50 U.S.C. § 2538f - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 50. War and National Defense § 2538f. Earned value management and technology readiness levels for life extension programs

(a)Review of contractor earned value management systems

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

(b)Benchmarks for technology readiness levels

The Administrator shall--

(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.