DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CLEANUP REFORM PROGRAM.

SEC. 3145. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CLEANUP REFORM PROGRAM. (a) Program Required.—From funds made available pursuant to section 3102(a)(2) for defense environmental management cleanup reform, the Secretary of Energy shall carry out a program to reform DOE environmental management activities. In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall allocate, to each site for which the Secretary has submitted to the congressional defense committees a site performance management plan, the amount of those funds that such plan requires. (b) Transfer and Merger of Funds.—(1) Funds so allocated shall, notwithstanding section 3624, be transferred to the account for DOE environmental management activities and, subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (c), shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same period as the funds available in such account. The authority provided by section 3629 shall apply to funds so transferred. (2) No funds so allocated may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a description of the activities to be carried out at each site to which funds are so allocated. (c) Limitation on Use of All Merged Funds.—Upon a transfer and merger of funds under subsection (b), all funds in the merged account that are available with respect to the site may be used only to carry out the site performance management plan for the site. (d) Site Performance Management Plan Defined.—For purposes of this section, a site performance management plan for a site is a plan, agreed to by the applicable Federal and State agencies with regulatory jurisdiction with respect to the site, for the performance of activities to accelerate the reduction of environmental risk in connection with, and to accelerate the environmental cleanup of, the site. (e) DOE Environmental Management Activities Defined.—For purposes of this section, the term “DOE environmental management activities” means environmental restoration and waste management activities of the Department of Energy in carrying out programs necessary for national security.