DESIGN AND USE OF PROTOTYPES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

SEC. 3115. DESIGN AND USE OF PROTOTYPES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. (a) Prototypes.—Subtitle A of title XLV of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “SEC. 4509. [50 U.S.C. 2660] DESIGN AND USE OF PROTOTYPES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES “(a) Prototypes. The Administrator shall develop and carry out a plan for the national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities to design and build prototypes of nuclear weapons to further intelligence estimates with respect to foreign nuclear weapons activities. “(b) Prohibition on Production of Nuclear Yields. In carrying out subsection (a), the Administrator may not conduct any experiments that produce a nuclear yield.” . (b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of contents at the beginning of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4508 the following new item: “Sec. 4509. Design and use of prototypes of nuclear weapons for intelligence purposes.” .