II 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9595 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 17 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 
Received 
AN ACT 
To improve Federal technology procurement, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Improvement 
in Technology Procurement Act’’ or the ‘‘FIT Procure-
ment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.—The term ‘‘ac-
quisition workforce’’ means employees of an execu-
tive agency who are responsible for procurement, 
contracting, program or project management that 
involves the performance of acquisition-related func-
tions, or others as designated by the Chief Acquisi-
tion Officer, senior procurement executive, or head 
of the contracting activity. 
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator for Federal Pro-
curement Policy. 
(3) CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘Chief Acquisition Officer’’ means a Chief Acquisi-
tion Officer appointed pursuant to section 1702 of 
title 41, United States Code. 
(4) CROSS-FUNCTIONAL.—The term ‘‘cross- 
functional’’ means a structure in which individuals 
with different functional expertise or from different 
areas of an organization work together as a team. 
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(5) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
133 of title 41, United States Code. 
(6) EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING.—The term ‘‘ex-
periential learning’’ means on-the-job experiences or 
simulations that serve to enhance workforce profes-
sional skills. 
(7) 
INFORMATION
AND
COMMUNICATIONS 
TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘information and commu-
nications technology’’— 
(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 4713(k) of title 41, United States Code; 
and 
(B) includes information and communica-
tions technologies covered by any definition con-
tained in the Federal Acquisition Regulation, 
including a definition added after the date of 
the enactment of this Act by the Federal Acqui-
sition Regulatory Council pursuant to notice 
and comment. 
(8) RELEVANT COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 
The term ‘‘relevant committees of Congress’’ means 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
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Oversight and Accountability of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(9) SENIOR
PROCUREMENT
EXECUTIVE.—The 
term ‘‘senior procurement executive’’ means a senior 
procurement executive designated pursuant to sec-
tion 1702(c) of title 41, United States Code. 
(10) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘small busi-
ness concern’’ in section 3 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632). 
SEC. 3. ACQUISITION WORKFORCE. 
(a) EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Federal Acquisition Institute shall establish a pilot pro-
gram to consider the incorporation of experiential learning 
into the Federal Credentials Program, the Federal Acqui-
sition Certification-Contracting Officer’s Representative 
Program, and the Federal Acquisition Certification for 
Program and Project Managers Program, or any suc-
cessor program. 
(b) TRAINING ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICA-
TIONS TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the Federal Acquisition Institute, in coordi-
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nation with the Administrator, the Administrator of 
General Services, and the Administrator of the Of-
fice of Electronic Government, and in consultation 
with the heads of other executive agencies as deter-
mined to be appropriate by the Director of the Fed-
eral Acquisition Institute, shall develop and imple-
ment or otherwise provide a cross-functional infor-
mation and communications technology acquisition 
training program for acquisition workforce members 
involved in acquiring information and communica-
tions technology. The training shall do the following: 
(A) Include learning objectives related to 
market research, communicating with industry 
and industry perspectives on the procurement 
process, including how investment decisions are 
impacted by Government communication and 
engagement, developing requirements, acquisi-
tion planning, best practices for developing and 
executing outcome-based contracts, and source 
selection strategy, evaluating proposals, and 
awarding and administering contracts for infor-
mation and communications technology. 
(B) Include learning objectives that pro-
vide a basic understanding of key technologies 
executive agencies need, such as cloud com-
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puting, artificial intelligence and artificial intel-
ligence-enabled applications, and cybersecurity 
solutions. 
(C) Include learning objectives that en-
courage the use of commercial or commercially 
available off-the-shelf technologies to the great-
est extent practicable. 
(D) Include case studies of lessons learned 
from Federal information and communications 
technology procurements and contracts, and re-
lated matters as determined to be relevant by 
the Director of the Federal Acquisition Insti-
tute. 
(E) Include experiential learning opportu-
nities, and opportunities to practice acquisition 
teaming involving collaboration of team mem-
bers with varied relevant domain expertise to 
complete acquisition-related tasks, including 
tasks with accelerated timelines. 
(F) 
Include 
continuous 
learning 
rec-
ommendations and resources to keep the skills 
of acquisition workforce members current, in-
cluding tools that help adopt or adapt the use 
of innovative acquisition practices or other flexi-
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ble business practices commonly used in com-
mercial buys. 
(G) Be made available to acquisition work-
force members designated by a Chief Acquisi-
tion Officer, senior procurement executive, or 
head of the contracting activity to participate in 
the training program. 
(H) 
Inform 
executive 
agencies 
about 
streamlined and alternative procurement meth-
ods for procurement of information and com-
munications technology, including— 
(i) simplified procedures for certain 
commercial products and commercial serv-
ices in accordance with subpart 13.5 of the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, prize com-
petitions under the America COMPETES 
Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111–358), competitive programs that en-
courage businesses to engage in Federal 
research or research and development with 
the potential for commercialization, and 
joint venture partnerships; 
(ii) innovative procurement techniques 
designed to streamline the procurement 
process and lower barriers to entry, such 
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as use of oral presentations and product 
demonstrations instead of lengthy written 
proposals, appropriately leveraging per-
formance and outcomes-based contracting, 
and other techniques discussed on the 
Periodic Table of Acquisition Innovations 
or other similar successor knowledge man-
agement portals; and 
(iii) information on appropriate use, 
examples and templates, and any other in-
formation determined relevant by the Ad-
ministrator to assist contracting officers 
and other members of the acquisition 
workforce in using the procedures de-
scribed in clauses (i) and (ii). 
(I) Incorporate learning objectives to iden-
tify and mitigate waste, fraud, and abuse and 
ensure the protection of established privacy, 
civil rights, and civil liberties in the procure-
ment process. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Federal Acquisition Institute shall provide to the 
relevant committees of Congress, the Chief Acquisi-
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tion Officers Council, and the Chief Information Of-
ficers Council— 
(A) a report on the progress of the Direc-
tor in developing and implementing or otherwise 
providing the information and communications 
technology acquisition training described in 
paragraph (1); and 
(B) a list of any acquisition training that 
the Director determines to be outdated or no 
longer necessary. 
(3) DURATION.—The training program shall be 
updated as appropriate, but at least every 2 years 
after implementation, and offered for a minimum of 
6 years following the date of implementation of the 
training program. 
(c) ACQUISITION WORKFORCE TRAINING FUND.— 
Section 1703(i)(3) of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Five percent’’ and inserting ‘‘Seven 
and a half percent’’. 
(d) HARMONIZATION OF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE 
TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2 of the Artificial 
Intelligence Training for the Acquisition Workforce Act 
(Public Law 117–207; 41 U.S.C. 1703 note) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘DIREC-
TOR.—The term ‘Director’ means the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Administrator’ 
means the Administrator of General Services.’’. 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Direc-
tor, in coordination with the Administrator of 
General Services and any other person deter-
mined relevant by the Director’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator, in coordination with the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Direc-
tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘Direc-
tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Direc-
tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’. 
SEC. 4. INNOVATIVE PROCUREMENT METHODS. 
(a) INCREASE IN SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESH-
OLD.—Section 134 of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$250,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$500,000’’. 
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(b) INCREASE IN MICRO PURCHASE THRESHOLD.— 
Section 1902(a)(1) of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000.’’. 
(c) ADVANCES FOR COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY SUB-
SCRIPTIONS AND TENANCY.—Section 3324(d) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or commercially available 
content’’ after ‘‘publication’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) charges for information and communica-
tions technology subscriptions, reservations, or ten-
ancy, which means the sharing of computing re-
sources in a private or public environment, including 
cloud environments, for which the ordering agency 
defines appropriate access and security standards.’’. 
SEC. 5. INCREASING COMPETITION IN FEDERAL CON-
TRACTING. 
(a) USE OF PAST PERFORMANCE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall issue guidance, including examples and 
templates where appropriate, on— 
(A) when a wider range of projects, such 
as commercial or non-government, as well as 
Government projects, should be accepted as rel-
evant past performance, in order to have in-
creased competition among eligible firms with 
capability to perform a requirement, such as a 
requirement without much precedent; 
(B) a means by which an agency may vali-
date non-government past performance ref-
erences, such as by requiring an official of an 
entity providing past performance references to 
attest to their authenticity and by providing 
verifiable contact information for the references; 
and 
(C) use of alternative evaluation methods 
other than past performance that may be ap-
propriate for a requirement without much 
precedent, such as demonstrations and testing 
of technologies as part of the proposal process. 
(2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The guid-
ance issued under paragraph (1) shall supplement 
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existing Federal and agency policy and procedures 
for consideration of past performance and other 
evaluation factors and methods. 
(b) ENHANCING COMPETITION IN FEDERAL PRO-
CUREMENT.— 
(1) COUNCIL
RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator shall convene the Chief Ac-
quisition Officers Council (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Council’’), to make recommendations to 
identify and eliminate specific, unnecessary proce-
dural barriers that disproportionately affect the abil-
ity of small businesses to compete for Federal con-
tracts, with a focus on streamlining documentation 
and qualification requirements unrelated to the pro-
tection of privacy and civil liberties. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Council shall obtain 
input from the public, including from the APEX Ac-
celerators program (formerly known as Procurement 
Technical Assistance Center network) and other con-
tractor representatives, to identify Federal procure-
ment policies and regulations that are obsolete, over-
ly burdensome or restrictive, not adequately har-
monized, or otherwise serve to create barriers to 
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small business participation in Federal contracting 
or unnecessarily increase bid and proposal costs. 
(3) EXAMINATION OF ACTIONS.—The Council 
shall consider the input obtained under paragraph 
(2) and any other information determined to be rel-
evant by the Council to identify legislative, regu-
latory, and other actions to increase competition and 
remove barriers to small business participation in 
the procurement process. 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator, in consultation with the Federal Acqui-
sition Regulatory Council, the Chief Acquisition Of-
ficers Council, and other executive agencies as ap-
propriate, shall implement the regulatory and other 
non-legislative actions identified under paragraph 
(3), as determined necessary by the Administrator, 
to remove barriers to entry for small businesses 
seeking to participate in Federal Government pro-
curement. 
(5) BRIEFING.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall brief the relevant committees of Con-
gress on the legislative actions identified under para-
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graph (3), and the actions implemented under para-
graph (4). 
(c) CONSIDERATION
OF
COST-EFFICIENCY
AND 
QUALITY.—The Administrator shall advocate for and 
prioritize contracting policies that ensure that cost-effi-
ciency and quality of goods and services are key deter-
mining factors in awarding Federal contracts. 
SEC. 6. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF SMALL 
BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL PRO-
CUREMENT. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to Congress and make publicly avail-
able a report that— 
(1) assesses the current level of small business 
participation in Federal procurement, identifying 
barriers, opportunities, and the impact of existing 
policies on the ability of small businesses to compete 
in Federal procurement; 
(2) catalogs and evaluates the effectiveness of 
programs intended to support small business partici-
pation in Federal procurement; and 
(3) analyzes trends in small business involve-
ment in Federal technology projects, including data 
on contract awards, the diversity of sectors rep-
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resented, and the geographic distribution of small 
business contractors. 
SEC. 7. CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROCEDURES. 
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and the 
Administrator shall update the Federal Acquisition Regu-
lation as necessary to provide additional guidance to exec-
utive agencies to address personal and organizational con-
flicts of interest involving members of the acquisition 
workforce. 
SEC. 8. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated for the purpose of carrying out this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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