50 U.S.C. § 403c : US Code - Section 403C: Procurement authority of Central Intelligence Agency

Search 50 U.S.C. § 403c : US Code - Section 403C: Procurement authority of Central Intelligence Agency

(a) Purchases and contracts for supplies and services
In the performance of its functions the Central Intelligence
Agency is authorized to exercise the authorities contained in
sections 2304(a)(1) to (6), (10), (12), (15), (17), and sections
2305(a) to (c), 2306, 2307, 2308, 2309, 2312, and 2313 of title
10.(!1)
(b) "Agency head" defined
In the exercise of the authorities granted in subsection (a) of
this section, the term "Agency head" shall mean the Director, the
Deputy Director, or the Executive of the Agency.
(c) Classes of purchases and contracts; finality of decision;
powers delegable
The determinations and decisions provided in subsection (a) of
this section to be made by the Agency head may be made with respect
to individual purchases and contracts or with respect to classes of
purchases or contracts, and shall be final. Except as provided in
subsection (d) of this section, the Agency head is authorized to
delegate his powers provided in this section, including the making
of such determinations and decisions, in his discretion and subject
to his direction, to any other officer or officers or officials of
the Agency.
(d) Powers not delegable; written findings
The power of the Agency head to make the determinations or
decisions specified in paragraphs (12) and (15) of section 2304(a)
and section 2307(a) of title 10 (!1) shall not be delegable. Each
determination or decision required by paragraphs (12) and (15) of
section 2304(a), by sections 2306 and 2313, or by section 2307(a)
of title 10,(!1) shall be based upon written findings made by the
official making such determinations, which findings shall be final
and shall be available within the Agency for a period of at least
six years following the date of the determination.