---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 U.S.C. § 1322"
title: "41"
title_heading: "Public Contracts"
number: "1322"
heading: "Federal Acquisition Security Council establishment and membership"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/41/1322"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy"
  - "Division B — Office of Federal Procurement Policy"
  - "Chapter 13 — Acquisition Councils"
  - "Subchapter III — Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security"
---

# §1322. Federal Acquisition Security Council establishment and membership

- (a) **Establishment.—** There is established in the executive branch a Federal Acquisition Security [Council](/usc/41/1321.md?p=2).
- (b) **Membership.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** The following agencies shall be represented on the [Council](/usc/41/1321.md?p=2):
    - (A) The Office of Management and Budget.
    - (B) The General Services Administration.
    - (C) The Department of Homeland Security, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
    - (D) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, including the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
    - (E) The Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
    - (F) The Department of Defense, including the National Security Agency.
    - (G) The Department of Commerce, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
    - (H) Such other executive agencies as determined by the Chairperson of the [Council](/usc/41/1321.md?p=2).
  - (2) **Lead representatives.—**
    - (A) **Designation.—**
      - (i) **In general.—** Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018, the head of each agency represented on the [Council](/usc/41/1321.md?p=2) shall designate a representative of that agency as the lead representative of the agency on the [Council](/usc/41/1321.md?p=2).
      - (ii) **Requirements.—** The representative of an agency designated under [clause (i)](#b-2-A-i) shall have expertise in [supply chain risk](/usc/41/1321.md?p=8) management, acquisitions, or [information and communications technology](/usc/41/1321.md?p=5).
    - (B) **Functions.—** The lead representative of an agency designated under [subparagraph (A)](#b-2-A) shall ensure that appropriate personnel, including leadership and subject matter experts of the agency, are aware of the business of the [Council](/usc/41/1321.md?p=2).
- (c) **Chairperson.—**
  - (1) **Designation.—** Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall designate a senior-level [official](/usc/41/2101.md?p=5) from the Office of Management and Budget to serve as the Chairperson of the [Council](/usc/41/1321.md?p=2).
  - (2) **Functions.—** The Chairperson shall perform functions that include—
    - (A) subject to [subsection (d)](#d), developing a schedule for meetings of the [Council](/usc/41/1321.md?p=2);
    - (B) designating executive agencies to be represented on the [Council](/usc/41/1321.md?p=2) under [subsection (b)(1)(H)](#b-1-H);
    - (C) in consultation with the lead representative of each agency represented on the [Council](/usc/41/1321.md?p=2), developing a charter for the [Council](/usc/41/1321.md?p=2); and
    - (D) not later than 7 days after completion of the charter, submitting the charter to the [appropriate congressional committees and leadership](/usc/41/1321.md?p=1).
- (d) **Meetings.—** The [Council](/usc/41/1321.md?p=2) shall meet not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 and not less frequently than quarterly thereafter.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 115–390, title II, § 202(a), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5178.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of the enactment of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018, referred to in subsecs. (b)(2)(A)(i), (c)(1), and (d), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 115–390, which was approved Dec. 21, 2018.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Dec. 21, 2018, and applicable to contracts that are awarded before, on, or after that date, see section 202(c) of Pub. L. 115–390, set out as a note under section 1321 of this title.

Title II of Pub. L. 115–390 effective 90 days after Dec. 21, 2018, see section 205 of Pub. L. 115–390, set out as a note under section 1321 of this title.