§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 in the nuclear security enterprise and nuclear forces. If those directors ask 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 system (or a similar NNSA system) and can be shared with other federal agencies when the directors think it is appropriate. The Secretary and 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 shown correctly. Any contract for these programs made after December 11, 2017, must include rules for collecting data and for reporting cost, program, and technical information in formats the two directors approve. The term “nuclear security enterprise” is defined in section 6101.