ASSESSMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPON SECONDARY REQUIREMENT.

SEC. 1646. ASSESSMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPON SECONDARY REQUIREMENT. (a) Assessment.—The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Commander of the United States Strategic Command, shall assess the annual secondary production requirement needed to sustain a safe, secure, reliable, and effective nuclear deterrent. (b) Report.— (1) In general.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Commander of the United States Strategic Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report regarding the assessment conducted under subsection (a). (2) Matters included.—The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) An explanation of the rationale and assumptions that led to the current 50 to 80 secondaries per year production requirement, including the factors considered in determining such requirement. (B) An analysis of whether there are any changes to such 50 to 80 secondaries per year production requirement, including the reasons for any such changes. (C) A description of how the secondary production requirement is affected by or related to— (i) the demands of stockpile modernization, including the schedule for life extension programs; (ii) the requirement for a responsive infrastructure, including the ability to hedge against technical failure and geopolitical risk; and (iii) the number of secondaries held in reserve or the inactive stockpile, and the likelihood such secondaries may be reused. (E) The proposed timeframe for achieving such 50 to 80 secondaries per year production requirement. (3) Form.—The report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.