life-cycle cost
Defined in 5 places across 4 titles of the United States Code.
The term “life-cycle cost” means the total of the direct, indirect, recurring, and nonrecurring costs, including the construction of facilities and civil servant costs, and other related expenses incurred or estimated to be incurred in the design, development, verification, production, operation, maintenance, support, and retirement of a program over its planned lifespan, without regard to funding source or management control.
Same definition in 2 sections
- 2007–present33 U.S.C. § 878ANavigation and Navigable Waters · Contract for development of a major program; costs; Major Program Annual Report for satellite development program · for purposes of this section
- 2026–present51 U.S.C. § 30104National and Commercial Space Programs · Baselines and cost controls · in this section
Life-cycle cost.—The term "life-cycle cost" means all costs for development, procurement, construction, and operations and support for a particular capability or asset, without regard to funding source or management control.
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- 2018–202614 U.S.C. § 1171Coast Guard · Definitions · in this chapter
Life-cycle cost.—The term “life-cycle cost” means the total of the direct, indirect, recurring, and nonrecurring costs, including the construction of facilities and civil servant costs, and other related expenses incurred or estimated to be incurred in the design, development, verification, production, operation, maintenance, support, and retirement of a program over its planned lifespan, without regard to funding source or management control.
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- 2010–202651 U.S.C. § 30104National and Commercial Space Programs · Baselines and cost controls · in this section
The term “life-cycle cost” means all costs for development, procurement, construction, and operations and support for a particular capability or asset, without regard to funding source or management control.
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- 2026–present14 U.S.C. § 1171Coast Guard · Definitions · in this chapter
the term “life cycle cost” means the total costs of owning, operating, and maintaining a building over its useful life (including such costs as fuel, energy, labor, and replacement components) determined on the basis of a systematic evaluation and comparison of alternative building systems, except that in the case of leased buildings, the life cycle costs shall be calculated over the effective remaining term of the lease;
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- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 8259The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · for the purposes of this part
the term “life-cycle cost” means the total of the direct, indirect, recurring, and nonrecurring costs, including the construction of facilities and civil servant costs, and other related expenses incurred or estimated to be incurred in the design, development, verification, production, operation, maintenance, support, and retirement of a program over its planned lifespan, without regard to funding source or management control; and
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- 2005–present42 U.S.C. § 16613The Public Health and Welfare · Baselines and cost controls · for the purposes of this section