§499a Collection, storage, and sharing of data relating to nuclear security enterprise and nuclear forces

Summary

The Secretary of Defense (through the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation) and the Administrator for Nuclear Security (through the Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation) must collect and keep cost, program, and technical data about programs and projects of the nuclear security enterprise and U.S. nuclear forces. If either director asks for data, any part of the Department of Defense or the National Nuclear Security Administration must provide it quickly. The data must be stored in the Defense Cost and Resource Center’s system (or its successor) or in a similar NNSA system, and the directors can share access with other federal agencies as they see fit. The Secretary and the Administrator must give the directors enough IT support to host, handle, and share the data at the right security level. The Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors may work with the directors to make sure Naval Reactors’ data is represented correctly. Any contract for these programs signed after December 11, 2017 must include rules for collecting data and for reporting cost, program, and technical information in the formats the two directors approve. The term “nuclear security enterprise” means what is defined in section 6101.