§1311 Establishment and Membership

Summary

Creates a Chief Acquisition Officers Council in the executive branch. Members include the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget; the Administrator; the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; each executive agency’s chief acquisition officer and each military department’s senior procurement executive required under section 1702; and any other senior agency officer the agency head appoints, after talking with the Council Chair, who can help with the functions in section 1312(b). The Deputy Director for Management of OMB is the Chair. The Council picks a Vice Chair from its members for one-year terms and a person may serve more than once. The Administrator leads the Council’s work for the Deputy Director. The Administrator of General Services provides administrative and other support.