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PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1379 defense plutonium or defense plutonium materials to the Savannah River Site during the period beginning on February 1, 2002, and ending on the date on which such plans are submitted to Congress. (g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. — Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit or limit the Secretary from shipping defense plutonium or defense plutonium materials to sites other than the Savannah River Site during the period referred to in subsection (f) or any other period. (h) ANNUAL REPORT ON FUNDING FOR FISSILE MATERIALS DIS- POSITION ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary shall include with the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Energy budget for each fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a report setting forth the extent to which amounts requested for the Department for such fiscal year for fissile materials disposition activities will enable the Department to meet commitments for the disposition of surplus defense plutonium and defense plutonium materials located at the Savannah River Site, and for any other fissile materials disposition activities, in such fiscal year. SEC. 3156. MODIFICATION OF DATE OF REPORT OF PANEL TO ASSESS THE RELIABILITY, SAFETY, AND SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR STOCKPILE. Section 3159(d) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 42 U.S.C. 2121 note) is amended by striking "of each year, beginning with 1999," and inserting "of 1999 and 2000, and not later than February 1, 2002,". Subtitle F^—Rocky Flats National Wildlife Rocky Fiats •--» «» National Wildlife Keilige Refuge Act of 2001. 16 USC 668dd SEC. 3171. SHORT TITLE. note. This subtitle may be cited as the "Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Act of 2001". SEC. 3172. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds the following: (1) The Federal Government, through the Atomic Energy Commission, acquired the Rocky Flats site in 1951 and began operations there in 1952. The site remains a Department of Energy facility. Since 1992, the mission of the Rocky Flats site has changed from the production of nuclear weapons components to cleanup and closure in a manner that is safe, environmentally and socially responsible, physically secure, and costeffective. (2) The majority of the Rocky Flats site has generally remained undisturbed since its acquisition by the Federal Government. (3) The State of Colorado is experiencing increasing growth and development, especially in the metropolitan Denver Front Range area in the vicinity of the Rocky Flats site. That growth and development reduces the amount of open space and thereby diminishes for many metropolitan Denver communities the vistas of the striking Front Range mountain backdrop.