10 USC § 6136 - Earned value management and technology readiness levels for life extension programs

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s6136"
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title: "10 USC § 6136 - Earned value management and technology readiness levels for life extension programs"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "6136"
section_name: "Earned value management and technology readiness levels for life extension programs"
chapter_number: 602
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE MATTERS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND WEAPONS PRODUCTION"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1371.)"
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# § 6136. 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—

**(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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. C, title XXXI, § 3111(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1371.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , War and National Defense, prior to repeal by .