国会研究服务部-能源和水资源开发拨款：核武器活动（英）.pdf

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Nuclear Weapons Activities Updated August 24, 2021 Congressional Research Service R44442 Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Nuclear Weapons Activities Summary The annual Energy and Water Development appropriations bill funds civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior ’s Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies. The DOE budget funds the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a semiautonomous agency within DOE. NNSA operates three programs: Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation , Naval Reactors , and Weapons Activities. The last is the subject of this report. The Weapons Activities account supports U.S. nuclear warheads, provides the materials and components for those weapons, and sustains the infrastructure that supports that mission. They provide for “the maintenance and refurbishment of nuclear weapons to continue sustained confidence in their safety, reliability, and performance; continued investment in scientific, engineering, and manufacturing capabilities to enable production and certification of the enduring nuclear weapons stockpile; and manufacture of nuclear weapon components. ” NNSA’s budget request for FY2022 seeks $15.5 billion for Weapons Activities, an increase of 0.9% over the enacted funding of $15.3 billion in FY2021, within a total budget of $19.7 billion for NNSA. This follows a nearly 25% increase in NNSA’s budget for Weapons Activities between FY2020 and FY2021, when funding grew from $12.6 billion to $15.3 billion. NNSA reorganized and renamed its programs areas in its FY2021 budget request. The four main programs, each with a