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[CITE: 10USC2318]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                   CHAPTER 137--PROCUREMENT GENERALLY
 
Sec. 2318. Advocates for competition

    (a)(1) In addition to the advocates for competition established or 
designated pursuant to section 20(a) of the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 418(a)), 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 
sections 20(b) and 20(c) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
(41 U.S.C. 418(b), (c)).
    (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, Sec. 1216(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 
2593; amended Pub. L. 100-26, Sec. 7(d)(4), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 
281; Pub. L. 102-25, title VII, Sec. 701(f)(1), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 
115; Pub. L. 103-355, title I, Sec. 1031, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
3260.)


                               Amendments

    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, Sec. 7(d)(4)(A), inserted 
``(41 U.S.C. 418(a))'' after ``Policy Act''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100-26, Sec. 7(d)(4)(B), inserted ``(41 
U.S.C. 418(b), (c))'' after ``Policy Act''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-26, Sec. 7(d)(4)(C), inserted ``(41 U.S.C. 
419)'' after ``Policy Act''.


                             Effective Date

    Section 1216(c)(1) of Pub. L. 98-525 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, 
Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note under section 5376 
of Title 5.
