PROGRESS ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION.

SEC. 3122. PROGRESS ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION.(a) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that—(1) the spread of nuclear and radiological weapons, or weapons-usable material, technology, equipment, information, and expertise, poses a short- and long-term threat to the security of the United States; and(2) the nonproliferation efforts of the United States should prioritize the programs which most directly address such threat.(b) Annual Report.—(1) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter by not later than March 1 of each year through 2016, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the strategic plans of the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration to prevent the proliferation of materials, technology, equipment, and expertise related to nuclear and radiological weapons in order to minimize the risk of nuclear terrorism and the proliferation of such weapons.(2) Matters included.—Each report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:(A) Progress and challenges in implementing the strategic plans described in paragraph (1), including—(i) preventing nuclear terrorism by securing and removing highly-enriched uranium and plutonium worldwide;(ii) converting reactors from highly-enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium in the Russian Federation and other countries;(iii) providing radiation detection capability at ports and borders;(iv) securing and removing radiological materials worldwide;(v) developing and improving technology to—(I) detect the proliferation and detonation of nuclear weapons;(II) verify foreign commitments to treaties and agreements with respect to nuclear weapons; and(III) detect the diversion of nuclear materials, including safeguard technology;(vi) preventing and countering the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons (including materials, technology, and expertise related to such weapons), including through safeguards, export controls, international regimes, treaties, and agreements;(vii) disposing of surplus material of both the United States and Russia; and(viii) preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons expertise.(B) An estimate of the budget requirements of the National Nuclear Security Administration, including the costs associated with the implementation of the strategic plans described in paragraph (1) over the 5-year period following the date of the report.125 STAT. 1711(C) A discussion of the coordination of the programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration with other offices of the Department of Energy and with other agencies and offices of the Federal Government with respect to implementing the strategic plans described in paragraph (1).(c) Annual Assessment.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter by not later than March 1 of each year through 2016, the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment containing the following:(1) An assessment of the risk that non-nuclear weapons states may acquire nuclear enrichment or reprocessing technology.(2) A list, by country and site, reflecting the total amount of known highly-enriched uranium around the world, and an assessment of the vulnerability of such uranium to theft or diversion.(d) Form.—(1) In general.—Except as provided by paragraph (2), each report and assessment under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.(2) List.—Each list under subsection (c)(2) may be in classified form if the Secretary determines it necessary.(e) Appropriate Congressional Committees.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.