Each advocate for competition designated pursuant to section 1705(a) of title 41 for an agency named in section 2303(a) of this title shall be a general or flag officer if a member of the armed forces or in a position classified above GS–15 pursuant to section 5108 of title 5, if a civilian employee and shall be designated to serve for a minimum of two years.
(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XII, § 1216(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2593; amended Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(d)(4), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 701(f)(1), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 115; Pub. L. 103–355, title I, § 1031, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3260; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(b)(17), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3843; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(f)(24), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1953; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 811(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1845.)
