SURVEY OF WORKFORCE OF NATIONAL SECURITY LABORATORIES AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITIES.

SEC. 3136. SURVEY OF WORKFORCE OF NATIONAL SECURITY LABORATORIES AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITIES. (a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes— (1) a detailed proposal for a survey of the workforce of the national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities that is modeled on the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey of the Office of Personnel Management; (2) the determination of the Administrator with respect to whether to implement the survey; (3) the views of the Administrator regarding the value, efficiency, and effectiveness of the survey as compared to other means for acquiring information of the type collected using the survey; and (4) if the Administrator determines not to implement the survey, a description of the reasons for that determination. (b) Implementation Factors.—The report required by subsection (a) shall address factors associated with implementation of the survey described in that subsection, including— (1) the costs of designing the survey; (2) the time required for and the costs of administering the survey and analyzing the data from the survey; (3) the periodicity of administering the survey to ascertain trends; and (4) any other matters the Administrator considers appropriate. (c) Definitions.—In this section, the terms “national security laboratory” and “nuclear weapons production facility” have the meanings given those terms in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501).