10 U.S.C. § 6136: Earned value management and…

§6136 Earned Value Management and Technology Readiness Levels for Life Extension Programs

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART VI — ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart B — Atomic Energy Defense › CHAPTER 602 — NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS › SUBCHAPTER I — STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND WEAPONS PRODUCTION › § 6136

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must hire an independent group to check contractors’ earned value management systems for life extension programs. That group must make sure the systems follow the national earned value management standard and run regular checks so the systems stay in compliance until the program ends. The Administrator must also set technology readiness benchmarks for critical technologies at key decision points and make sure those technologies meet the benchmarks. This applies to programs that, as of January 1, 2021, had not entered phase 3 of the nuclear weapons acquisition process or phase 6.3 of a nuclear weapons life extension program. The “earned value management national standard” means the most recent EIA-748 Earned Value Management System Standard published by the National Defense Industrial Association.

Title 10, §6136

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(a)Review of Contractor Earned Value Management Systems.—

The Administrator shall enter into an arrangement with an independent entity under which that entity shall—

(1)review and validate whether the earned value management systems of contractors of the Administration for life extension programs meet the earned value management national standard; and

(2)conduct periodic surveillance reviews of such systems to ensure that such systems maintain compliance with that standard through program completion.

(b)Benchmarks for Technology Readiness Levels.—

The Administrator shall—

(1)establish specific benchmarks for technology readiness levels of critical technologies for life extension programs at key decision points; and

(2)ensure that critical technologies meet such benchmarks at such decision points.

(c)Applicability.—

This section shall apply to programs that, as of January 1, 2021, have not entered phase 3 of the nuclear weapons acquisition process or phase 6.3 of a nuclear weapons life extension program.

(d)Definition.—

In this section, the term “earned value management national standard” means the most recent version of the EIA-748 Earned Value Management System Standard published by the National Defense Industrial Association.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2538f of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

§6136 Earned Value Management and Technology Readiness Levels for Life Extension Programs

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Title 10, §6136

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