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Calendar No. 679 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2902 

To improve the Federal Acquisition Institute. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 17, 2009 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. 

LIEBERMAN, Mr. VOINOVICH, and Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

DECEMBER 8, 2010 

Reported by Mr. LIEBERMAN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REORGANIZATION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION IN2 STITUTE. 

3 (a) BUDGET RESOURCES AND AUTHORITY.—The Di4 rector of Office of Management and Budget and the Ad5 ministrator of General Services shall provide the Federal 

6 Acquisition Institute (FAI) sufficient budget resources 

7 and authority to support government-wide training stand8 ards and certification requirements necessary to enhance 

9 the mobility and career opportunities of the Federal acqui10 sition workforce. 

11 (b) OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY

12 CONTROL OVER INSTITUTE.—The FAI shall report 

13 through its Board of Directors to the Administrator for 

14 Federal Procurement Policy. The director of the FAI shall 

15 be appointed by the Administrator and shall report di16 rectly to the Associate Administrator for Acquisition 

17 Workforce. 

18 (c) ACQUISITION INTERNSHIP AND TRAINING PRO19 GRAMS.—All Federal civilian agency acquisition internship 

20 or acquisition training programs shall follow guidelines 

21 provided by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to 

22 ensure consistent training standards necessary to develop 

23 uniform core competencies throughout the Federal govern24 ment. 

25 (d) GOVERNMENT-WIDE TRAINING STANDARDS AND

26 CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The FAI shall provide 


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1 and update government-wide training standards and cer2 tification requirements, including— 

3 (1) developing and modifying acquisition certifi4 cation programs; 

5 (2) ensuring quality assurance for agency im6 plementation of government-wide training and cer7 tification standards; 

8 (3) analyzing the acquisition training cur9 riculum to ascertain if all certification competencies 

10 are covered or if adjustments are necessary; 

11 (4) developing career path information for cer12 tified professionals to encourage retention in govern13 ment positions; 

14 (5) coordinating with the Office of Personnel 

15 Management for human capital efforts; and 

16 (6) managing rotation assignments to support 

17 opportunities to apply skills included in certification. 

18 (e) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator for Fed19 eral Procurement Policy shall submit to the Committee on 

20 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 

21 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com22 mittee on Oversight and Government Reform and the 

23 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa24 tives an annual report on the projected budget needs and 

25 expense plans of the FAI to fulfill its mandate. 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Acquisition In3 stitute Act of 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ACQUISITION WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENTS. 

5 (a) WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 855 of the National 

7 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (41 

8 U.S.C. 433a) is transferred so as to appear after sec9 tion 37 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 

10 Act (41 U.S.C. 433), redesignated as section 37A of 

11 the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, and 

12 amended— 

13 (A) in subsection (a)— 

14 (i) by inserting after the first sentence 

15 the following: ‘‘The Associate Administrator 

16 shall be chosen on the basis of demonstrated 

17 knowledge and expertise in acquisition, 

18 human capital, and management.’’; 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘The Associate Admin20 istrator for Acquisition Workforce Programs 

21 shall be located in the Federal Acquisition 

22 Institute (or its successor).’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘The Associate Administrator shall be lo24 cated in the Office of Federal Procurement 

25 Policy.’’; 


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1 (iii) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

2 subparagraph (6); 

3 (iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; 

4 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 

5 (v) by inserting after paragraph (4) 

6 the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(5) implementing workforce programs under 

8 subsections (f) through (i) of section 37; and’’; and 

9 (B) by striking subsection (h) and inserting 

10 the following new subsections: 

11 ‘‘(h) FEDERAL ACQUISITION INSTITUTE.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a Fed13 eral Acquisition Institute (FAI) in order to— 

14 ‘‘(A) foster and promote the development of 

15 a professional acquisition workforce Government16 wide; 

17 ‘‘(B) promote and coordinate Government18 wide research and studies to improve the pro19 curement process and the laws, policies, methods, 

20 regulations, procedures, and forms relating to ac21 quisition by the executive agencies; 

22 ‘‘(C) collect data and analyze acquisition 

23 workforce data from the Office of Personnel Man24 agement, the heads of executive agencies, and, 


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1 through periodic surveys, from individual em2 ployees; 

3 ‘‘(D) periodically analyze acquisition career 

4 fields to identify critical competencies, duties, 

5 tasks, and related academic prerequisites, skills, 

6 and knowledge; 

7 ‘‘(E) coordinate and assist agencies in iden8 tifying and recruiting highly qualified can9 didates for acquisition fields; 

10 ‘‘(F) develop instructional materials for ac11 quisition personnel in coordination with private 

12 and public acquisition colleges and training fa13 cilities; 

14 ‘‘(G) evaluate the effectiveness of training 

15 and career development programs for acquisition 

16 personnel; 

17 ‘‘(H) promote the establishment and utiliza18 tion of academic programs by colleges and uni19 versities in acquisition fields; 

20 ‘‘(I) facilitate, to the extent requested by 

21 agencies, interagency intern and training pro22 grams; and 

23 ‘‘(J) perform other career management or 

24 research functions as directed by the Adminis25 trator. 


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1 ‘‘(2) BUDGET RESOURCES AND AUTHORITY.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Of3 fice of Management and Budget and the Admin4 istrator of General Services shall provide the 

5 Federal Acquisition Institute with the necessary 

6 budget resources and authority to support gov7 ernment-wide training standards and certifi8 cation requirements necessary to enhance the mo9 bility and career opportunities of the Federal ac10 quisition workforce. 

11 ‘‘(B) ACQUISITION WORKFORCE TRAINING

12 FUND.—Subject to the availability of funds, the 

13 Administer of General Services shall provide the 

14 Federal Acquisition Institute with amounts from 

15 the acquisition workforce training fund estab16 lished under section 37(h)(3) sufficient to meet 

17 the annual budget for the Federal Acquisition 

18 Institute requested by the Administrator for Fed19 eral Procurement Policy. 

20 ‘‘(3) FEDERAL ACQUISITION INSTITUTE BOARD

21 OF DIRECTORS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) REPORTING TO ADMINISTRATOR.—The 

23 Federal Acquisition Institute shall report 

24 through its Board of Directors directly to the Ad25 ministrator for Federal Procurement Policy. 


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1 ‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall be 

2 composed of not more than 8 individuals from 

3 the Federal Government representing a mix of 

4 acquisition functional areas, all of whom shall be 

5 appointed by the Administrator. 

6 ‘‘(C) DUTIES.—The Board shall provide 

7 general direction to the Federal Acquisition In8 stitute to ensure that the Institute— 

9 ‘‘(i) meets its statutory requirements; 

10 ‘‘(ii) meets the needs of the Federal ac11 quisition workforce; 

12 ‘‘(iii) implements appropriate pro13 grams; 

14 ‘‘(iv) coordinates with appropriate or15 ganizations and groups that have an im16 pact on the Federal acquisition workforce; 

17 ‘‘(v) develops and implements plans to 

18 meet future challenges of the Federal acqui19 sition workforce; and 

20 ‘‘(vi) works closely with the Defense 

21 Acquisition University. 

22 ‘‘(D) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Board shall 

23 make recommendations to the Administrator re24 garding the development and execution of the an25 nual budget of the Federal Acquisition Institute. 


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1 ‘‘(4) DIRECTOR.—The Director of the Federal 

2 Acquisition Institute shall be appointed by, and re3 port directly to, the Administrator. 

4 ‘‘(i) GOVERNMENT-WIDE TRAINING STANDARDS AND

5 CERTIFICATION.—The Administrator for Federal Procure6 ment Policy, acting through the Federal Acquisition Insti7 tute, shall provide and update government-wide training 

8 standards and certification requirements, including— 

9 ‘‘(1) developing and modifying acquisition cer10 tification programs; 

11 ‘‘(2) ensuring quality assurance for agency im12 plementation of government-wide training and certifi13 cation standards; 

14 ‘‘(3) analyzing the acquisition training cur15 riculum to ascertain if all certification competencies 

16 are covered or if adjustments are necessary; 

17 ‘‘(4) developing career path information for cer18 tified professionals to encourage retention in govern19 ment positions; 

20 ‘‘(5) coordinating with the Office of Personnel 

21 Management for human capital efforts; and 

22 ‘‘(6) managing rotation assignments to support 

23 opportunities to apply skills included in certification. 

24 ‘‘(j) ACQUISITION INTERNSHIP AND TRAINING PRO25 GRAMS.—All Federal civilian agency acquisition internship 


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1 or acquisition training programs shall follow guidelines 

2 provided by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to en3 sure consistent training standards necessary to develop uni4 form core competencies throughout the Federal Government. 

5 ‘‘(k) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall sub6 mit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern7 mental Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

8 Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government 

9 Reform and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

10 of Representatives an annual report on the projected budget 

11 needs and expense plans of the FAI to fulfill its mandate. 

12 ‘‘(l) CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICER DEFINED.—In this 

13 section, the term ‘Chief Acquisition Officer’ means a Chief 

14 Acquisition Officer for an executive agency appointed pur15 suant to section 16.’’. 

16 (2) EXPANDED SCOPE OF ACQUISITION WORK17 FORCE TRAINING FUND.—Section 37(h)(3) of the Of18 fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 

19 433(h)(3)) is amended— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to 

21 support the training of the acquisition workforce 

22 of the executive agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘to sup23 port the activities set forth in section 37A(h)(1)’’; 

24 and 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘en2 sure that funds collected for training under this 

3 section are not used for any purpose other than 

4 the purpose specified in subparagraph (A)’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘ensure that funds collected under this 

6 section are not used for any purpose other than 

7 the activities set forth in section 37A(h)(1)’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 6(d)(5) of the 

9 Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 

10 405(d)(5)) is amended to read as follows: 

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

12 the Federal Acquisition Institute established under 

13 section 37A, including recommending to the Adminis14 trator of General Services a sufficient budget for such 

15 activities;’’. 

16 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section, 

17 or the amendments made by this section, shall be construed 

18 to preclude the Secretary of Defense from establishing acqui19 sition workforce policies, procedures, training standards, 

20 and certification requirements for acquisition positions in 

21 the Department of Defense, as provided in chapter 87 of 

22 title 10, United States Code. 


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Calendar No. 679 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2902 

A BILL 

To improve the Federal Acquisition Institute. 

DECEMBER 8, 2010 

Reported with an amendment 


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