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‘‘(3) MANDATORY
TRAINING
AND
EDUCATION.—For each
career path, the head of each executive agency shall establish
requirements for the completion of course work and related
on-the-job training in the critical acquisition-related duties and
tasks of the career path. The head of each executive agency
shall also encourage employees to maintain the currency of
their acquisition knowledge and generally enhance their knowl-
edge of related acquisition management disciplines through
academic programs and other self-developmental activities.
‘‘(4) PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES.—The head of each execu-
tive agency shall provide for an enhanced system of incentives
for the encouragement of excellence in the acquisition workforce
which rewards performance of employees that contribute to
achieving the agency’s performance goals. The system of incen-
tives shall include provisions that—
‘‘(A) relate pay to performance (including the extent
to which the performance of personnel in such workforce
contributes to achieving the cost goals, schedule goals, and
performance goals established for acquisition programs
pursuant to section 313(b) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 263(b)));
and
‘‘(B) provide for consideration, in personnel evaluations
and promotion decisions, of the extent to which the
performance of personnel in such workforce contributes
to achieving such cost goals, schedule goals, and perform-
ance goals.
‘‘(g) QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—(A) Subject to paragraph (2), the
Administrator 
shall 
establish 
qualification 
requirements,
including education requirements, for the following positions:
‘‘(i) Entry-level positions in the General Schedule
Contracting series (GS–1102).
‘‘(ii) Senior positions in the General Schedule Contract-
ing series (GS–1102).
‘‘(iii) All positions in the General Schedule Purchasing
series (GS–1105).
‘‘(iv) Positions in other General Schedule series in
which significant acquisition-related functions are per-
formed.
‘‘(B) Subject to paragraph (2), the Administrator shall pre-
scribe the manner and extent to which such qualification
requirements shall apply to any person serving in a position
described in subparagraph (A) at the time such requirements
are established.
‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP
TO
REQUIREMENTS
APPLICABLE
TO
DEFENSE
ACQUISITION
WORKFORCE.—The Administrator shall
establish qualification requirements and make prescriptions
under paragraph (1) that are comparable to those established
for the same or equivalent positions pursuant to chapter 87
of title 10, United States Code, with appropriate modifications.
‘‘(3) APPROVAL OF REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator shall
submit any requirement established or prescription made under
paragraph (1) to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment for approval. If the Director does not disapprove a require-
ment or prescription within 30 days after the date on which
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the Director receives it, the requirement or prescription is
deemed to be approved by the Director.
‘‘(h) EDUCATION AND TRAINING.—
‘‘(1) FUNDING LEVELS.—(A) The head of an executive agency
shall set forth separately the funding levels requested for edu-
cation and training of the acquisition workforce in the budget
justification documents submitted in support of the President’s
budget submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31,
United States Code.
‘‘(B) Funds appropriated for education and training under
this section may not be obligated for any other purpose.
‘‘(2) TUITION ASSISTANCE.—The head of an executive agency
may provide tuition reimbursement in education (including a
full-time course of study leading to a degree) in accordance
with section 4107 of title 5, United States Code, for personnel
serving in acquisition positions in the agency.’’.
(2) The table of contents for such Act, contained in section
1(b), is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 37. Acquisition workforce.’’.
(b) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 6(d) of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 405), is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11),
and (12) (as transferred by section 4321(h)(1)) as paragraphs
(7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), and (13), respectively;
(2) in paragraph (5)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking out ‘‘Government-
wide career management programs for a professional
procurement work force’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the
development of a professional acquisition workforce
Government-wide’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by striking out ‘‘procurement by the’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘acquisition by the’’;
(ii) by striking out ‘‘and’’ at the end of the subpara-
graph; and
(iii) by striking out subparagraph (C) and inserting
in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(C) collect data and analyze acquisition workforce data
from the Office of Personnel Management, the heads of
executive agencies, and, through periodic surveys, from
individual employees;
‘‘(D) periodically analyze acquisition career fields to
identify critical competencies, duties, tasks, and related
academic prerequisites, skills, and knowledge;
‘‘(E) coordinate and assist agencies in identifying and
recruiting highly qualified candidates for acquisition fields;
‘‘(F) develop instructional materials for acquisition
personnel in coordination with private and public acquisi-
tion colleges and training facilities;
‘‘(G) evaluate the effectiveness of training and career
development programs for acquisition personnel;
‘‘(H) promote the establishment and utilization of aca-
demic programs by colleges and universities in acquisition
fields;
‘‘(I) facilitate, to the extent requested by agencies, inter-
agency intern and training programs; and