SUBCHAPTER I—ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION
§2401. Establishment and mission
(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 maintain and enhance the safety, reliability, and performance of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile, including the ability to design, produce, and test, 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) protecting the environment;
(2) safeguarding the safety and health of the public and of the workforce of the Administration; and
(3) ensuring the security of the nuclear weapons, nuclear material, and classified information in the custody of the Administration.
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References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original "this title", meaning title XXXII of div. C of
Amendments
2013—Subsec. (c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
"(a)
"(b)
"(2) Sections 3234 and 3235 [enacting
Short Title
Preparation of Infrastructure Plan for the Nuclear Weapons Complex
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) The Department of Defense Nuclear Posture Review required pursuant to section 1041 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by
"(B) Any efficiencies and security benefits of consolidation of facilities of the nuclear weapons complex.
"(C) The necessity to have a residual production capability.
"(b)
"(c)
"(1) The terms 'Secretary' and 'Secretary of Energy' mean the Secretary of Energy, acting after consideration of the recommendations of the Administrator for Nuclear Security.
"(2) The term 'nuclear weapons complex' means the national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities (as such terms are defined in section 3281 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (
Study and Report Related to Improving Mission Effectiveness, Partnerships, and Technology Transfer at National Security Laboratories and Nuclear Weapons Production Facilities
"(a)
"(1) The advantages and disadvantages of providing the Administrator for Nuclear Security with authority, notwithstanding the limitations otherwise imposed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, to enter into transactions with public agencies, private organizations, or individuals on terms the Administrator considers appropriate to the furtherance of basic, applied, and advanced research functions. The Advisory Board shall consider, in its assessment of this authority, the management history of the Department of Energy and the effect of this authority on the National Nuclear Security Administration's use of contractors to operate the national security laboratories.
"(2) The advantages and disadvantages of establishing and implementing policies and procedures to facilitate the transfer of scientific, technical, and professional personnel among national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities.
"(3) The advantages and disadvantages of making changes in—
"(A) the indemnification requirements for patents or other intellectual property licensed from a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility;
"(B) the royalty and fee schedules and types of compensation that may be used for patents or other intellectual property licensed to a small business concern from a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility;
"(C) the licensing procedures and requirements for patents and other intellectual property;
"(D) the rights given to a small business concern that has licensed a patent or other intellectual property from a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility to bring suit against third parties infringing such intellectual property;
"(E) the advance funding requirements for a small business concern funding a project at a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility through a funds-in agreement;
"(F) the intellectual property rights allocated to a business when it is funding a project at a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility through a funds-in agreement; and
"(G) policies on royalty payments to inventors employed by a contractor operating a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility, including those for inventions made under a funds-in agreement.
"(b)
"(c)
Definitions for Purposes of Pub. L. 106–398
Report Containing Implementation Plan of Secretary of Energy
Classification in United States Code
§2402. Administrator for Nuclear Security
(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
(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
(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, supervision, establishing of compensation, and separation of personnel in accordance with subchapter III of this chapter.
(14) Procurement of services of experts and consultants in accordance with
(15) Legal matters.
(16) Legislative affairs.
(17) Public affairs.
(18) Eliminating inventories of surplus fissile materials usable for nuclear weapons.
(19) Liaison with other elements of the Department of Energy and with other Federal agencies, State, tribal, and local governments, and the public.
(20) Information resources management, including cybersecurity.
(c) Procurement authority
The Administrator is the senior procurement executive for the Administration for the purposes of
(d) Policy authority
The Administrator may establish Administration-specific policies, unless disapproved by the Secretary of Energy.
(e) Membership on Nuclear Weapons Council
The Administrator serves as a member of the Nuclear Weapons Council under
(f) Reorganization authority
Except as provided by subsections (b) and (c) of
(1) The Administrator may establish, abolish, alter, consolidate, or discontinue any organizational unit or component of the Administration, or transfer any function of the Administration.
(2) Such authority does not apply to the abolition of organizational units or components established by law or the transfer of functions vested by law in any organizational unit or component.
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Amendments
2023—Subsec. (b)(7).
Subsec. (b)(20).
2013—Subsec. (a)(2).
Subsec. (c).
2008—Subsec. (b)(18), (19).
2004—Subsec. (e).
2001—Subsecs. (e), (f).
2000—Subsec. (e).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of
Infrastructure Modernization Initiative
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"(2)
"(A)
"(i)
"(I) the demolition or construction of non-nuclear facilities of the Administration that have a total estimated project cost of less than $100,000,000; and
"(II) the decontamination, decommissioning, and demolition (to be performed in accordance with applicable health and safety standards used by the Defense Environmental Cleanup Program) of process-contaminated facilities of the Administration that have a total estimated project cost of less than $75,000,000.
"(ii)
"(B)
"(i) perform new construction during a fiscal year that differs from the fiscal year of corresponding facility demolition;
"(ii) perform demolition of different facility category codes and have that demolition credit count towards the construction of new facilities with a different facility category code; and
"(iii) have the net reduction in infrastructure footprint for the five fiscal years prior to the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 12, 2017], and the demolition during the five fiscal years following such date of enactment, considered as a factor for the purpose of meeting the intent of such memorandum.
"(3)
"(A) the funding required to carry out the program during the period covered by the future-years nuclear security program under section 3253 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (
"(B) the criteria for selecting and prioritizing projects within the program under paragraph (1);
"(C) mechanisms for ensuring the robust management and oversight of such projects;
"(D) a description of the process provided to the Administrator to carry out the program pursuant to paragraph (2)(A); and
"(E) a description of any legislative actions the Administrator recommends to further enhance or streamline authorities or processes relating to the program.
"(4)
"(5)
Technology Infrastructure Pilot Program
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"(b)
"(c)
"(2) From amounts available in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 for technology partnership programs of the Administration, the Administrator may allocate to carry out the pilot program not more than $5,000,000.
"(d)
"(1) The participants in the project include—
"(A) a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility; and
"(B) one or more of the following:
"(i) A business.
"(ii) An institution of higher education.
"(iii) A nonprofit institution.
"(iv) An agency of a State, local, or tribal government.
"(2)(A) Not less than 50 percent of the costs of the project are to be provided by non-Federal sources.
"(B)(i) The calculation of the amount of the costs of the project provided by non-Federal sources shall include cash, personnel, services, equipment, and other resources expended on the project.
"(ii) No funds or other resources expended before the start of the project or outside the project's scope of work may be credited toward the costs provided by non-Federal sources to the project.
"(3) The project (other than in the case of a project under which the participating laboratory or facility receives funding under this section) shall be competitively selected by that laboratory or facility using procedures determined to be appropriate by the Administrator.
"(4) No Federal funds shall be made available under this section for—
"(A) construction; or
"(B) any project for more than five years.
"(e)
"(A) stimulate the development of technology expertise and capabilities in private industry and institutions of higher education that can support the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation missions of the national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities on a continuing basis;
"(B) improve the ability of those laboratories and facilities [to] benefit from commercial research, technology, products, processes, and services that can support the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation missions of those laboratories and facilities on a continuing basis; and
"(C) encourage the exchange of scientific and technological expertise between those laboratories and facilities and—
"(i) institutions of higher education;
"(ii) technology-related business concerns;
"(iii) nonprofit institutions; and
"(iv) agencies of State, tribal, or local governments;
that can support the missions of those laboratories and facilities.
"(2) The Administrator may authorize the provision of Federal funds for a project under this section only if the director of the laboratory or facility managing the project determines that the project is likely to improve the ability of that laboratory or facility to achieve technical success in meeting nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation missions of the Administration.
"(3) The Administrator shall require the director of the laboratory or facility to consider the following criteria in selecting a project to receive Federal funds:
"(A) The potential of the project to succeed, based on its technical merit, team members, management approach, resources, and project plan.
"(B) The potential of the project to promote the development of a commercially sustainable technology, determined by considering whether the project will derive sufficient demand for its products or services from the private sector to support the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation missions of the participating laboratory or facility on a continuing basis.
"(C) The potential of the project to promote the use of commercial research, technology, products, processes, and services by the participating laboratory or facility to achieve its nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation missions.
"(D) The commitment shown by non-Federal organizations to the project, based primarily on the nature and amount of the financial and other resources they will risk on the project.
"(E) The extent to which the project involves a wide variety and number of institutions of higher education, nonprofit institutions, and technology-related business concerns that can support the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation missions of the participating laboratory or facility on a continuing basis and that will make substantive contributions to achieving the goals of the project.
"(F) The extent of participation in the project by agencies of State, tribal, or local governments that will make substantive contributions to achieving the goals of the project.
"(G) The extent to which the project focuses on promoting the development of technology-related business concerns that are small business concerns or involves small business concerns substantively in the project.
"(f)
"(1) identify the national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities that have been designated by the Administrator to participate in the pilot program; and
"(2) with respect to each laboratory or facility identified under paragraph (1)—
"(A) identify the businesses, institutions of higher education, nonprofit institutions, and agencies of State, local, or tribal government that are expected to participate in the pilot program at that laboratory or facility;
"(B) identify the technology areas to be addressed by the pilot program at that laboratory or facility and the manner in which the pilot program will support high-priority missions of that laboratory or facility on a continuing basis; and
"(C) describe the management controls that have been put into place to ensure that the pilot program as conducted at that laboratory or facility is conducted in a cost-effective manner consistent with the objectives of the pilot program.
"(g)
"(2) Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Administrator submits the report required by paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the Comptroller General's assessment of that report."
[For definitions of "national security laboratory" and "nuclear weapons production facility" as used in section 1 [div. C, title XXXI, §3161] of
§2403. Principal Deputy Administrator for Nuclear Security
(a) In general
(1) There is in the Administration a Principal Deputy Administrator, who is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) The Principal Deputy Administrator shall be appointed from among persons who have extensive background in organizational management and are well qualified to manage the nuclear weapons, nonproliferation, and materials disposition programs of the Administration in a manner that advances and protects the national security of the United States.
(b) Duties
Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Administrator, the Principal Deputy Administrator shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Administrator may prescribe, including the coordination of activities among the elements of the Administration. The Principal Deputy Administrator shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the Administrator when the Administrator is disabled or the position of Administrator is vacant.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 2403,
§2404. Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs
(a) In general
There is in the Administration a Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, who is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) Duties
Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Administrator may prescribe, including the following:
(1) Maintaining and enhancing the safety, reliability, and performance of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile, including the ability to design, produce, and test, in order to meet national security requirements.
(2) Directing, managing, and overseeing the nuclear weapons production facilities and the national security laboratories.
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Amendments
2023—Subsec. (b)(3).
2001—Subsec. (c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of
§2405. Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
(a) In general
There is in the Administration a Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, who is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) Duties
Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Administrator may prescribe, including the following:
(1) Preventing the spread of materials, technology, and expertise relating to weapons of mass destruction.
(2) Detecting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction worldwide.
(3) Eliminating inventories of surplus fissile materials usable for nuclear weapons.
(4) Providing for international nuclear safety.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of
§2406. Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors
(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 (
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
Executive Order No. 12344, referred to in subsec. (d), is set out as a note under
Section 1634 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of
1 See References in Text note below.
§2407. General Counsel
There is a General Counsel of the Administration. The General Counsel is the chief legal officer of the Administration.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of
§2408. Staff of Administration
(a) In general
The Administrator shall maintain within the Administration sufficient staff to assist the Administrator in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the Administrator.
(b) Responsibilities
The staff of the Administration shall perform, in accordance with applicable law, such of the functions of the Administrator as the Administrator shall prescribe. The Administrator shall assign to the staff responsibility for the following functions:
(1) Personnel.
(2) Legislative affairs.
(3) Public affairs.
(4) Liaison with the Department of Energy's Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence.
(5) Liaison with other elements of the Department of Energy and with other Federal agencies, State, tribal, and local governments, and the public.
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Editorial Notes
Amendments
2006—Subsec. (b)(4), (5).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of
§2409. Scope of authority of Secretary of Energy to modify organization of Administration
Notwithstanding the authority granted by
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§2410. Status of Administration and contractor personnel within Department of Energy
(a) Status of Administration personnel
Each officer or employee of the Administration—
(1) shall be responsible to and subject to the authority, direction, and control of—
(A) the Secretary acting through the Administrator and consistent with
(B) the Administrator; or
(C) the Administrator's designee within the Administration; and
(2) shall not be responsible to, or subject to the authority, direction, or control of, any other officer, employee, or agent of the Department of Energy.
(b) Status of contractor personnel
Each officer or employee of a contractor of the Administration shall not be responsible to, or subject to the authority, direction, or control of, any officer, employee, or agent of the Department of Energy who is not an employee of the Administration, except for the Secretary of Energy consistent with
(c) Construction of section
Subsections (a) and (b) may not be interpreted to in any way preclude or interfere with the communication of technical findings derived from, and in accord with, duly authorized activities between—
(1) the head, or any contractor employee, of a national security laboratory or of a nuclear weapons production facility; and
(2) the Department of Energy, the President, or Congress.
(d) Prohibition on dual office holding
Except in accordance with
(1) An individual may not concurrently hold or carry out the responsibilities of—
(A) a position within the Administration; and
(B) a position within the Department of Energy not within the Administration.
(2) No funds appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year may be used to pay, to an individual who concurrently holds or carries out the responsibilities of a position specified in paragraph (1)(A) and a position specified in paragraph (1)(B), the basic pay, salary, or other compensation relating to any such position.
(e) Status of intelligence and counterintelligence personnel
Notwithstanding the restrictions of subsections (a) and (b), each officer or employee of the Administration, or of a contractor of the Administration, who is carrying out activities related to intelligence or counterintelligence shall, in carrying out those activities, be subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Energy or the Secretary's delegate.
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Codification
Section was formerly classified to
Amendments
2014—Subsec. (c).
2013—Subsecs. (a)(1)(A), (b).
2009—Subsec. (e).
2006—Subsec. (e).
2000—Subsec. (a).
Subsec. (b).
Subsec. (d).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Mar. 1, 2000, see section 3299 of
§2411. Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation
(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
(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 directed by the Administrator, conducting independent cost estimates for such programs.
(2) A review, evaluation, or cost estimate conducted under subparagraph (B), (D), or (E) of paragraph (1) shall be considered an inherently governmental function, but the Director may use data collected by a national security laboratory or a management and operating contractor of the Administration in conducting such a review, evaluation, or cost estimate.
(3) The Director shall submit in writing to the Administrator the following:
(A) The certification of the Director with respect to each review, evaluation, and cost estimate conducted under subparagraph (B), (D), or (E) of paragraph (1).
(B) A statement of the confidence level of the Director with respect to each such review, evaluation, and cost estimate, including an identification of areas of uncertainty, risk, and opportunity discovered in conducting each such review, evaluation, and cost estimate.
(d) Activities for program evaluation
(1) The Director shall be responsible for the following activities relating to program evaluation:
(A) Reviewing and commenting on policies and procedures for setting requirements for the future-years nuclear security program under
(B) Reviewing the future-years nuclear security program on an annual basis to ensure that the program is accurate and thorough.
(C) Advising the Administrator on policies and procedures for analyses of alternatives for major atomic energy defense acquisition programs.
(D) As part of the planning, programming, and budgeting process of the Administration under
(E) Developing and managing the submittal of the Selected Acquisition Reports and independent cost estimates on nuclear weapons systems undergoing major life extension under
(F) Reviewing cost and schedule baselines for projects under
(2) A review conducted under paragraph (1)(B) shall be considered an inherently governmental function, but the Director may use data collected by a national security laboratory or a management and operating contractor of the Administration in conducting such a review.
(3) The Director shall submit to Congress a report on any major programmatic deviations from the future-years nuclear security program discovered in conducting a review under paragraph (1)(B) at or about the time the budget of the President is submitted to Congress under
(e) Data collection and accessibility
The Administrator, acting through the Director, shall, as appropriate, seek to use procedures, processes, and policies for collecting cost data and making that data accessible that are similar to the procedures, processes, and policies used by the Defense Cost Analysis Resource Center of the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation of the Department of Defense for those purposes.
(f) Staff
The Administrator shall ensure that the Director has sufficient numbers of personnel who have competence in technical matters, budgetary matters, cost estimation, technology readiness analysis, and other appropriate matters to carry out the functions required by this section.
(g) Reports by Director
The Director shall submit to Congress at or about the time that the budget of the President is submitted to Congress pursuant to
(1) A description of activities conducted by the Director during the calendar year preceding the submission of the report that are related to the duties and activities described in this section.
(2) A list of all major atomic energy defense acquisition programs and a concise description of the status of each such program and project in meeting cost and critical schedule milestones.
(h) Rule of Construction
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require duplicate reviews or cost estimates for major atomic energy defense acquisition programs by the Administration or other elements of the Department of Energy.
(i) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Administration
The term "Administration", with respect to any authority, duty, or responsibility provided by this section, does not include the Office of Naval Reactors.
(2) Major atomic energy defense acquisition program
The term "major atomic energy defense acquisition program" means an atomic energy defense acquisition program of the Administration—
(A) the total project cost of which is more than $500,000,000; or
(B) the total lifetime cost of which is more than $1,000,000,000.
(3) Performance baseline
The term "performance baseline", with respect to a major atomic energy defense acquisition program, means the key parameters with respect to performance, scope, cost, and schedule for the project budget of the program.
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Editorial Notes
Amendments
2019—Subsec. (b)(1).
2018—Subsecs. (h), (i).
Subsec. (i)(2).
2014—Subsec. (h)(1) to (3).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
§2412. Cybersecurity Risk Inventory, Assessment, and Mitigation Working Group
(a) Establishment
There is in the Administration a working group, to be known as the "Cybersecurity Risk Inventory, Assessment, and Mitigation Working Group" (referred to in this section as the "working group").
(b) Membership
Members of the working group shall include—
(1) the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs;
(2) the Associate Administrator for Information Management and Chief Information Officer; and
(3) such other personnel of the Administration as are determined appropriate for inclusion in the working group by the Chairperson.
(c) Chairperson
The Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs shall serve as the Chairperson of the working group, except that the Administrator may designate another member of the working group to serve as Chairperson in lieu of the Deputy Administrator if the Administrator determines it is appropriate to do so.
(d) Comprehensive strategy
The working group shall prepare a comprehensive strategy for inventorying the range of systems of the Administration that are potentially at risk in the operational technology and nuclear weapons information technology environments, assessing the systems at risk based on mission impact, and implementing risk mitigation actions. Such strategy shall incorporate key elements of effective cybersecurity risk management strategies, as identified by the Government Accountability Office, including the specification of—
(1) goals, objectives, activities, and performance measures;
(2) organizational roles, responsibilities, and coordination;
(3) resources needed to implement the strategy through 2034; and
(4) detailed milestones and schedules for completion of tasks.
(e) Submission to Congress
(1) Interim briefing
Not later than 120 days after December 22, 2023, the working group shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the plan of the working group to develop the strategy required under subsection (d).
(2) Completed strategy
Not later than April 1, 2025, the working group shall submit the congressional defense committees a copy of the completed strategy.
(f) Termination
The working group shall terminate on a date determined by the Administrator that is not earlier than the date that is five years after December 22, 2023.
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