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10 U.S.C. § 6290 - Improvements to cost estimates informing analyses of alternatives

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(a) Requirement for Analyses of Alternatives.— The Administrator shall ensure that any cost estimate used in an analysis of alternatives for a project carried out using funds authorized by a DOE national security authorization is designed to fully satisfy the requirements outlined in the mission needs statement approved at critical decision 0 in the acquisition process, as set forth in Department of Energy Order 413.3B (relating to program management and project management for the acquisition of capital assets) or a successor order.

(b) Use of Project Engineering and Design Funds.— In the case of a project the total estimated cost of which exceeds $500,000,000 and that has not reached critical decision 1 in the acquisition process, the Administrator may use funds authorized by a DOE national security authorization for project engineering and design to begin the development of a conceptual design to facilitate the development of a cost estimate for the project during the analysis of alternatives for the project if—

(1) the Administrator—

(A) determines that such use of funds would improve the quality of the cost estimate for the project; and

(B) notifies the congressional defense committees of that determination; and

(2) a period of 15 days has elapsed after the date on which such committees receive the notification.

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1437.)

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Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2758 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1). A prior section 6291, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, provided for honorable discharges for enlisted members of the naval service, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–235, § 3(b)(1), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 758. A prior section 6292 was renumbered section 8317 of this title. A prior section 6293, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 392, provided for discharges for minors enlisted in the naval service or in the Regular Navy as seamen, seamen apprentices or seamen recruits. See section 1170 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–235, § 3(a)(2), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 757. A prior section 6294, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 392, authorized Secretary of Navy to terminate enlistment of and discharge any enlisted woman in Regular Navy or Regular Marine Corps, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title III, § 373(g), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2903, effective Sept. 15, 1981. Prior sections 6295 to 6298 were repealed by Pub. L. 90–235, §§ 3(a)(2), (b)(1), 8(3), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 757, 758, 764. Section 6295, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 392, provided for early discharges from the Regular Navy. See section 1171 of this title. Section 6296, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 392, provided for furlough without pay for any enlisted member of the Regular Navy for the unexpired term of his enlistment. Section 6297, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 393, provided for disposition of uniforms of enlisted members of the naval service who were discharged and for disposition of uniforms of and clothing allowance and emergency funds for enlisted members of the naval service who were discharged other than honorably. Section 6298, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 393, authorized Secretary of Navy to permit any person honorably discharged from the naval service to live at any naval receiving station while he was eligible for a reenlistment bonus.