HR 4737 IH
106th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4737
To require an inventory of documents and devices containing Restricted Data at the national security laboratories of the Department of Energy, to improve security procedures for access to the vaults containing Restricted Data at those laboratories, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 23, 2000 Mr. HUNTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require an inventory of documents and devices containing Restricted Data at the national security laboratories of the Department of Energy, to improve security procedures for access to the vaults containing Restricted Data at those laboratories, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Nuclear Secrets Safety Act'.
SEC. 2. INVENTORY OF RESTRICTED DATA AT NATIONAL SECURITY LABORATORIES.
(a) INVENTORY REQUIRED- Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the specified congressional committees a report containing an inventory of each document or device at each national security laboratory that contains Restricted Data.
(b) DEFINITIONS- For purposes of this section:
(1) The term `specified congressional committees' means the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
(2) The term `national security laboratory' has the meaning given such term in section 3281 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2471).
(3) The term `Restricted Data' has the meaning given such term in section 11 y. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(y)).
SEC. 3. INCREASED SECURITY FOR VAULTS AT NATIONAL SECURITY LABORATORIES.
(a) ACCESS TO VAULTS- Section 3234 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2424) is amended--
(1) by striking `The Administrator' and inserting `(a) PROCEDURES REQUIRED- The Administrator'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(b) ACCESS TO VAULTS AT NATIONAL SECURITY LABORATORIES- With respect to any vault containing Restricted Data at any national security laboratory, the procedures shall, at a minimum, provide that an individual shall not have access to any such vault unless, before each access, the identity of the individual is verified by an attendant through direct visual observation.'.
(b) VAULT ACCESS POLYGRAPH PROGRAM- Section 3233 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 2423) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(c) VAULT ACCESS POLYGRAPH PROGRAM- (1) At each national security laboratory, the counterintelligence program specified in subsection (a) shall include a polygraph program for individuals who have access to any vault containing Restricted Data at that laboratory. The polygraph program shall consist of the administration, to each individual who has access to any such vault, of polygraph examinations using questions reasonably calculated to obtain information relating to such access.
`(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each individual shall undergo a polygraph examination not later than one year after the individual has access to any such vault.
`(B) In the case of an individual's first access to any such vault, the individual shall undergo a polygraph examination not later than--
`(i) 30 days after the date of such access, if the individual's first such access occurred after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Secrets Safety Act; and
`(ii) 120 days after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Secrets Safety Act, if the individual's first such access occurred on or before such date.'.
(c) CHANGE OF LOCK COMBINATIONS- The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall ensure, for each vault containing Restricted Data at each national security laboratory, that the combination of each lock to such vault is changed not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.