§ 2538f. Earned value management and technology readiness levels for life extension programs

• (a) 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) 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) 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) 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.