DUAL VALIDATION OF ANNUAL WEAPONS ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION.

SEC. 3114. DUAL VALIDATION OF ANNUAL WEAPONS ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION.(a) Dual Validation.—(1) Plan.—Not later than March 1, 2010, the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan (including a schedule) to carry out subsection (c) of section 4205 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (division D of Public Law 107–314; 50 U.S.C. 2525), as added by paragraph (2) of this subsection.(2) Dual validation.—Section 4205 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (division D of Public Law 107–314; 50 U.S.C. 2525) is amended—(A) by redesignating subsections (c) through (h) as subsections (d) through (i), respectively; and(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):“(c) Dual Validation Teams in Support of Assessments.—In support of the assessments required by subsection (a), the Administrator for Nuclear Security may establish teams, known as ‘dual validation teams’, to provide each national security laboratory responsible for weapons design with independent evaluations of the condition of each warhead for which such laboratory has lead responsibility. A dual validation team established by the Administrator shall—“(1) be comprised of weapons experts from the laboratory that does not have lead responsibility for fielding the warhead being evaluated;“(2) have access to all surveillance and underground test data for all stockpile systems for use in the independent evaluations;“(3) use all relevant available data to conduct independent calculations; and“(4) pursue independent experiments to support the independent evaluations.”.(b) Red Team Reviews.—Subsection (d)(1) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section, is amended—(1) by inserting “both” after “review”; and123 STAT. 2707(2) by inserting after “that laboratory” the following: “and any independent evaluations conducted by a dual validation team under subsection (c)”.(c) Summary.—Subsection (e)(3) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section, is amended—(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking “and” at the end;(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:“(D) a concise summary of the results of any independent evaluation conducted by a dual validation team under subsection (c).”.(d) Conforming Amendments.—Such section is further amended—(1) in paragraph (3)(C) of subsection (e), as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section, by striking “subsection (c)” and inserting “subsection (d)”;(2) in paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (f), as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section, by striking “subsection (d)” and inserting “subsection (e)”;(3) in subsection (g), as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section, by striking “subsection (e)” and inserting “subsection (f)”; and(4) in subsection (i), as redesignated by subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section—(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “subsection (d)” and inserting “subsection (e)”; and(B) in paragraph (2), by striking “subsection (e)” and inserting “subsection (f)”.