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(d) ELEVATION OF DISPUTES TO THE CHIEF ACQUI-
SITION OFFICER.—Within 45 days after the elevation to 
the Chief Acquisition Officer of any design or other dis-
pute regarding a Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition, the Com-
mandant shall provide to the appropriate congressional 
committees a detailed description of the issue and the ra-
tionale underlying the decision taken by the Chief Acquisi-
tion Officer to resolve the issue. 
(e) SPECIAL RATE SUPPLEMENTS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act 
and in accordance with part 9701.333 of title 5, 
Code of Federal Regulations, the Commandant shall 
establish special rate supplements that provide high-
er pay levels for employees necessary to carry out 
the amendment made by this section. 
(2) SUBJECT
TO
APPROPRIATIONS.—The re-
quirement under paragraph (1) is subject to the 
availability of appropriations. 
SEC. 302. IMPROVEMENTS IN COAST GUARD ACQUISITION 
MANAGEMENT. 
(a) PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGERS.—An indi-
vidual may not be assigned as the program manager for 
a Level 1 or Level 2 acquisition unless the individual holds 
a Level III acquisition certification as a program manager. 
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(b) INTEGRATED
PRODUCT
TEAMS.—Integrated 
product teams, and all teams that oversee integrated prod-
uct teams, shall be chaired by officers, members, or em-
ployees of the Coast Guard. 
(c) TECHNICAL
AUTHORITY.—The Commandant 
shall maintain or designate the technical authority to es-
tablish, approve, and maintain technical requirements. 
Any such designation shall be made in writing and may 
not be delegated to the authority of the Chief Acquisition 
Officer established by section 55 of title 14, United States 
Code. 
(d) DESIGNATION OF POSITIONS IN THE ACQUISI-
TION WORKFORCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant shall des-
ignate a sufficient number of positions to be in the 
Coast Guard’s acquisition workforce to perform ac-
quisition-related functions at Coast Guard head-
quarters and field activities. 
(2) REQUIRED POSITIONS.—In designating po-
sitions under subsection (a), the Commandant shall 
include, at a minimum, positions encompassing the 
following competencies and functions: 
(A) Program management. 
(B) Systems planning, research, develop-
ment, engineering, and testing. 
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(C) Procurement, including contracting. 
(D) Industrial and contract property man-
agement. 
(E) Life-cycle logistics. 
(F) Quality control and assurance. 
(G) Manufacturing and production. 
(H) Business, cost estimating, financial 
management, and auditing. 
(I) Acquisition education, training, and ca-
reer development. 
(J) Construction and facilities engineering. 
(K) Testing and evaluation. 
(3) ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTER 
ACTIVITIES.—The Commandant shall also designate 
as positions in the acquisition workforce under para-
graph (1) those acquisition-related positions located 
at Coast Guard headquarters units. 
(4) APPROPRIATE EXPERTISE REQUIRED.—The 
Commandant shall ensure that each individual as-
signed to a position in the acquisition workforce has 
the appropriate expertise to carry out the respon-
sibilities of that position. 
(e) MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant shall es-
tablish a management information system capability 
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to improve acquisition workforce management and 
reporting. 
(2) INFORMATION
MAINTAINED.—Information 
maintained with such capability shall include the fol-
lowing standardized information on individuals as-
signed to positions in the workforce: 
(A) Qualifications, assignment history, and 
tenure of those individuals assigned to positions 
in the acquisition workforce or holding acquisi-
tion-related certifications. 
(B) Promotion rates for officers and mem-
bers of the Coast Guard in the acquisition 
workforce. 
(f) REPORT ON ADEQUACY OF ACQUISITION WORK-
FORCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant shall re-
port to the Congress by July 1 of each year on the 
scope of the acquisition activities to be performed in 
the next fiscal year and on the adequacy of the cur-
rent acquisition workforce to meet that anticipated 
workload. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall— 
(A) specify the number of officers, mem-
bers, and employees of the Coast Guard cur-
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rently and planned to be assigned to each posi-
tion designated under subsection (d); and 
(B) identify positions that are understaffed 
to meet the anticipated acquisition workload, 
and actions that will be taken to correct such 
understaffing. 
(g) APPOINTMENTS TO ACQUISITION POSITIONS.— 
The Commandant shall ensure that no requirement or 
preference for officers or members of the Coast Guard is 
used in the consideration of persons for positions in the 
acquisition workforce. 
(h) CAREER PATHS.— 
(1) IDENTIFICATION
OF
CAREER
PATHS.—To 
establish acquisition management as a core com-
petency of the Coast Guard, the Commandant 
shall— 
(A) ensure that career paths for officers, 
members, and employees of the Coast Guard 
who wish to pursue careers in acquisition are 
identified in terms of the education, training, 
experience, and assignments necessary for ca-
reer progression of those officers, members, and 
employees to the most senior positions in the 
acquisition workforce; and 
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