
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would have to report to Congress about the benefits of competitively awarding management and operations contracts for nuclear weapons sites by March 1, if the House’s version of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act becomes law. Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), who holds the seat recently vacated by longtime Armed Services chair Mac Thornberry, ordered up the report in one of the noncontroversial amendments approved for the annual defense policy bill early on in Wednesday’s…