41 U.S.C. § 7101
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In this chapter:
- (1)The term “Administrator” means the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy appointed pursuant to section 1102 of this title.
- (2)The term “agency board” or “agency board of contract appeals” means—
- (3)The term “agency head” means the head and any assistant head of an executive agency. The term may include the chief official of a principal division of an executive agency if the head of the executive agency so designates that chief official.
- (4)The term “Armed Services Board” means the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals established under section 7105(a)(1) of this title.
- (5)The term “Civilian Board” means the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals established under section 7105(b)(1) of this title.
- (6)The term “contracting officer”—
- (A)means an individual who, by appointment in accordance with applicable regulations, has the authority to make and administer contracts and to make determinations and findings with respect to contracts; and
- (B)includes an authorized representative of the contracting officer, acting within the limits of the representative’s authority.
- (7)The term “contractor” means a party to a Federal Government contract other than the Federal Government.
- (8)The term “executive agency” means—
- (A)an executive department as defined in section 101 of title 5;
- (B)a military department as defined in section 102 of title 5;
- (C)an independent establishment as defined in section 104 of title 5, except that the term does not include the Government Accountability Office; and
- (D)a wholly owned Government corporation as defined in section 9101(3) of title 31.
- (9)The term “misrepresentation of fact” means a false statement of substantive fact, or conduct that leads to a belief of a substantive fact material to proper understanding of the matter in hand, made with intent to deceive or mislead.