A bill to require a plan to modernize the nuclear security enterprise.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3053 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3053

    To require a plan to modernize the nuclear security enterprise.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 23, 2025

  Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require a plan to modernize the nuclear security enterprise.

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

SECTION 1. PLAN TO MODERNIZE NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall 
develop a plan--
            (1) to accelerate and modernize Material Staging 
        Capabilities to replace aged, over-subscribed facilities within 
        the nuclear security enterprise, which shall include a 
        description of all phases and an estimate of the costs required 
        to carry out such plan; and
            (2) to accelerate near-term Critical Decisions milestones 
        in fiscal year 2026.
    (b) Execution.--The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall carry 
out the plan required by subsection (a) concurrently with an 
infrastructure modernization program for high explosives capabilities, 
including continued construction of the High Explosives Synthesis 
Formulation and Production facility (21-D-510).
    (c) Briefings.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear 
        Security shall brief the appropriate congressional committees 
        on the Material Staging Capabilities plan required by 
        subsection (a).
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriated congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
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