To require a plan to modernize the nuclear security enterprise.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the National Nuclear Security Administration to produce and carry out a near-term modernization plan for material staging capabilities and to brief Congress on that plan.
Who Benefits and How
Nuclear security modernization planning could move faster and Congress would get a formal update on the plan.
Who Bears the Burden and How
NNSA and Energy Department officials would need to prepare the plan, execute it on a compressed timeline, and brief Congress.
Key Provisions
- Requires a 90-day plan to modernize material staging capabilities and accelerate key milestones.
- Requires the plan to be executed in parallel with explosives capability modernization and briefed to Congress within 180 days.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the National Nuclear Security Administration to produce and carry out a near-term modernization plan for material staging capabilities and to brief Congress on that plan.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires the National Nuclear Security Administration to produce and carry out a near-term modernization plan for material staging capabilities and to brief Congress on that plan.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Nuclear security modernization efforts receiving a formal near-term planning mandate
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- NNSA and Energy Department officials required to plan, execute, and brief the modernization effort
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
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NNSA and Energy Department officials implementing the mandated modernization plan
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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