Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 3.djvu/1116

This page needs to be proofread.

110 STAT. 2846 PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 result in problems that a robust stockpile stewardship program cannot solve. (6) The United States is committed to funding the Nevada Test Site at a level that maintains the ability of the United States to resume underground nuclear testing within one year after a national decision to do so is made. (7) The United States reserves the right to invoke the supreme national interest of the United States and withdraw from any future arms control agreement to limit underground nuclear testing. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRESIDENTIAL CON- SULTATION WITH CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that the President should consult closely with Congress regarding United States policy and practices to ensure confidence in the safety, reliability, and performance of the nuclear stockpile of the United States. President. (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NOTIFICATION AND CON- SULTATION. — It is the sense of Congress that, upon a determination by the President that a problem with the safety, reliability, or performance of the nuclear stockpile has occurred and that the problem cannot be corrected within the stockpile stewardship program, the President shall— (1) immediately notify Congress of the problem; and (2) submit to Congress in a timely manner a plan for corrective action with respect to the problem, including— (A) a technical description of the activities required under the plan; and (B) if underground testing of nuclear weapons would assist in such corrective action, an assessment of the advisability of withdrawing from any treaty that prohibits underground testing of nuclear weapons. Ohio. SEC. 3164. STUDY ON WORKER PROTECTION AT THE MOUND FACILITY. (a) REPORT. — Not later than March 15, 1997, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report regarding the status of projects and programs to improve worker safety and health at the Mound Facility in Miamisburg, Ohio. (b) MATTERS COVERED.— The report shall include the following: (1) The status of actions completed in fiscal year 1996. (2) The status of actions completed or proposed to be completed in fiscal years 1997 and 1998. (3) A description of the fiscal year 1998 budget request for worker safety and health at the Mound Facility. (4) An accounting of expenditures for worker safety and health at the Mound Facility by fiscal year from fiscal year 1994 through and including fiscal year 1996. SEC. 3165. FISCAL YEAR 1998 FUNDING FOR GREENVILLE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA. (a) FUNDING. —The Secretary of Energy shall include in the budget for fiscal year 1998 submitted by the Secretary of Energy to the Office of Management and Budget a request for sufficient funds to pay the United States portion of the cost of transportation improvements under the Greenville Road Improvement Project, Livermore, California. (b) COOPERATION WITH LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA. —The Secretary shall work with the city of Livermore, California, to deter-