Definitions

In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; (D) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives; (E) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and (F) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. (2) Assistant secretary The term Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management. (3) Chair The term Chair means the Chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (4) Core national laboratories The term Core National Laboratories means the Idaho National Laboratory, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the Sandia National Laboratories, and the Corporate Lab. (5) Corporate lab The term Corporate Lab means the Savannah River National Laboratory. (6) Department The term Department means the Department of Energy. (7) Director The term Director means Director of the Office of Legacy Management. (8) Federal site life-cycle estimate The term Federal site life-cycle estimate means the scope, cost, and schedule profiles of work activities, including sunk costs and other relevant metrics, of work activities pertaining to the cleanup mission for an individual site of the Office of Environmental Management. (9) Framework The term Framework means the Technology Development and Deployment Framework developed pursuant to section 5. (10) Memorandum The term Memorandum means the memorandum of understanding entered into pursuant to section 4(c). (11) Network The term Network means the Network of National Laboratories for Environmental Management and Stewardship established pursuant to section 3. (12) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. (13) Site The term site means any outstanding defense- and non-defense-related nuclear waste site that is undergoing environmental remediation and facility decommissioning under the responsibility of the Office of Environmental Management, and any site that is undergoing long-term maintenance and surveillance under the responsibility of the Office of Legacy Management.