PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1681 (4) The establishment of program milestones and methods to evaluate success in meeting such milestones. (5) Methods for conducting long-range technical and budget planning. (6) Procedures for reviewing and applying innovative tech- nology to environmental restoration and defense waste manage- ment. SEC. 3143. MAJOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PRO- 42 USC 7271a. GRAMS (a) MAJOR PRCXJRAM DEFINED.—In this section, the term "major Department of Energy national security program" means a research and development program (which may include construction and production activities), a construction program, or a production program— (1) that is designated by the Secretary of Energy as a major Department of Energy national security program; or (2) that is estimated by the Secretary of Energy to cost more than $500,000,000 (haaed on fiscal year 1989 constant dollars). 0)) REQUIRED REPORTS. —(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives at the end of each calendar-year quarter a report on each major Department of Energy national security program. (2) Each such report shall include, at a minimum, the following information: (A) A description of the program, its purpose, and its relation- ship to the mission of the national security program of the Department of Energy. (B) The program schedule, including estimated annual costs. (C) A comparison of the current schedule and cost estimates with previous schedule and cost estimates, and an explanation ' of changes. (3) A report under this section need not be submitted for the first, second, or third calendar-year quarter if the comparison between current schedule and cost estimates and schedule and cost estimates contained in the last submitted report shows that there has been— (A) less than a 5 percent change in total program cost; and (B) less than a 90-day delay in any significant schedule item of the program. (c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.— Each report under this section shall be submitted not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar- year quarter. The first report shall cover the fourth quarter of 1989 and shall be submitted not later than January 30, 1990. (d) IDENTIFICATION OF PROGRAMS.—Not later than 60 days after Reports. the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services and the
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resentatives that identifies all programs of the Department of Energy that are major Department of Energy national security programs, as defined in subsection (a). SEC. 3144. FIVE-YEAR BUDGET PLAN REQUIREMENT 42 uSC 7271b. (a) PLAN REQUIREMENT,—The Secretary of Energy each year shall prepare a five-year budget plan for the national security programs of the Department of Energy. The plan shall contain the estimated X
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