Environmental protection, safety, and health requirements
(a) Compliance required
The Administrator shall ensure that the Administration complies with all applicable environmental, safety, and health statutes and substantive requirements.
(b) Procedures required
The Administrator shall develop procedures for meeting such requirements.
(c) Rule of construction
Nothing in this chapter shall diminish the authority of the Secretary of Energy to ascertain and ensure that such compliance occurs.
Compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation
The Administrator shall establish procedures to ensure that the mission and programs of the Administration are executed in full compliance with all applicable provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued pursuant to section 1303(a)(1) of title 41.
Sharing of technology with Department of Defense
The Administrator shall, in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, establish procedures and programs to provide for the sharing of technology, technical capability, and expertise between the Administration and the Department of Defense to further national security objectives.
Use of capabilities of national security laboratories by entities outside the Administration
The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator, shall establish appropriate procedures to provide for the use, in a manner consistent with the national security mission of the Administration under section 2401(b) of this title, of the capabilities of the national security laboratories by elements of the Department of Energy not within the Administration, other Federal agencies, and other appropriate entities, including the use of those capabilities to support efforts to defend against weapons of mass destruction.
Enhancing private-sector employment through cooperative research and development activities
(a) In general
The Administrator for Nuclear Security shall encourage cooperative research and development activities at the national security laboratories (as defined in section 2471 of this title) that lead to the creation of new private-sector employment opportunities.
(b) Reports
Not later than January 31 of each year from 2012 through 2017, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report detailing the number of new private-sector employment opportunities created as a result of the previous years' cooperative research and development activities at each national security laboratory.
Use of funds for the purchase of options to purchase real property
(a) Authority
Subject to the limitation in subsection (b), funds authorized to be appropriated for the Administration for the purchase of real property may be expended to purchase options for the purchase of real property.
(b) Limitation on price of options
The price of any option purchased pursuant to subsection (a) may not exceed the minor construction threshold (as defined in section 2741 of this title).
(c) Notice
Not later than 14 days after the date an option is purchased pursuant to subsection (a), the Ad ministrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees—
(1) a notification of such purchase; and
(2) a summary of the rationale for such purchase.
Source: United States Code / CFR (uscode.house.gov, govinfo.gov) — U.S. federal law, public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105).
