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DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE XXXI—
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS SEC. 3124. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROTECTIVE FORCES.

COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROTECTIVE FORCE MANAGEMENT.— IN GENERAL.—

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
a report on the management of the protective forces of the Department of Energy.

CONTENTS.—

The report shall include the following:
An identification of each Department of Energy site with Category I nuclear materials.
For each site identified under subparagraph
(A)— a description of the management and contractual structure for protective forces at the site;
a statement of the number and category of protective force members at the site;
a description of the manner in which the site is moving to a tactical response force as required by the policy of the Department of Energy
and an assessment of the issues or problems, if any, involved in moving to such a force;
a description of the extent to which the protective force at the site has been assigned or is responsible for law enforcement or law-enforcement related activities;
an assessment of the ability of the protective force at the site to fulfill any such law enforcement or law enforcement related responsibilities;
and an assessment of whether the protective force at the site is adequately staffed, trained, and equipped to comply with the requirements
of the Design Basis Threat issued by the Department of Energy in November 2005 and, if not, when it is projected to be.
(C) An analysis comparing the management, training, pay, benefits, duties, responsibilities, and assignments of the protective force at each site identified under subparagraph (A)
with the management, training, pay, benefits, duties, responsibilities, and assignments of the Federal transportation security force of the Department of Energy.
(D) A statement of options for managing the protective force at sites identified under subparagraph (A) in a more uniform manner, an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of each option,
and an assessment of the approximate cost of each option when compared with the costs associated with the existing management of the protective force at such sites.

FORM.—

The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES FOR MANAGING AND DEPLOYING PROTECTIVE FORCES.—

IN GENERAL.—

Not later than 90 days after the date on which the report is submitted under subsection (a)
, the Secretary of Energy, in conjunction with the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management,
shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
a report on the management of the protective forces of the Department of Energy.

CONTENTS.—

The report shall include the following:
(A) Each of the matters specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection (a)(2).
(B) Each of the matters specified in subparagraph (D) of subsection (a)(2), except that—
(i) the options analyzed shall include each of the options included in the report submitted under subsection (a), as well as any other options identified by the Secretary; and
(ii) the analysis and assessment shall also include an analysis of the role played by incentives inherent in the use of private contractors to provide protective forces in the performance of those protective forces.

FORM.—

The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.