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 98 STAT. 1198



97 Stat. 1330. 41 USC 414.

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"(B) not assign such officers or employees any duties or responsibilities that are inconsistent with the duties and responsibilities of the advocates for competition; and "(C) provide such officers or employees with such staff or assistance as may be necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the advocate for competition, such as persons who are specialists in engineering, technical operations, contract administration, financial management, supply management, and utilization of small and disadvantaged business concerns. "(b) The advocate for competition of an executive agency shall— "(1) be responsible for challenging barriers to and promoting full and open competition in the procurement of property and services by the executive agency; "(2) review the procurement activities of the executive agency; "(3) identify and report to the senior procurement executive of the executive agency designated pursuant to section 16(3)— «(^) opportunities and actions taken to achieve full and open competition in the procurement activities of the executive agency; and -^ ' "(B) any condition or action which has the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition in the procurement actions of the executive agency; and "(4) prepare and transmit to such senior procurement executive an annual report describing— "(A) such advocate's activities under this section; "(B) new initiatives required to increase competition; and "(C) barriers to full and open competition that remain; "(5) recommend to the senior procurement executive of the executive agency goals and the plans for increasing competition on a fiscal year basis; "(6) recommend to the senior procurement executive of the executive agency a system of personal and organizational accountability for competition, which may include the use of recognition and awards to motivate program managers, contracting officers, and others in authority to promote competition in procurement programs; and "(7) describe other ways in which the executive agency has emphasized competition in programs for procurement training and research. "(c) The advocate for competition for each procuring activity shall be responsible for challenging barriers to and promoting full and open competition in the procuring activity, including unnecessarily detailed specifications and unnecessarily restrictive statements of need. A N N U A L REPORT ON COMPETITION

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"SEC. 21. (a) Not later than January 31 of each of 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990, the head of each executive agency shall transmit to each House of Congress a report including the information specified in subsection (b). "(b) Each report under subsection (a) shall include— " ( D a specific description of all actions that the head of the executive agency intends to take during the current fiscal year to—

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