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Calendar No. 73 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 762 

[Report No. 112–21] 

To improve the Federal Acquisition Institute. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 7 (legislative day, APRIL 5), 2011 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. AKAKA, Mrs. MCCASKILL, and Mr. BROWN of 

Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

JUNE 9, 2011 

Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, without amendment 

A BILL 

To improve the Federal Acquisition Institute. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Acquisition 

5 Institute Improvement Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ACQUISITION WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENTS. 

2 (a) WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENTS.—Section 1704(b) 

3 of title 41, United States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) by inserting after the first sentence the fol5 lowing: ‘‘The Associate Administrator shall be cho6 sen on the basis of demonstrated knowledge and ex7 pertise in acquisition, human capital, and manage8 ment.’’; 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘The Associate Administrator 

10 for Acquisition Workforce Programs shall be located 

11 in the Federal Acquisition Institute (or its suc12 cessor).’’ and inserting ‘‘The Associate Adminis13 trator shall be located in the Office of Federal Pro14 curement Policy.’’; 

15 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

16 inserting a semicolon; 

17 (4) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para18 graph (6); and 

19 (5) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol20 lowing new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(5) implementing workforce programs under 

22 subsections (f) through (k) of section 1703 of this 

23 title; and’’. 

24 (b) FEDERAL ACQUISITION INSTITUTE.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Division B of title 41, 

2 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

3 chapter 11 the following new chapter: 

4 ‘‘CHAPTER 12—FEDERAL ACQUISITION 

5 INSTITUTE 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘1201. Federal Acquisition Institute. 

6 ‘‘§ 1201. Federal Acquisition Institute 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established a Federal 

8 Acquisition Institute (FAI) in order to— 

9 ‘‘(1) foster and promote the development of a 

10 professional acquisition workforce Government-wide; 

11 ‘‘(2) promote and coordinate Government-wide 

12 research and studies to improve the procurement 

13 process and the laws, policies, methods, regulations, 

14 procedures, and forms relating to acquisition by the 

15 executive agencies; 

16 ‘‘(3) collect data and analyze acquisition work17 force data from the Office of Personnel Manage18 ment, the heads of executive agencies, and, through 

19 periodic surveys, from individual employees; 

20 ‘‘(4) periodically analyze acquisition career 

21 fields to identify critical competencies, duties, tasks, 

22 and related academic prerequisites, skills, and 

23 knowledge; 


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1 ‘‘(5) coordinate and assist agencies in identi2 fying and recruiting highly qualified candidates for 

3 acquisition fields; 

4 ‘‘(6) develop instructional materials for acquisi5 tion personnel in coordination with private and pub6 lic acquisition colleges and training facilities; 

7 ‘‘(7) evaluate the effectiveness of training and 

8 career development programs for acquisition per9 sonnel; 

10 ‘‘(8) promote the establishment and utilization 

11 of academic programs by colleges and universities in 

12 acquisition fields; 

13 ‘‘(9) facilitate, to the extent requested by agen14 cies, interagency intern and training programs; 

15 ‘‘(10) collaborate with other civilian agency ac16 quisition training programs to leverage training sup17 porting all members of the civilian agency acquisi18 tion workforce; 

19 ‘‘(11) assist civilian agencies with their acquisi20 tion human capital planning efforts; and 

21 ‘‘(12) perform other career management or re22 search functions as directed by the Administrator. 

23 ‘‘(b) BUDGET RESOURCES AND AUTHORITY.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for Fed25 eral Procurement Policy shall recommend to the AdVerDate Mar 15 2010 22:59 Jun 09, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S762.RS S762

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1 ministrator of the General Services Administration 

2 sufficient budget resources and authority for the 

3 Federal Acquisition Institute to support Govern4 ment-wide training standards and certification re5 quirements necessary to enhance the mobility and 

6 career opportunities of the Federal acquisition work7 force. 

8 ‘‘(2) ACQUISITION WORKFORCE TRAINING

9 FUND.—Subject to the availability of funds, the Ad10 minister of General Services shall provide the Fed11 eral Acquisition Institute with amounts from the ac12 quisition workforce training fund established under 

13 section 1703(i) of this title sufficient to meet the an14 nual budget for the Federal Acquisition Institute re15 quested by the Administrator for Federal Procure16 ment Policy. 

17 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL ACQUISITION INSTITUTE BOARD OF

18 DIRECTORS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) REPORTING TO ADMINISTRATOR.—The 

20 Federal Acquisition Institute shall report through its 

21 Board of Directors directly to the Administrator for 

22 Federal Procurement Policy. 

23 ‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall be com24 posed of not more than 8 individuals from the Fed25 eral Government representing a mix of acquisition 


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1 functional areas, all of whom shall be appointed by 

2 the Administrator. 

3 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Board shall provide general 

4 direction to the Federal Acquisition Institute to en5 sure that the Institute— 

6 ‘‘(A) meets its statutory requirements; 

7 ‘‘(B) meets the needs of the Federal acqui8 sition workforce; 

9 ‘‘(C) implements appropriate programs; 

10 ‘‘(D) coordinates with appropriate organi11 zations and groups that have an impact on the 

12 Federal acquisition workforce; 

13 ‘‘(E) develops and implements plans to 

14 meet future challenges of the Federal acquisi15 tion workforce; and 

16 ‘‘(F) works closely with the Defense Acqui17 sition University. 

18 ‘‘(4) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Board shall 

19 make recommendations to the Administrator regard20 ing the development and execution of the annual 

21 budget of the Federal Acquisition Institute. 

22 ‘‘(d) DIRECTOR.—The Director of the Federal Acqui23 sition Institute shall be appointed by, and report directly 

24 to, the Administrator. 


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1 ‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall 

2 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov3 ernmental Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations 

4 of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Gov5 ernment Reform and the Committee on Appropriations of 

6 the House of Representatives an annual report on the pro7 jected budget needs and expense plans of the Federal Ac8 quisition Institute to fulfill its mandate.’’. 

9 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

10 1122(a)(5) of such title is amended to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(5) providing for and directing the activities of 

13 the Federal Acquisition Institute established under 

14 section 1201 of this title, including recommending to 

15 the Administrator of General Services a sufficient 

16 budget for such activities.’’. 

17 (c) GOVERNMENT-WIDE TRAINING STANDARDS AND

18 CERTIFICATION.—Section 1703 of title 41, United States 

19 Code, is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (c)(2)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘The Administrator shall’’ 

22 and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

24 shall’’; and 

25 (B) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(B) GOVERNMENT-WIDE TRAINING

2 STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION.—The Admin3 istrator, acting through the Federal Acquisition 

4 Institute, shall provide and update Government5 wide training standards and certification re6 quirements, including— 

7 ‘‘(i) developing and modifying acquisi8 tion certification programs; 

9 ‘‘(ii) ensuring quality assurance for 

10 agency implementation of Government11 wide training and certification standards; 

12 ‘‘(iii) analyzing the acquisition train13 ing curriculum to ascertain if all certifi14 cation competencies are covered or if ad15 justments are necessary; 

16 ‘‘(iv) developing career path informa17 tion for certified professionals to encourage 

18 retention in Government positions; 

19 ‘‘(v) coordinating with the Office of 

20 Personnel Management for human capital 

21 efforts; and 

22 ‘‘(vi) managing rotation assignments 

23 to support opportunities to apply skills in24 cluded in certification.’’; and 


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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

3 ‘‘(l) ACQUISITION INTERNSHIP AND TRAINING PRO4 GRAMS.—All Federal civilian agency acquisition internship 

5 or acquisition training programs shall follow guidelines 

6 provided by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to 

7 ensure consistent training standards necessary to develop 

8 uniform core competencies throughout the Federal Gov9 ernment.’’. 

10 (d) EXPANDED SCOPE OF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

11 TRAINING FUND.—Section 1703(i) of such title is amend12 ed— 

13 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘to support 

14 the training of the acquisition workforce of the exec15 utive agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘to support the activi16 ties set forth in section 1201(a) of this title’’; and 

17 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘ensure that 

18 amounts collected for training under this subsection 

19 are not used for a purpose other than the purpose 

20 specified in paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure 

21 that amounts collected under this section are not 

22 used for a purpose other than the activities set forth 

23 in section 1201(a) of this title’’. 

24 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec25 tion, or the amendments made by this section, shall be 


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1 construed to preclude the Secretary of Defense from es2 tablishing acquisition workforce policies, procedures, 

3 training standards, and certification requirements for ac4 quisition positions in the Department of Defense, as pro5 vided in chapter 87 of title 10, United States Code. 


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Calendar No. 73 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 762 

[Report No. 112–21] 

A BILL 

To improve the Federal Acquisition Institute. 

JUNE 9, 2011 

Reported without amendment 


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