Nuclear Security Enterprise Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2021

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4879 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4879

    To amend the Atomic Energy Defense Act and the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to increase the minor 
   construction threshold, the associated design threshold, and the 
     notification requirement to begin minor construction projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2021

  Mr. DesJarlais (for himself, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Wilson of 
 South Carolina, and Mr. Jackson) introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Atomic Energy Defense Act and the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to increase the minor 
   construction threshold, the associated design threshold, and the 
     notification requirement to begin minor construction projects.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Security Enterprise 
Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF MINOR CONSTRUCTION THRESHOLD, NOTIFICATION 
              REQUIREMENT, AND DESIGN THRESHOLD.

    (a) Minor Construction Threshold.--Section 4701(2) of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2741(2)) is amended by striking 
``$20,000,000'' and inserting ``$50,000,000''.
    (b) Notification.--Section 3118(c) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 50 U.S.C. 
2743 note) is amended by striking ``$5,000,000'' and inserting 
``$10,000,000''.
    (c) Conceptual and Construction Design.--Section 4706(b) of the 
Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2746(b)) is amended by striking 
``$2,000,000'' each place it appears and inserting ``$5,000,000''.
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