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§ 7105. Agency boards 
(a) ARMED SERVICES BOARD.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—An Armed Services Board of Contract Ap-
peals may be established within the Department of Defense when the 
Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Administrator, deter-
mines from a workload study that the volume of contract claims justi-
fies the establishment of a full-time agency board of at least 3 members 
who shall have no other inconsistent duties. Workload studies will be 
updated at least once every 3 years and submitted to the Adminis-
trator. 
(2) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS AND COMPENSATION.—Members of 
the Armed Services Board shall be selected and appointed in the same 
manner as administrative law judges appointed pursuant to section 
3105 of title 5, with an additional requirement that members must 
have had at least 5 years of experience in public contract law. The Sec-
retary of Defense shall designate the chairman and vice chairman of 
the Armed Services Board from among the appointed members. Com-
pensation for the chairman, vice chairman, and other members shall be 
determined under section 5372a of title 5. 
(b) CIVILIAN BOARD.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the General Services 
Administration the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) ELIGIBILITY.—The Civilian Board consists of members ap-
pointed by the Administrator of General Services (in consultation 
with the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy) from a 
register of applicants maintained by the Administrator of General 
Services, in accordance with rules issued by the Administrator of 
General Services (in consultation with the Administrator for Fed-
eral Procurement Policy) for establishing and maintaining a reg-
ister of eligible applicants and selecting Civilian Board members. 
The Administrator of General Services shall appoint a member 
without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of the 
professional qualifications required to perform the duties and re-
sponsibilities of a Civilian Board member. 
(B) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS AND COMPENSATION.—Mem-
bers of the Civilian Board shall be selected and appointed to serve 
in the same manner as administrative law judges appointed pursu-
ant to section 3105 of title 5, with an additional requirement that 
members must have had at least 5 years experience in public con-
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tract law. Compensation for the members shall be determined 
under section 5372a of title 5. 
(3) REMOVAL.—Members of the Civilian Board are subject to re-
moval in the same manner as administrative law judges, as provided 
in section 7521 of title 5. 
(4) FUNCTIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Civilian Board has jurisdiction as pro-
vided by subsection (e)(1)(B). 
(B) ADDITIONAL JURISDICTION.—With the concurrence of the 
Federal agencies affected, the Civilian Board may assume— 
(i) jurisdiction over any additional category of laws or dis-
putes over which an agency board of contract appeals estab-
lished pursuant to section 8 of the Contract Disputes Act ex-
ercised jurisdiction before January 6, 2007; and 
(ii) any other function the agency board performed before 
January 6, 2007, on behalf of those agencies. 
(c) TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY BOARD.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Board of Directors of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority may establish a board of contract appeals of the Ten-
nessee Valley Authority of an indeterminate number of members. 
(2) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS AND COMPENSATION.—The Board 
of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority shall establish criteria 
for the appointment of members to the agency board established under 
paragraph (1), and shall designate a chairman of the agency board. 
The chairman and other members of the agency board shall receive 
compensation, at the daily equivalent of the rates determined under 
section 5372a of title 5, for each day they are engaged in the actual 
performance of their duties as members of the agency board. 
(d) POSTAL SERVICE BOARD.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an agency board of con-
tract appeals known as the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals. 
(2) APPOINTMENT AND SERVICE OF MEMBERS.—The Postal Service 
Board of Contract Appeals consists of judges appointed by the Post-
master General. The judges shall meet the qualifications of and serve 
in the same manner as members of the Civilian Board. 
(3) APPLICATION.—This chapter applies to contract disputes before 
the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals in the same manner as 
it applies to contract disputes before the Civilian Board. 
(e) JURISDICTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—