PROHIBITION AND REPORT ON BONUSES TO CONTRACTORS OPERATING DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES

SEC. 3151. PROHIBITION AND REPORT ON BONUSES TO CONTRACTORS OPERATING DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES (a) Prohibition.—The Secretary of Energy may not provide any bonuses, award fees, or other form of performance- or production-based awards to a contractor operating a Department of Energy defense nuclear facility unless, in evaluating the performance or production under the contract, the Secretary considers the contractor’s compliance with all applicable environmental, safety, and health statutes, regulations, and practices for determining both the size of, and the contractor’s qualification for, such bonus, award fee, or other award. The prohibition in this subsection applies with respect to contracts entered into, or contract options exercised, after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Report on Rocky Flats Bonuses.—The Secretary of Energy shall investigate the payment, from 1981 to 1988, of production bonuses to Rockwell International, the contractor operating the Rocky Flats Plant (Golden, Colorado), for purposes of determining whether the payment of such bonuses was made under fraudulent circumstances. Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the results of that investigation, including the Secretary’s conclusions and recommendations. (c) Definition.—In this section, the term “Department of Energy defense nuclear facility” has the meaning given such term by section 318 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286g). (d) Regulations.—The Secretary of Energy shall promulgate regulations to implement subsection (a) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.