EXPANSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES ON LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAMS AND NEW NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

SEC. 3114. EXPANSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATES ON LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAMS AND NEW NUCLEAR FACILITIES. (a) In General.—Subsection (b)(1) of section 4217 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2537) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and by moving such clauses, as so redesignated, two ems to the right; (2) in clause (iii), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking “critical decision 2” and inserting “critical decision 1 and before such facility achieves critical decision 2”; (3) in the matter preceding clause (i), as so redesignated, by striking “an independent cost estimate of”; (4) by inserting before clause (i), as so redesignated, the following: “(A) An independent cost estimate of the following:” ; and (5) by adding at the end the following: “(B) An independent cost review of each nuclear weapon system undergoing life extension at the completion of phase 6.2, relating to study of feasibility and down-select.” . (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.—Such section is further amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking “estimates on” and inserting “estimates and reviews of”; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting “and Reviews” after “Estimates”; and (B) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by inserting “or review” after “estimate” each place it appears. (c) Clerical Amendment.—The table of contents for such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 4217 and inserting the following new item: “Sec. 4217. Selected Acquisition Reports and independent cost estimates and reviews of life extension programs and new nuclear facilities.” .