PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 957 Subtitle A—Establishment and Organization SEC. 3211. ESTABLISHMENT AND MISSION. 50 USC 2401. (a) EsTABLlSHMENT.There is established within the Department of Energy a separately organized agency to be known as the National Nuclear Security Administration (in this title referred to as the "Administration"). (b) MISSION. —The mission of the Administration shall be the following: (1) To enhance United States national security through the military application of nuclear energy. (2) To maintain and enhance the safety, reliability, and performance of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile, including the ability to design, produce, and test, in order to meet national security requirements. (3) To provide the United States Navy with safe, militarily effective nuclear propulsion plants and to ensure the safe and reliable operation of those plants. (4) To promote international nuclear safety and nonproliferation. (5) To reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction. (6) To support United States leadership in science and technology. (c) OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT CON- SISTENT WITH CERTAIN PRINCIPLES. —In carrying out the mission of the Administration, the Administrator shall ensure that all operations and activities of the Administration are consistent with the principles of protecting the environment and safeguarding the safety and health of the public and of the workforce of the Administration. SEC. 3212. ADMINISTRATOR FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY. 50 USC 2402. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) There is at the head of the Administration an Administrator for Nuclear Security (in this title referred to as the "Administrator"). (2) Pursuant to subsection (c) of section 202 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7132), as added by section 3202 of this Act, the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security of the Department of Energy serves as the Administrator. (b) FUNCTIONS.—The Administrator has authority over, and is responsible for, all programs and activities of the Administration (except for the functions of the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors specified in the Executive order referred to in section 3216(b)), including the following: (1) Strategic management. (2) Policy development and guidance. (3) Budget formulation, guidance, and execution, and other financial matters. (4) Resource requirements determination and allocation. (5) Program msmagement and direction. (6) Safeguards and security. (7) Emergency management. (8) Integrated safety management. (9) Environment, safety, and health operations.
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