COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY OF STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

SEC. 3133. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY OF STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.(a) In General.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the stockpile stewardship program established under section 4201 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521) to determine if the program was functioning, as of December 2008, as envisioned when the program was established.(b) Elements.—The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following:(1) An assessment of whether the capabilities determined to be necessary to maintain the nuclear weapons stockpile without the use of nuclear testing have been implemented and the extent to which such capabilities are functioning.(2) A review and description of the agreements governing use, management, and support of the capabilities developed for the stockpile stewardship program and an assessment of enforcement of, and compliance with, those agreements.(3) An assessment of plans for surveillance and testing of nuclear weapons in the stockpile and the extent of the compliance with such plans.(4) An assessment of—(A) the condition of the infrastructure at the plants and laboratories of the nuclear weapons complex;(B) the value of nuclear weapons facilities built after 1992;(C) any plans that are in place to maintain, improve, or replace such infrastructure;(D) whether there is a validated requirement for all planned infrastructure replacement projects; and(E) the projected costs for each such project and the time line for completion of each such project.123 STAT. 2713(5) An assessment of the efforts to ensure and maintain the intellectual and technical capability of the nuclear weapons complex to support the nuclear weapons stockpile.(6) Recommendations for the stockpile stewardship program going forward.(c) Report.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the study required by subsection (a).