10-U.S.C.-2318
§2318 – Advocates For Competition
Pathway
Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part IV > Chapter 137 > Section 2318
Details
- Reference: Section 2318
- Legend: §2318 – Advocates For Competition
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a)(1) In addition to the advocates for competition established or designated pursuant to section 1705(a) of title 41, the Secretary of Defense shall designate an officer or employee of the Defense Logistics Agency to serve as the advocate for competition of the agency.
(2) The advocate for competition of the Defense Logistics Agency shall carry out the responsibilities and functions provided for in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1705 of title 41.
(b) Each advocate for competition of an agency named in section 2303(a) of this title shall be a general or flag officer if a member of the armed forces or a grade GS–16 or above under the General Schedule (or in a comparable or higher position under another schedule), if a civilian employee and shall be designated to serve for a minimum of two years.
(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XII, §1216(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2593; amended Pub. L. 100–26, §7(d)(4), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, §701(f)(1), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 115; Pub. L. 103–355, title I, §1031, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3260; Pub. L. 111–350, §5(b)(17), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3843; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, §1076(f)(24), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1953.)
Amendments
2013—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 112–239 substituted subsections (b) and (c) of section 1705 for section 1705(b) and (c).
2011—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111–350, §5(b)(17)(A), substituted section 1705(a) of title 41 for section 20(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 418(a)).
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 111–350, §5(b)(17)(B), substituted section 1705(b) and (c) of title 41 for sections 20(b) and 20(c) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 418(b), (c)).
1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–355 struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: Each advocate for competition of an agency of the Department of Defense shall transmit to the Secretary of Defense a report describing his activities during the preceding year. The report of each advocate for competition shall be included in the annual report of the Secretary of Defense required by section 23 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 419), in the form in which it was submitted to the Secretary.
1991—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–25 substituted section 23 for section 21.
1987—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100–26, §7(d)(4)(A), inserted (41 U.S.C. 418(a)) after Policy Act.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100–26, §7(d)(4)(B), inserted (41 U.S.C. 418(b), (c)) after Policy Act.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–26, §7(d)(4)(C), inserted (41 U.S.C. 419) after Policy Act.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 98–525, title XII, §1216(c)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2599, provided that: Section 2318 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall take effect on April 1, 1985.
References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, §101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
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