41 CFR § 102-33.25 - Samo Duties.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s102-33.25"
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title: "41 CFR § 102-33.25 - SAMO duties."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "102-33.25"
section_name: "SAMO duties."
chapter_number: 102
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MANAGEMENT REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PERSONAL PROPERTY"
part_number: "102-33"
part_name: "33—MANAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "40 U.S.C. 121(c); 31 U.S.C. 101  Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970, 35 FR 7959, 3 CFR, 1066-1970 Comp., p. 1070; E.O. 11541, 35 FR 10737, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 939; and OMB Circular No. A-126 (Revised May 22, 1992), 57 FR 22150."
regulatory_source: "90 FR 58425, Dec. 16, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "102-33"
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# 102-33.25 SAMO duties.

SAMOs must:

(a) Represent the agency's views to the ICAP and vote on behalf of the agency;

(b) Contribute technical and operational policy expertise to ICAP;

(c) Serve as the designated approving official for FAIRS when the agency elects to have one person serve as both SAMO and the designated official for FAIRS (DoD will not have a designated official for FAIRS); and

(d) Appoint representatives of the agency as members of ICAP subcommittees and working groups.

(e) The SAMO should have:

(1) Experience as a pilot or crew member; or

(2) Management experience within an aviation operations management/flight program.

(f) Designate an official (by letter to the Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Asset and Transportation Management, Office of Government-wide Policy, GSA) to certify the accuracy and completeness of information reported through FAIRS (Armed Forces and the U.S. Coast Guard, are not required to report information to FAIRS);

(g) Appoint representatives of the agency as members of ICAP subcommittees and working groups;

(h) Ensure that your agency's internal policies and procedures are consistent with the requirements of OMB Circulars A-126, A-76, and A-11, Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular 120-92, and this part; and

(i) Ensure that safety and other critical aviation program requirements are satisfied. Executive agencies that only hire aircraft occasionally for specific flights, must either:

(1) Establish an aviation program that complies with the requirements of OMB Circular A-126; or

(2) Hire those aircraft through an agency with a policy-compliant aviation program.