REPORTS ON ACHIEVEMENT OF MILESTONES FOR NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY.

SEC. 3137. REPORTS ON ACHIEVEMENT OF MILESTONES FOR NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY. (a) Notification of Achievement.—The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall notify the congressional defense committees when the National Ignition Facility (NIF), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, achieves each Level I milestone and Level II milestone for the National Ignition Facility. (b) Report on Failure of Timely Achievement.—Not later than 10 days after the date on which the National Ignition Facility fails to achieve a Level I milestone or Level II milestone for the National Ignition Facility in a timely manner, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on such failure. Each such report shall include— (1) a statement of the failure of the National Ignition Facility to achieve the milestone concerned in a timely manner; (2) an explanation for the failure; and (3) either— (A) an estimate when that milestone will be achieved; or (B) if that milestone will not be achieved— (i) a statement that that milestone will not be achieved; (ii) an explanation why that milestone will not be achieved; and (iii) the implications for the overall scope, schedule, and budget of the National Ignition Facility project of not achieving that milestone. (c) Milestones.—For purposes of this section, the Level I milestones and Level II milestones for the National Ignition Facility are as established in the August 2000 revised National Ignition Facility baseline document. (d) Termination.—The requirements of this section shall terminate on September 30, 2004.