Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 41 : Section 601


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 601. Definitions

      As used in this chapter - 
        (1) the term "agency head" means the head and any assistant
      head of an executive agency, and may "upon the designation by"
      the head of an executive agency include the chief official of any
      principal division of the agency;
        (2) the term "executive agency" means an executive department
      as defined in section 101 of title 5, an independent
      establishment as defined by section 104 of title 5 (except that
      it shall not include the General Accounting Office), a military
      department as defined by section 102 of title 5, and a wholly
      owned Government corporation as defined by section 9101(3) of
      title 31, the United States Postal Service, and the Postal Rate
      Commission;
        (3) the term "contracting officer" means any person who, by
      appointment in accordance with applicable regulations, has the
      authority to enter into and administer contracts and make
      determinations and findings with respect thereto. The term also
      includes the authorized representative of the contracting
      officer, acting within the limits of his authority;
        (4) the term "contractor" means a party to a Government
      contract other than the Government;
        (5) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator for
      Federal Procurement Policy appointed pursuant to the Office of
      Federal Procurement Policy Act [41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.];
        (6) the term "agency board" means an agency board of contract
      appeals established under section 607 of this title; and
        (7) the term "misrepresentation of fact" means a false
      statement of substantive fact, or any conduct which leads to a
      belief of a substantive fact material to proper understanding of
      the matter in hand, made with intent to deceive or mislead.



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