Source: http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1702&num=0&edition=prelim
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 20:30:59+00:00

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(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 shall appoint or designate a non-career employee as Chief Acquisition Officer for the agency.
(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.
(iii) reporting to the head of the executive agency on the progress made in improving acquisition management capability.
(1) Designation.-The head of each executive agency shall designate a senior procurement executive.
(2) Responsibility.-The senior procurement executive is responsible for management direction of the procurement system of the executive agency, including implementation of the unique procurement policies, regulations, and standards of the executive agency.
(B) ensure that the senior procurement executive designated under paragraph (1) reports directly to the Chief Acquisition Officer without intervening authority.
(d) Overseas Contingency Operations Defined.-In this section, the term "overseas contingency operations" means military operations outside the United States and its territories and possessions that are a contingency operation (as that term is defined in section 101(a)(13) of title 10).
1702(a), (b)(1), (2) 41:414(a). Pub. L. 93–400, §16, as added Pub. L. 98–191, §7, Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1330 ; Pub. L. 98–369, title VII, §2732(b)(2), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1199 ; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title XIV, §1421(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1666 .
2013-Subsec. (b)(3)(F) to (H). Pub. L. 112–239, §849(a), added subpar. (F) and redesignated former subpars. (F) and (G) as (G) and (H), respectively.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 112–239, §849(b), added subsec. (d).

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