---
kind: "unit"
title: "41"
title_heading: "Public Contracts"
key: "stI/dB/ch17"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 17"
heading: "Agency Responsibilities and Procedures"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/41/stI-dB-ch17"
sections_count: 13
---

# Chapter 17 — Agency Responsibilities and Procedures

Title 41 — Public Contracts › Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy › Division B — Office of Federal Procurement Policy

## Sections

- [§1701. Cooperation with the Administrator](/usc/41/1701.md)
- [§1702. Chief Acquisition Officers and senior procurement executives](/usc/41/1702.md)
- [§1703. Acquisition workforce](/usc/41/1703.md)
- [§1704. Planning and policy-making for acquisition workforce](/usc/41/1704.md)
- [§1705. Advocates for competition](/usc/41/1705.md)
- [§1706. Personnel evaluation](/usc/41/1706.md)
- [§1707. Publication of proposed regulations](/usc/41/1707.md)
- [§1708. Procurement notice](/usc/41/1708.md)
- [§1709. Contracting functions performed by Federal personnel](/usc/41/1709.md)
- [§1710. Public-private competition required before conversion to contractor performance](/usc/41/1710.md)
- [§1711. Value engineering](/usc/41/1711.md)
- [§1712. Record requirements](/usc/41/1712.md)
- [§1713. Procurement data](/usc/41/1713.md)