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DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS
AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL
SECURITY PROGRAMS
SEC. 3124. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROTECTIVE FORCES.
COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY PROTECTIVE FORCE MANAGEMENT.—
IN GENERAL.—
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General of
the United States shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives a report on the management of the protective forces of
the Department of Energy.
CONTENTS.—
The report shall include
the following:
An identification of each Department of Energy site with Category I nuclear materials.
For each site identified
under subparagraph (A)—
a description of the management and contractual structure for protective forces
at the site;
a statement of the number
and category of protective force members at the site;
a description of the manner in which the site is moving to a tactical
response force as required by the policy of the Department
of Energy and an assessment of the issues or problems, if any, involved in moving to such a force;
a description of the extent to which the protective force at the site
has been assigned or is responsible for law enforcement or law-enforcement related activities;
an assessment of the ability of the protective force at the site to fulfill
any such law enforcement or law enforcement related responsibilities;
and an assessment of whether the protective force at the site is adequately staffed,
trained, and equipped to comply with the requirements of the Design Basis Threat
issued by the Department of Energy in November 2005 and, if not, when it is projected to be.1 C:\TEMP\DIV-C.XML HOLCPC
(C) An analysis comparing the management, training, pay, benefits,
duties, responsibilities, and assignments of the protective force at each site identified under
subparagraph (A) with the management, training, pay, benefits, duties, responsibilities, and assignments
of the Federal transportation security force of the Department of Energy.
(D) A statement of options for managing the
protective force at sites identified under subparagraph (A) in a more uniform manner, an
analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of each option, and an assessment of the approximate
cost of each option when compared with the costs associated with the existing management of the
protective force at such sites.
FORM.—
The report shall be submitted in unclassified
form, but may include a classified annex.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES FOR MANAGING AND DEPLOYING
PROTECTIVE FORCES.—
IN GENERAL.—
Not later than 90 days
after the date on which the report is submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy, in conjunction with the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Assistant Secretary for Environmental
Management, shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the management of the
protective forces of the Department of Energy.
CONTENTS.—
The report shall include
the following:
(A) Each of the matters specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection (a)(2).
(B) Each of the matters
specified in subparagraph (D) of subsection (a)(2), except that—
(i) the options analyzed shall include each
of the options included in the report submitted under subsection (a), as well as any
other options identified by the Secretary; and
(ii) the analysis and assessment shall also include an analysis of the role
played by incentives inherent in the use of private contractors to provide
protective forces in the performance of those protective forces.
FORM.—
The report shall be submitted
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
