118 STAT. 2160 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations SEC. 3111. REPORT ON REQUIREMENTS FOR MODERN PIT FACILITY. (a) REPORT.—Not later than January 31, 2005, the Adminis trator for Nuclear Security shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the validated pit production requirements for the Modern Pit Facility. (b) VALIDATED PIT PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS.—(1) The vali dated pit production requirements in the report under subsection (a) shall be established by the Administrator in conjunction with the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council. (2) The validated pit production requirements shall— (A) include specifications regarding the total number of pits per year, and the number of pits to be produced per year for each weapon type, that will be required to be produced in order to support the weapons that will be retained in the nuclear weapons stockpile pursuant to the revised nuclear weapons stockpile plan submitted to the congressional defense committees as specified in the joint explanatory statement to accompany the report of the Committee on Conference on the bill H.R. 2754 of the 108th Congress; (B) identify any surge capacity that may be included in the annual pit production requirements; and (C) assume that the lifetime of any particular pit type is each of 40 years, 50 years, 60 years, and 70 years. (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form and shall include a classified annex. SEC. 3112. TWO YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC, ENGINEERING, AND TECH NICAL PERSONNEL. Section 4601(c)(1) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2701(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2006’’. SEC. 3113. LIMITED AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT NEW PROJECTS UNDER FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE RECAPITALIZATION PROGRAM AFTER PROJECT SELECTION DEADLINE. (a) LIMITED AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT NEW PROJECTS.—Section 3114(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1744; 50 U.S.C. 2453 note) is amended— (1) in the subsection caption, by striking ‘‘DEADLINE FOR’’; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘No project’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), no project’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(3)(A) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a project described in subparagraph (B) may be carried out under the Facili ties and Infrastructure Recapitalization Program after December 31, 2004, if the Administrator approves the project. The Adminis trator may not delegate the authority to approve projects under the preceding sentence.
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