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41 U.S.C. § 1311 — Establishment and membership

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41 U.S.C. § 1311 — Establishment and membership

**(a) Establishment.—** There is in the executive branch a Chief Acquisition Officers Council. **(b) Membership.—** The members of the Council are— (1) the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget; (2) the Administrator; (3) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; (4) the chief acquisition officer of each executive agency that is required to have a chief acquisition officer under [section 1702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1702&num=0&edition=prelim) and the senior procurement executive of each military department; and (5) any other senior agency officer of each executive agency, appointed by the head of the agency in consultation with the Chairman of the Council, who can effectively assist the Council in performing the functions set forth in [section 1312(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1312/b&num=0&edition=prelim) and supporting the associated range of acquisition activities. **(c) Leadership and Support.—** (1) **Chairman.—** — The Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget is the Chairman of the Council. (2) **Vice chairman.—** — The Vice Chairman of the Council shall be selected by the Council from among its members. The Vice Chairman serves for one year and may serve multiple terms. (3) **Leader of activities.—** — The Administrator shall lead the activities of the Council on behalf of the Deputy Director for Management. (4) **Support.—** — The Administrator of General Services shall provide administrative and other support for the Council.

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**(a) Establishment.—** There is in the executive branch a Chief Acquisition Officers Council. **(b) Membership.—** The members of the Council are— (1) the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget; (2) the Administrator; (3) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; (4) the chief acquisition officer of each executive agency that is required to have a chief acquisition officer under [section 1702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1702&num=0&edition=prelim) and the senior procurement executive of each military department; and (5) any other senior agency officer of each executive agency, appointed by the head of the agency in consultation with the Chairman of the Council, who can effectively assist the Council in performing the functions set forth in [section 1312(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1312/b&num=0&edition=prelim) and supporting the associated range of acquisition activities. **(c) Leadership and Support.—** (1) **Chairman.—** — The Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget is the Chairman of the Council. (2) **Vice chairman.—** — The Vice Chairman of the Council shall be selected by the Council from among its members. The Vice Chairman serves for one year and may serve multiple terms. (3) **Leader of activities.—** — The Administrator shall lead the activities of the Council on behalf of the Deputy Director for Management. (4) **Support.—** — The Administrator of General Services shall provide administrative and other support for the Council.

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41 U.S.C. § 1702 — Chief Acquisition Officers and senior procurement executives

**(a) Appointment or Designation of Chief Acquisition Officer.—** The head of each executive agency described in section 901(b)(1) (other than the Department of Defense) or 901(b)(2)(C) of title 31 with a Chief Financial Officer appointed or designated under [section 901(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section901/a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall appoint or designate a non-career employee as Chief Acquisition Officer for the agency. **(b) Authority and Functions of Chief Acquisition Officer.—** (1) **Primary duty.—** — The primary duty of a Chief Acquisition Officer is acquisition management. (2) **Advice and assistance.—** — A Chief Acquisition Officer shall advise and assist the head of the executive agency and other agency officials to ensure that the mission of the executive agency is achieved through the management of the agency’s acquisition activities. (3) **Other functions.—** — The functions of each Chief Acquisition Officer include— (A) monitoring the performance of acquisition activities and acquisition programs of the executive agency, evaluating the performance of those programs on the basis of applicable performance measurements, and advising the head of the executive agency regarding the appropriate business strategy to achieve the mission of the executive agency; (B) increasing the use of full and open competition in the acquisition of property and services by the executive agency by establishing policies, procedures, and practices that ensure that the executive agency receives a sufficient number of sealed bids or competitive proposals from responsible sources to fulfill the Federal Government’s requirements (including performance and delivery schedules) at the lowest cost or best value consider

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31 U.S.C. § 501 — Office of Management and Budget

The Office of Management and Budget is an office in the Executive Office of the President.

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41 U.S.C. § 1101 — Office of Federal Procurement Policy

**(a) Organization.—** There is an Office of Federal Procurement Policy in the Office of Management and Budget. **(b) Purposes.—** The purposes of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy are to— (1) provide overall direction of Government-wide procurement policies, regulations, procedures, and forms for executive agencies; and (2) promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the procurement of property and services by the executive branch of the Federal Government. **(c) Authorization of Appropriations.—** Necessary amounts may be appropriated each fiscal year for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to carry out the responsibilities of the Office for that fiscal year.

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41 U.S.C. § 1311 — Establishment and membership

Page 26 TITLE 41—PUBLIC CONTRACTS § 1311 ury and other agency heads, to evaluate practices of contracting officers and debarring officials in response to contractors’ certifications of serious tax delin- quencies and to provide me, within 90 days, rec- ommendations on process improvements to ensure these contractors are not awarded new contracts, in- cluding a plan to make contractor certifications avail- able in a Government-wide database, as is already being done with other information on contractors. Executive departments and agencies shall carry out the provisions of this memorandum to the extent per- mitted by law. This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agen- cies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is hereby authorized and directed to publish this memo- randum in the Federal Register. BARACK OBAMA. SUBCHAPTER II—CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICERS COUNCIL § 1311. Establishment and membership (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the executive branch a Chief Acquisition Officers Council. (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Council are— (1) the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget; (2) the Administrator; (3) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui- sition and Sustainment; (4) the chief acquisition officer of each exec- utive agency that is required to have a chief acquisition officer under section 1702 of this title and the senior procurement executive of each military department; and (5) any other senior agency officer of each executive agency, appointed by the head of the agency i

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