,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #feif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bb1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,foster 7for himself and ,mr4          
,fortenberry7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committees on      
,armed ,services1 ,homeland ,security1  
and ,foreign ,affairs1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to realign the nuclear      
forensics and attribution activities of 
the ,federal ,government from the       
,department of ,homeland ,security to   
the ,national ,nuclear ,security        
,administration4  #a4 ,establishment of 
,national ,nuclear ,forensics ,center   
7a7 ,establishment  7#a7 ,in general    
,the ,national ,nuclear ,security       
,administration ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4     
#bdja et seq47 is amended by inserting  

after section #cbba the following new   
section3  #cbbb4 ,national ,nuclear     
,forensics ,center  7a7 ,establishment  
,there is within the ,administration a  
,national ,nuclear ,forensics ,center   
7in this section referred to as the     
,center74  7b7 ,mission ,the mission of 
the ,center shall be to coordinate      
stewardship1 planning1 assessment1 gap  
analysis1 exercises1 improvement1       
including operational improvements and  
research1 development1 testing1 and     
evaluation1 and integration for all     
,federal nuclear forensics and          
attribution activities to ensure an     
enduring national technical nuclear     
forensics capability to strengthen the  
collective response of the ,united      
,states to nuclear terrorism or other   
nuclear attacks4  4  7#b7 ,clerical     
amendment ,the table of contents at the 
beginning of such ,act is amended by    
inserting after the item relating to    
section #cbba the following new item3   
,sec4 #cbbb4 ,national ,nuclear         

,forensics ,center4  4  7#c7 ,nuclear   
forensics expertise ,not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,administrator for       
,nuclear ,security shall develop and    
implement a plan to modify the          
university program of the ,national     
,nuclear ,security ,administration      
established under section #dhad of the  
,atomic ,energy ,defense ,act 7#ej      
,u4,s4,c4 #bgie7 to include the         
development of expertise in nuclear     
forensics in supporting scientific and  
engineering advancement in key          
,department of ,energy defense and      
national security program areas4  7b7   
,conforming ,repeals  7#a7 ,in general  
,the ,nuclear ,forensics and            
,attribution ,act 7,public ,law         
#aaa-adj7 is hereby repealed4  7#b7     
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb ,title
 ,,xix of the ,homeland ,security ,act  
of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #eij et seq47 is 
amended as follows3 7,a7 ,in section    
#aibc-- 7i7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,i7 by 

striking 7a7 ,mission4--2  7,,ii7 in    
paragraph 7#i71 by striking the         
semicolon and inserting 2 and2  7,,iii7 
by striking paragraphs 7#aj71 7#aa71    
7#ab71 and 7#ac72 and  7,,iv7 by        
redesignating paragraph 7#ad7 as        
paragraph 7#aj72 and  7ii7 by striking  
subsection 7b74  7,b7 ,in section       
#aibg7;a77#a7 7#f ,u4,s4,c4             
#eif;a7a77#a77-- 7i7 in subparagraph    
7,a77ii71 by striking the semicolon and 
inserting 2 and2  7ii7 in subparagraph  
7,b77iii71 by striking 2 and and        
inserting a period2 and  7iii7 by       
striking subparagraph 7,c74  7c7        
,references and construction ,any       
reference in any law1 regulation1       
document1 paper1 or other record of the 
,united ,states to the ,national        
,technical ,nuclear ,forensics ,center  
established within the ,countering      
,weapons of ,mass ,destruction ,office  
of the ,department of ,homeland         
,security1 formerly the ,domestic       
,nuclear ,detection ,office1 shall be   

deemed to be a reference to the         
,national ,nuclear ,forensics ,center   
established by section #cbbb of the     
,national ,nuclear ,security            
,administration ,act1 as added by       
subsection 7a74