10 U.S.C. § 3249

Advocates for competition

Each advocate for competition designated pursuant to section 1705(a) of title 41 for an agency named in section 3063 of this title shall be a general or flag officer if a member of the armed forces or in a position classified above GS–15 pursuant to section 5108 of title 5 , 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 , § 2318; 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 ; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 811(d) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1845 ; renumbered § 3249 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1813(f) , Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4181 .)