INCLUSION OF CAPITAL ASSETS ACQUISITION PROJECTS IN ACTIVITIES BY DIRECTOR FOR COST ESTIMATING AND PROGRAM EVALUATION.

SEC. 3113. INCLUSION OF CAPITAL ASSETS ACQUISITION PROJECTS IN ACTIVITIES BY DIRECTOR FOR COST ESTIMATING AND PROGRAM EVALUATION. (a) In General.—Section 3221 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2411) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection: “(h) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to require duplicate reviews or cost estimates for major atomic energy defense acquisition programs by the Administration or other elements of the Department of Energy.” ; and (3) in subsection (i)(2), as redesignated by paragraph (1)— (A) by striking “program.—” and all that follows through “, the term” and inserting “program.—The term”; (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and (C) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and by moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the left. (b) [50 U.S.C. 2411 note] Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Briefing.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Secretary of Energy shall jointly brief the congressional defense committees on a plan for implementing the amendments made by subsection (a)(3) in a manner that avoids duplication of reviews and cost estimates with respect to major atomic energy defense acquisition programs.