STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

SEC. 3156. STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. (a) Findings.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) Eliminating the threat posed by nuclear weapons to the United States is an important national security goal. (2) As long as nuclear threats remain, the nuclear deterrent of the United States must be effective and reliable. (3) A safe, secure, effective, and reliable United States nuclear stockpile is central to the current nuclear deterrence strategy of the United States. (4) The Secretary of Energy has undertaken a stockpile stewardship and management program to ensure the safety, security, effectiveness, and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile of the United States, consistent with all United States treaty requirements and the requirements of the nuclear deterrence strategy of the United States. (5) It is the policy of the current administration that new nuclear warhead designs are not required to effectively implement the nuclear deterrence strategy of the United States. (b) Policy.—It is the policy of the United States that— (1) activities of the stockpile stewardship program shall be directed toward ensuring that the United States possesses a safe, secure, effective, and reliable nuclear stockpile, consistent with the national security requirements of the United States; and (2) stockpile stewardship activities of the United States shall be conducted in conformity with the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty signed by the President on September 24, 1996, when and if that treaty enters into force.