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Calendar No. 386 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 367 

[Report No. 117–118] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 22, 2021 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

MAY 24, 2022 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, without amendment 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

an acquisition professional career program, and for other 

purposes. 

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 ‘‘Homeland Security 

5 Acquisition Professional Career Program Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE ACQUISITION PROFES2 SIONAL CAREER PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu4 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 711. ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL CAREER PRO7 GRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

9 Department an acquisition professional career program to 

10 develop a cadre of acquisition professionals within the De11 partment. 

12 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Under Secretary for 

13 Management shall administer the acquisition professional 

14 career program established pursuant to subsection (a). 

15 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The Under Sec16 retary for Management shall carry out the following with 

17 respect to the acquisition professional career program. 

18 ‘‘(1) Designate the occupational series, grades, 

19 and number of acquisition positions throughout the 

20 Department to be included in the program and man21 age centrally such positions. 

22 ‘‘(2) Establish and publish on the Department’s 

23 website eligibility criteria for candidates to partici24 pate in the program. 

25 ‘‘(3) Carry out recruitment efforts to attract 

26 candidates— 


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1 ‘‘(A) from institutions of higher education, 

2 including such institutions with established ac3 quisition specialties and courses of study, his4 torically Black colleges and universities, and 

5 Hispanic-serving institutions; 

6 ‘‘(B) with diverse work experience outside 

7 of the Federal Government; or 

8 ‘‘(C) with military service. 

9 ‘‘(4) Hire eligible candidates for designated po10 sitions under the program. 

11 ‘‘(5) Develop a structured program comprised 

12 of acquisition training, on-the-job experience, De13 partment-wide rotations, mentorship, shadowing, 

14 and other career development opportunities for pro15 gram participants. 

16 ‘‘(6) Provide, beyond required training estab17 lished for program participants, additional special18 ized acquisition training, including small business 

19 contracting and innovative acquisition techniques 

20 training. 

21 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than December 31, 2021, 

22 and annually thereafter through 2027, the Secretary shall 

23 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

24 House of Representatives and the Committee on Home25 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 


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1 report on the acquisition professional career program. 

2 Each such report shall include the following information: 

3 ‘‘(1) The number of candidates approved for 

4 the program. 

5 ‘‘(2) The number of candidates who commenced 

6 participation in the program, including generalized 

7 information on such candidates’ backgrounds with 

8 respect to education and prior work experience, but 

9 not including personally identifiable information. 

10 ‘‘(3) A breakdown of the number of partici11 pants hired under the program by type of acquisition 

12 position. 

13 ‘‘(4) A list of Department components and of14 fices that participated in the program and informa15 tion regarding length of time of each program par16 ticipant in each rotation at such components or of17 fices. 

18 ‘‘(5) Program attrition rates and post-program 

19 graduation retention data, including information on 

20 how such data compare to the prior year’s data, as 

21 available. 

22 ‘‘(6) The Department’s recruiting efforts for 

23 the program. 

24 ‘‘(7) The Department’s efforts to promote re25 tention of program participants. 


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1 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 ‘‘(1) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

3 term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 

4 given such term in section 502 of the Higher Edu5 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a). 

6 ‘‘(2) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND

7 UNIVERSITIES.—The term ‘historically Black col8 leges and universities’ has the meaning given the 

9 term ‘part B institution’ in section 322(2) of Higher 

10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 

11 ‘‘(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

12 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

13 meaning given such term in section 101 of the High14 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).’’. 

15 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

16 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

17 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

18 710 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 711. Acquisition professional career program.’’. 


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Calendar No. 386 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 367 

[Report No. 117–118] 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

gram, and for other purposes. establish an acquisition professional career proMAY 24, 2022 

Reported without amendment 


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