(B) The exceptional difficulty in recruiting or retaining a quali-
fied employee. 
(C) A temporary emergency hiring need. 
(3) SERVICE NOT SUBJECT TO CSRS OR FERS.—An individual reem-
ployed under this subsection shall not be deemed an employee for pur-
poses of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5. 
(4) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall submit an-
nually to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the use of the au-
thority under this subsection, including the number of employees reem-
ployed under authority of this subsection. 
(5) SUNSET PROVISION.—The authority under this subsection ex-
pires on December 31, 2011. 
§ 1704. Planning and policy-making for acquisition work-
force 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Associate Adminis-
trator’’ means the Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce 
Programs as designated by the Administrator pursuant to subsection 
(b). 
(2) CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICER.—The term ‘‘Chief Acquisition Of-
ficer’’ means a Chief Acquisition Officer for an executive agency ap-
pointed pursuant to section 1702 of this title. 
(b) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR
FOR ACQUISITION WORKFORCE PRO-
GRAMS.—The Administrator shall designate a member of the Senior Execu-
tive Service as the Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce Pro-
grams. The Associate Administrator shall be located in the Federal Acquisi-
tion Institute (or its successor). The Associate Administrator shall be re-
sponsible for— 
(1) supervising the acquisition workforce training fund established 
under section 1703(i) of this title; 
(2) developing, in coordination with Chief Acquisition Officers and 
Chief Human Capital Officers, a strategic human capital plan for the 
acquisition workforce of the Federal Government; 
(3) reviewing and providing input to individual agency acquisition 
workforce succession plans; 
(4) recommending to the Administrator and other senior government 
officials appropriate programs, policies, and practices to increase the 
quantity and quality of the Federal acquisition workforce; and 
(5) carrying out other functions that the Administrator may assign. 
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(c) ACQUISITION AND CONTRACTING TRAINING PROGRAMS WITHIN EX-
ECUTIVE AGENCIES.— 
(1) CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICER AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the head of 
an executive agency, the Chief Acquisition Officer for that agency shall 
carry out all powers, functions, and duties of the head of the agency 
with respect to implementation of this subsection. The Chief Acquisi-
tion Officer shall ensure that the policies established by the head of the 
agency in accordance with this subsection are implemented throughout 
the agency. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—The head of each executive agency, after con-
sultation with the Associate Administrator, shall establish and operate 
acquisition and contracting training programs. The programs shall— 
(A) have curricula covering a broad range of acquisition and 
contracting disciplines corresponding to the specific acquisition 
and contracting needs of the agency involved; 
(B) be developed and applied according to rigorous standards; 
and 
(C) be designed to maximize efficiency, through the use of self- 
paced courses, online courses, on-the-job training, and the use of 
remote instructors, wherever those features can be applied without 
reducing the effectiveness of the training or negatively affecting 
academic standards. 
(d) GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICIES
AND EVALUATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall issue policies to promote the development of performance stand-
ards for training and uniform implementation of this section by executive 
agencies, with due regard for differences in program requirements among 
agencies that may be appropriate and warranted in view of the agency mis-
sion. The Administrator shall evaluate the implementation of the provisions 
of subsection (c) by executive agencies. 
(e) INFORMATION ON ACQUISITION AND CONTRACTING TRAINING.—The 
Administrator shall ensure that the heads of executive agencies collect and 
maintain standardized information on the acquisition and contracting work-
force related to the implementation of subsection (c). 
(f) ACQUISITION WORKFORCE HUMAN CAPITAL SUCCESSION PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Chief Acquisition Officer for an executive 
agency shall develop, in consultation with the Chief Human Capital Of-
ficer for the agency and the Associate Administrator, a succession plan 
consistent with the agency’s strategic human capital plan for the re-
cruitment, development, and retention of the agency’s acquisition work-
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