# § 3249. Advocates for competition
section 1705(a) of title 41section 3063 of this titlesection 5108 of title 5
Each advocate for competition designated pursuant to for an agency named in shall be a general or flag officer if a member of the armed forces or in a position classified above GS–15 pursuant to , if a civilian employee and shall be designated to serve for a minimum of two years.
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**Source Credit**: (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.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 3251 was renumbered .
### Amendments
2021—, renumbered as this section and substituted “section 3063” for “section 2303(a)”.
2018— substituted “Each advocate for competition designated pursuant to for” for “(b) Each advocate for competition of” and “in a position classified above GS–15 pursuant to ” for “a grade GS–16 or above under the General Schedule (or in a comparable or higher position under another schedule)” and struck out subsec. (a) which related to designation of an officer or employee of the Defense Logistics Agency to serve as the advocate for competition of the agency.
2013—Subsec. (a)(2). substituted “subsections (b) and (c) of section 1705” for “section 1705(b) and (c)”.
2011—Subsec. (a)(1). , substituted “” for “section 20(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act ()”.
Subsec. (a)(2). , substituted “section 1705(b) and (c) of title 41” for “sections 20(b) and 20(c) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (, (c))”.
1994—Subsec. (c). 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 (), in the form in which it was submitted to the Secretary.”
1991—Subsec. (c). substituted “section 23” for “section 21”.
1987—Subsec. (a)(1). , inserted “()” after “Policy Act”.
Subsec. (a)(2). , inserted “(, (c))” after “Policy Act”.
Subsec. (c). , inserted “()” after “Policy Act”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment
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