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title: "10 U.S.C. § 6136"
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description: "Earned value management and technology readiness levels for life extension programs"
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title_number: 10
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title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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chapter_number: "602"
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chapter_name: "NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS"
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section: "6136"
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citation: "10 U.S.C. § 6136"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 6136 - Earned value management and technology readiness levels for life extension programs
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## Text
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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—
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(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
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(2) conduct periodic surveillance reviews of such systems to ensure that such systems maintain compliance with that standard through program completion.
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(b) Benchmarks for Technology Readiness Levels.— The Administrator shall—
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(1) establish specific benchmarks for technology readiness levels of critical technologies for life extension programs at key decision points; and
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(2) ensure that critical technologies meet such benchmarks at such decision points.
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(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.
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(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.
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(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1371.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Prior ProvisionsProvisions 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).
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