(a) Review of contractor earned value management systemsThe 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
(b) Benchmarks for technology readiness levelsThe 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.
(Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLII, § 4224, as added Pub. L. 116–283, div. C, title XXXI, § 3112(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4377.)