order No. 12344, dated February 1, 1982 ([42 U.S.C. 7158](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7158&num=0&edition=prelim) note) 11 See References in Text note below. (as in force pursuant to section 1634 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98–525; [42 U.S.C. 7158](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7158&num=0&edition=prelim) note)).1
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For purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term “national security laboratory” means any of the following:
(A) Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
(B) Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Livermore, California.
(C) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California.
(2) The term “nuclear weapons production facility” means any of the following:
(A) The Kansas City National Security Campus, Kansas City, Missouri.
(B) The Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.
(C) The Y–12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
(D) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.
(E) The Nevada National Security Site, Nevada.
(F) Any facility of the Department of Energy that the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator and Congress, determines to be consistent with the mission of the Administration.
(3) The term “classified information” means any information that has been determined pursuant to Executive Order No. 12333 of December 4, 1981 ([former] [50 U.S.C. 401](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section401&num=0&edition=prelim) note) [now [50 U.S.C. 3001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3001&num=0&edition=prelim) note], Executive Order No. 12958 of April 17, 1995 ([former] [50 U.S.C. 435](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section435&num=0&edition=prelim) note), or successor orders, to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and that is so designated.
(4) The term “Restricted Data” has the meaning given such term in [section 2014(y) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2014/y&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) The term “con
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There is established at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of Energy. There shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary of Energy (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Secretary”), who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Department shall be administered, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, under the supervision and direction of the Secretary.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 432c, comprising section 705 of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, was editorially reclassified as [section 3145 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3145&num=0&edition=prelim).
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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) Materiel Readiness Metrics.—** Each head of an element of the Department specified in paragraphs (1) through (10) of [section 111(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section111/b&num=0&edition=prelim) shall establish and maintain materiel readiness metrics to enable assessment of the readiness of members of the armed forces to carry out—
(1) the strategic framework required by section 113(g)(1)(B)(vii) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title; and
(2) guidance issued by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to [section 113(g)(1)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section113/g/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Required Metrics.—** At a minimum, the materiel readiness metrics required by subsection (a) shall establish procedures and a computation methodology to determine the materiel availability, operational availability, operational capability, and materiel reliability of each major weapon system by designated mission, design series, variant, or class.
**(c) Materiel Readiness Objectives.—**
(1) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, each head of an element described in subsection (a) shall establish materiel readiness objectives for each major weapon system.
(2) Annually, each head of an element described in subsection (a) shall review and revise such materiel readiness objectives and include any such revisions in the materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the President under [section 1105 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Budget Justification.—** Not later than five days after the date on which the Secre
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The provisions of Executive Order Numbered 12344, dated February 1, 1982, pertaining to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, shall remain in force until changed by law.
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**(a) In General.—** The Administrator shall establish a management structure for the nuclear security enterprise in accordance with the National Nuclear Security Administration Act ([50 U.S.C. 2401](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2401&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
**(b) National Nuclear Security Administration Council.—**
(1) The Administrator shall establish a council to be known as the “National Nuclear Security Administration Council”. The Council may advise the Administrator on—
(A) scientific and technical issues relating to policy matters;
(B) operational concerns;
(C) strategic planning;
(D) the development of priorities relating to the mission and operations of the Administration and the nuclear security enterprise; and
(E) such other matters as the Administrator determines appropriate.
(2) The Council shall be composed of the directors of the national security laboratories and the nuclear weapons production facilities.
(3) The Council may provide the Administrator or the Secretary of Energy recommendations—
(A) for improving the governance, management, effectiveness, and efficiency of the Administration; and
(B) relating to any other matter in accordance with paragraph (1).
(4) Not later than 60 days after the date on which any recommendation under paragraph (3) is received, the Administrator or the Secretary, as the case may be, shall respond to the Council with respect to whether such recommendation will be implemented and the reasoning for implementing or not implementing such recommendation.
**(c) Rule of Construction.—** This section may not be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of Energy, in carrying out national security programs, with respect to the management,
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**(a) Authority.—** If and to the extent that the Administrator deems it appropriate to further mission activities under section 3211 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act ([50 U.S.C. 2401](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2401&num=0&edition=prelim)), a passenger carrier may be used to provide transportation services to contractor employees between the covered facility of the contractor employee and a mass transit facility in accordance with any applicable transportation plan adopted by the Administrator pursuant to this section.
**(b) Plan Requests and Approval.—**
(1) The Administrator—
(A) shall—
(i) provide Management and Operating contractors at covered facilities the opportunity to, on a voluntary basis, submit, through the cognizant contracting officer of the applicable covered facility, a plan to provide transportation services described in subsection (a) for contractor employees at the covered facility; and
(ii) review each such plan submitted in accordance with clause (i); and
(B) may approve each such plan if the requirements described in clauses (i) through (iv) of paragraph (2)(B) are satisfied.
(2) Each plan submitted pursuant to paragraph (1)(A)—
(A) may include proposals for parking facilities, road improvements, real property acquisition, passenger carrier services, and commuting cost deferment payments to contractor employees; and
(B) shall include—
(i) a description of how the use of passenger carriers will facilitate the mission of the covered facility;
(ii) a description of how the plan will be economical and advantageous to the Federal Government;
(iii) a summary of the benefits that will be provided under the plan and how costs will be monitored; and
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 93, as added Pub. L. 103–160, div. C, title XXXI, § 3156(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1953, related to congressional oversight of special access programs. See [section 2426 of Title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2426&num=0&edition=prelim), War and National Defense.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of Pub. L. 106–65, set out as an Effective Date note under [section 2401 of Title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2401&num=0&edition=prelim), War and National Defense.
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