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 110 STAT. 2842 PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 42 USC 72740. (1) The term "Nuclear Posture Review" means the Department of Defense Nuclear Posture Review as contained in the report of the Secretary of Defense to the President and Congress dated February 19, 1995, or in subsequent such reports. (2) The term "nuclear weapons laboratory" means the following: (A) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California. (B) Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. (C) Sandia National Laboratories. (3) The term "nuclear weapons production plant" means the following: (A) The Pantex Plant, Texas. (B) The Savannah River Site, South Carolina. (C) The Kansas City Plant, Missouri, (D) The Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. SEC. 3157. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT RELATING TO ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FUNDS. Section 3151 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 3089) is repealed. SEC. 3158. UPDATE OF REPORT ON NUCLEAR TEST READINESS POSTURES. Not later than June 1, 1997, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report which updates the report submitted by the Secretary under section 3152 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 623). The updated report shall include the matters specified under such section, current as of the date of the updated report. SEC. 3159. REPORTS ON CRITICAL DIFFICULTIES AT NUCLEAR WEAPONS LABORATORIES AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION PLANTS. (a) REPORTS BY HEADS OF LABORATORIES AND PLANTS. —In the event of a difficulty at a nuclear weapons laboratory or a nuclear weapons production plant that has a significant bearing on confidence in the safety or reliability of a nuclear weapon or nuclear weapon type, the head of the laboratory or plant, as the case may be, shall submit to the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs a report on the difficulty. The head of the laboratory or plant shall submit the report as soon as practicable after discovery of the difficulty. (b) TRANSMITTAL BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY.— AS soon as practicable after receipt of a report under subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary shall transmit the report (together with the comments of the Assistant Secretary) to the congressional defense committees and to the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Defense. (c) REPORTS BY NUCLEAR WEAPONS COUNCIL.—Section 179 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection (e): "(e) In addition to the responsibilities set forth in subsection (d), the Council shall also submit to Congress a report on any analysis conducted by the Council with respect to difficulties at nuclear weapons laboratories or nuclear weapons production plants

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