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PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 2261 (3) The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. (e) SUBMISSION OF REVIEWS. —The Secretary of Energy shall, on a periodic basis, submit a summary of the results of the periodic reviews and evaluations specified in the plan pursuant to subsection (b)(4) to the committees and Assistant to the President specified in subsection (d). (f) REPORT AND NOTIFICATION REGARDING INADVERTENT RELEASES.— (1) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the committees and Assistant to the President specified in subsection (d) a report on inadvertent releases of Restricted Data or Formerly Restricted Data under Executive Order No. 12958 that occurred before the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Not later than 30 days after any such inadvertent release occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall notify the committees and Assistant to the President specified in subsection (d) of such releases. (g) DEFINITION. —In this section, the term "Restricted Data" has the meaning given that term in section 11 y. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(y)). SEC. 3162. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGAKDING TREATMENT OF FOR- MERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM UNDER A NONDEFENSE DISCRETIONARY BUDGET FUNC- TION. It is the sense of Congress that the Office of Management and Budget should, beginning with fiscal year 2000, transfer the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program from the National Defense budget function (budget function 050) to a nondefense discretionary budget function. SEC. 3163. REPORTS RELATING TO TRITIUM PRODUCTION. (a) REPORT ON TRITIUM PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS.— (1) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall establish a task force of the Defense Science Board to examine tritium production technology options. (2) The task force shall examine the following issues: (A) The risk associated with the design, construction, operation, and cost of each option for tritium production under consideration. (B) The implications for nuclear weapons proliferation of each such option. (C) The extent to which each such option contributes to the capability of the Government to reliably meet the national defense requirements of the United States. (D) Any other factors that the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Energy considers appropriate. (3) The task force shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy a report on the results of its examination. The Secretaries shall submit the report to Congress not later than June 30, 1999. (b) REPORT ON TEST PROGRAM FOR TRITIUM PRODUCTION AT WATTS BAR. —(1) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of the test program at the Watts Bar Nuclear Station, Tennessee, after the test program is completed and the results of the program are evaluated. The report shall include—