---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 U.S.C. § 4709"
title: "41"
title_heading: "Public Contracts"
number: "4709"
heading: "Implementation of electronic commerce capability"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/41/4709"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy"
  - "Division C — Procurement"
  - "Chapter 47 — Miscellaneous"
---

# §4709. Implementation of electronic commerce capability

- (a) **Role of Head of Executive Agency.—** The head of each executive agency shall implement the electronic commerce capability required by [section 2301 of this title](/usc/41/2301.md). In implementing the capability, the head of an executive agency shall consult with the Administrator.
- (b) **Program Manager.—** The head of each executive agency shall designate a program manager to implement the electronic commerce capability for the agency. The program manager reports directly to an [official](/usc/41/2101.md?p=5) at a level not lower than the senior procurement executive designated for the agency under [section 1702(c) of this title](/usc/41/1702.md?p=c).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3800.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 4709 | 41:252c. | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 302C, as added Pub. L. 103–355, title IX, § 9003, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3403; Pub. L. 105–85, title VIII, § 850(f)(4)(A), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1850. |