---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 U.S.C. § 1312"
title: "41"
title_heading: "Public Contracts"
number: "1312"
heading: "Functions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/41/1312"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy"
  - "Division B — Office of Federal Procurement Policy"
  - "Chapter 13 — Acquisition Councils"
  - "Subchapter II — Chief Acquisition Officers Council"
---

# §1312. Functions

- (a) **Principal Forum.—** The Chief Acquisition Officers Council is the principal interagency forum for monitoring and improving the Federal acquisition system.
- (b) **Functions.—** The Council shall perform functions that include the following:
  - (1) Develop recommendations for the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on Federal acquisition policies and requirements.
  - (2) Share experiences, ideas, best practices, and innovative approaches related to Federal acquisition.
  - (3) Assist the Administrator in the identification, development, and coordination of multiagency projects and other innovative initiatives to improve Federal acquisition.
  - (4) Promote effective business practices that ensure the timely delivery of best value products to the Federal Government and achieve appropriate public policy objectives.
  - (5) Further integrity, fairness, competition, openness, and efficiency in the Federal acquisition system.
  - (6) Work with the Office of Personnel Management to assess and address the hiring, training, and professional development needs of the Federal Government related to acquisition.
  - (7) Work with the Administrator and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to promote the business practices referred to in [paragraph (4)](#b-4) and other results of the functions carried out under this subsection.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3694.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1312(a) | 41:414b(d). | Pub. L. 93–400, § 16A(d), (e), as added Pub. L. 108–136, title XIV, § 1422(a), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1668. |
| 1312(b) | 41:414b(e). |  |