DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO APPROVE CERTAIN CONTRACT JUSTIFICATIONS

SEC. 803. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO APPROVE CERTAIN CONTRACT JUSTIFICATIONS Section 2304(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking out “or a delegate” and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting in lieu thereof “(or the head of the procuring activity’s delegate designated pursuant to paragraph (6)(A));”; (2) in paragraph (1)(B)(iii), by inserting “or in the case of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, acting in his capacity as the senior procurement executive for the Department of Defense, the Under Secretary’s delegate designated pursuant to paragraph (6)(B)” after “(without further delegation)”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(6)(A) The authority of the head of a procuring activity under paragraph (1)(B)(ii) may be delegated only to an officer or employee who— “(i) if a member of the armed forces, is a general or flag officer; or “(ii) if a civilian, is serving in a position with a grade under the General Schedule (or any other schedule for civilian officers 102 STAT. 2009or employees) that is comparable to or higher than the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half). “(B) The authority of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition under paragraph (1)(B)(iii) may be delegated only to— “(i) an Assistant Secretary of Defense; or “(ii) with respect to the element of the Department of Defense (as specified in section 111(b) of this title), other than a military department, carrying out the procurement action concerned, an officer or employee serving in or assigned or detailed to that element who— “(I) if a member of the armed forces, is serving in a grade above brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half); or “(II) if a civilian, is serving in a position with a grade under the General Schedule (or any other schedule for civilian officers or employees) that is comparable to or higher than the grade of major general or rear admiral.”.