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[CITE: 42USC7256b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part C--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 7256b. Prohibition and report on bonuses to contractors 
        operating defense nuclear facilities
        

(a) Prohibition

    The Secretary of Energy may not provide any bonuses, award fees, or 
other form of performance- or production-based awards to a contractor 
operating a Department of Energy defense nuclear facility unless, in 
evaluating the performance or production under the contract, the 
Secretary considers the contractor's compliance with all applicable 
environmental, safety, and health statutes, regulations, and practices 
for determining both the size of, and the contractor's qualification 
for, such bonus, award fee, or other award. The prohibition in this 
subsection applies with respect to contracts entered into, or contract 
options exercised, after November 29, 1989.

(b) Report on Rocky Flats bonuses

    The Secretary of Energy shall investigate the payment, from 1981 to 
1988, of production bonuses to Rockwell International, the contractor 
operating the Rocky Flats Plant (Golden, Colorado), for purposes of 
determining whether the payment of such bonuses was made under 
fraudulent circumstances. Not later than 6 months after November 29, 
1989, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the results of that 
investigation, including the Secretary's conclusions and 
recommendations.

(c) ``Department of Energy defense nuclear facility'' defined

    In this section, the term ``Department of Energy defense nuclear 
facility'' has the meaning given such term by section 2286g of this 
title.

(d) Regulations

    The Secretary of Energy shall promulgate regulations to implement 
subsection (a) of this section not later than 90 days after November 29, 
1989.

(Pub. L. 101-189, div. C, title XXXI, Sec. 3151, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 
Stat. 1682.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, and not as part of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.
