2024—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1024(1)(A), substituted “15 days” for “30 days” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1024(1)(B), substituted “the start” for “commencement”.

Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1024(1)(C), inserted “at least 95 percent of all” before “the basic” and substituted “drawing packages for the ship have reached final approval” for “of the vessel is complete”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1024(2)(A), struck out “, at a minimum, an assessment of” after “include” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (b)(1) to (8). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1024(2)(B), added pars. (1) to (8) and struck out former pars. (1) to (6) which read as follows:

“(1) The maturity of the ship’s design, as measured by stability of the ship contract specifications and the degree of completion of detail design and production design drawings.

“(2) The maturity of developmental command and control systems, weapon and sensor systems, and hull, mechanical and electrical systems.

“(3) The readiness of the shipyard facilities and workforce to begin construction.

“(4) The Navy’s estimated cost at completion and the adequacy of the budget to support the estimate.

“(5) The Navy’s estimated delivery date and description of any variance to the contract delivery date.

“(6) The extent to which adequate processes and metrics are in place to measure and manage program risks.”

Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1024(3)(A)(i), inserted “, and when used with respect to manned surface and undersea combatants, means design through the completion of three-dimensional computer aided modeling” after “computer aided models” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1024(3)(A)(ii), substituted “supports” for “fixes”.

Subsec. (c)(1)(C). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1024(3)(A)(iii), substituted “positions and routes all major distributive systems of the ship” for “routes major portions of all distributive systems of the vessel”.

Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1024(3)(B), struck out par. (5) which defined “start of construction”.