124 STAT. 4511 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 Secretary shall submit the cost and schedule baseline to the congressional defense committees. ‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION OF COSTS EXCEEDING BASELINE.—The Administrator or the Secretary, as applicable, shall notify the congressional defense committees not later than 30 days after deter- mining that— ‘‘(1) the total cost for a project referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) will exceed an amount that is equal to 125 percent of the cost baseline established under subsection (a) for that project; and ‘‘(2) in the case of a stockpile life extension project referred to in subsection (a)(1), the cost for any warhead in the project will exceed an amount that is equal to 200 percent of the cost baseline established under subsection (a)(1)(B) for each warhead in that project. ‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION OF DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO TERMI- NATION OR CONTINUATION OF PROJECTS.—Not later than 90 days after submitting a notification under subsection (b) with respect to a project, the Administrator or the Secretary, as applicable, shall— ‘‘(1) notify the congressional defense committees with respect to whether the project will be terminated or continued; and ‘‘(2) if the project will be continued, certify to the congres- sional defense committees that— ‘‘(A) a revised cost and schedule baseline has been established for the project and, in the case of a stockpile life extension project referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(1), a revised estimate of the cost for each warhead in the project has been made; ‘‘(B) the continuation of the project is necessary to the mission of the Department of Energy and there is no alternative to the project that would meet the require- ments of that mission; and ‘‘(C) a management structure is in place adequate to manage and control the cost and schedule of the project. ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS TO REVISED COST AND SCHEDULE BASELINES.—A revised cost and schedule baseline estab- lished under subsection (c) shall— ‘‘(1) be submitted to the congressional defense committees with the certification submitted under subsection (c)(2); and ‘‘(2) be subject to the notification requirements of sub- sections (b) and (c) in the same manner and to the same extent as a cost and schedule baseline established under sub- section (a).’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4712 the following new item: ‘‘Sec. 4713. Notification of cost overruns for certain Department of Energy projects.’’. SEC. 3115. ESTABLISHMENT OF COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. (a) COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4813 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (division D of Public Law 107–314; 50 U.S.C. 2794) is amended— Certification.
