Establishment

There is hereby established an independent establishment in the executive branch, to be known as the “Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board” (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Board”). In accordance with paragraphs (5) and (6), the Chairperson shall be the chief executive officer of the Board and, subject to such policies as the Board may establish, shall exercise the functions of the Board with respect to— In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Chairperson shall delegate to the Executive Director of Operations established under section 2286b(b)(3) of this title the following functions: Preparation of— Each member of the Board, including the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, shall— The senior employees described in this subparagraph are the following senior employees of the Board: Of the members first appointed— Not later than 180 days after the expiration of the term of a member of the Board, the President shall— submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a report that includes— The Chairperson may make recommendations to the Secretary of Energy and initiate investigations into defense nuclear facilities under section 2286a of this title pursuant to paragraph (2) only if— In this subsection: The term “covered period” means a period beginning on the date on which a quorum specified in paragraph (1) does not exist by reason of either or both a vacancy in the membership of the Board or the incapacity of a member of the Board and ending on the earlier of—