The date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 and such date of enactment, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 116–92, which was approved
2025—Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1013(1), amended subpar. (B) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (B) read as follows: “operates independently of chains-of-command for acquisition program management.”
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1013(2), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1805(b)(2), substituted “means a decision to enter into technology maturation and risk reduction pursuant to guidance prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the management of Department of Defense acquisition programs.” for “has the meaning given that term in section 4211 of this title.”
2021—Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “section 4211” for “section 2431a”.
Amendment by section 1883(b)(2) of Pub. L. 116–283 effective
Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title X, § 1020, “(a) Unmanned surface vessels and unmanned underwater vehicles acquired or developed by the Department of the Navy are exempt from any requirement for oversight by a senior technical authority established under section 8669b of title 10, United States Code, except the requirements, specifications, and approvals described in subsection (c).“(b) Subject to subsection (c), the Chief Engineer of the Naval Sea Systems Command may not establish any requirement, specification, or approval for an unmanned surface vessel or an unmanned underwater vehicle unless such action is approved in advance by the program manager responsible for the respective unmanned system.“(c) As the Secretary of the Navy considers appropriate, unmanned surface vessels and unmanned underwater vehicles may be subject to requirements, specifications, and approvals established by technical domain managers or technical warrant holders with responsibility for cybersecurity, ordnance and explosives, or warfare systems, without advanced approval described in subsection (b).“(d) In this section:“(1) The term ‘unmanned surface vessel’ means a vessel designed to operate on the surface of the water without an onboard human crew.“(2) The term ‘unmanned underwater vehicle’ means a vehicle designed to operate below the surface of the water without an onboard human crew.”