Not later than 10 days after the date on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, the Administrator shall submit to the Secretary of Energy and the congressional defense committees either-
Each report under subsection (a)(1) shall specify, for each unfunded priority covered by the report, the following:
Each report under subsection (a)(1) shall present the unfunded priorities covered by the report in order of urgency of priority.
In this section, the term "unfunded priority", in the case of a fiscal year, means a program, activity, or mission requirement that-
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EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2023-Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 118-31, §3121(1)(A), inserted "or the risk to be mitigated" after "objectives to be achieved".Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 118-31, §3121(1)(B), inserted "or risk mitigation" after "objectives". Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 118-31, §3121(2), substituted "address" for "fulfill".2019- Pub. L. 116-92, §3139(b)(7)(A), substituted "Administration" for "National Nuclear Security Administration" in section catchline.Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116-92, §3115(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Not later than 10 days after the date on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, the Administrator shall submit to the Secretary of Energy and the congressional defense committees a report on the unfunded priorities of the Administration." Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116-92, §3115(2), substituted "report under subsection (a)(1)" for "report required by subsection (a)" in introductory provisions of par. (1) and in par. (2). Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 116-92, §3115(3), (4), struck out subsec. (c) and redesignated subsec. (d) as (c). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (c) read as follows: "If the Administrator fails to submit to the congressional defense committees a report required by subsection (a) for any of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 that includes the matters specified in subsection (b)(1) for at least one unfunded priority by the deadline specified in subsection (a), not more than 65 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for the fiscal year in which such failure occurs for travel and transportation of persons under the Federal salaries and expenses account of the Administration may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Administrator submits such report." 2018-Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 115-232 added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).
- Administration
- The term "Administration" means the National Nuclear Security Administration.
- Administrator
- The term "Administrator" means the Administrator for Nuclear Security.
- congressional defense committees
- The term "congressional defense committees" means-(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.