PROGRAM ON SCIENTIFIC ENGAGEMENT FOR NONPROLIFERATION.

SEC. 3122. PROGRAM ON SCIENTIFIC ENGAGEMENT FOR NONPROLIFERATION.(a) Program Required.—(1) Scientific engagement.—The Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator for Nuclear Security, shall carry out a program on scientific engagement in countries selected by the Secretary for purposes of the program to advance global nonproliferation and nuclear security efforts.(2) Elements.—The program under paragraph (1) shall include the following elements:(A) Training and capacity-building to strengthen nonproliferation and security best practices.(B) Engagement of scientists of the United States with foreign counterparts to advance nonproliferation goals.(3) Distinct program.—The program required by this subsection shall be a distinct program from the Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program.(b) Limitation.—(1) Report on commencement of program.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 or any fiscal year thereafter for the National Nuclear Security Administration, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended under the program under subsection (a) until the date on which the Administrator submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report setting forth the following:(A) For each country selected for the program as of the date of such report—(i) a proliferation threat assessment prepared by the Director of National Intelligence; and(ii) metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of the program.(B) Accounting standards for the conduct of the program approved by the Comptroller General of the United States.126 STAT. 2177(2) Form.—The report under paragraph (1) may be submitted in unclassified form and may include a classified annex.(c) Reports on Modification of Program.—(1) In general.—Not later than 15 days before making any modification in the program under subsection (a) (including selecting a new country for the program, ceasing the selection of a country for the program, or modifying an element of the program), the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the modification.(2) New country.—If the modification covered by a report under paragraph (1) consists of the selection for the program of a country not previously selected for the program, the report shall include, for each such country, the matters described in subsection (b)(1)(A).(3) Form.—The report under paragraph (1) may be submitted in unclassified form and may include a classified annex.(d) Report on Coordination With Other U.S. Nonproliferation Programs.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the manner in which the program under subsection (a) coordinates with and complements, but does not duplicate, other nonproliferation programs of the Federal Government.(e) Comptroller General Report.—(1) In general.—Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the program under subsection (a).(2) Matters included.—The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:(A) An assessment by the Comptroller General of the effectiveness of the program, as determined in accordance with the metrics described in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii).(B) An assessment of how the program coordinates with, complements, or duplicates other nonproliferation programs of the Federal Government.(C) Such other matters on the program as the Comptroller General considers appropriate.(f) Termination.—The authority to carry out the program under subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2016.(g) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the following:(1) The congressional defense committees.(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.