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Title XXXI: Department of Energy National Security Programs

Sec. 3111Modifications to requirements for plutonium pit production capacity

TL;DR

Amends title 10, United States Code relating to modifications to requirements for plutonium pit production capacity.

Statutory text

Section 6128 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

(a) Requirement. Consistent with the requirements of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy shall ensure that, by not later than 2050, the nuclear security enterprise has the capability to reliably produce no fewer than 180 war reserve plutonium pits annually. ; and(2)in subsection (e)—(A)in paragraph (1), by striking each year and inserting each odd numbered year; and(B)in paragraph

(2) (D), by striking as compared to the report submitted during the previous year and inserting as compared to the preceding report.