PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY OPTIONS.

SEC. 3119. PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY OPTIONS. Subtitle E of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and conforming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): “SEC. 3265. [50 U.S.C. 2466] USE OF FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF OPTIONS TO PURCHASE REAL PROPERTY “(a) Authority.—Subject to the limitation in subsection (b), funds authorized to be appropriated for the Administration for the purchase of real property may be expended to purchase options for the purchase of real property. “(b) Limitation on Price of Options.—The price of any option purchased pursuant to subsection (a) may not exceed the minor construction threshold (as defined in section 4701 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2741)). “(c) Notice.—Not later than 14 days after the date an option is purchased pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees— “(1) a notification of such purchase; and “(2) a summary of the rationale for such purchase.” .