(1) AREAS OF PROCUREMENT FOR WHICH POLICIES ARE TO BE FOL-
LOWED.—The policies implemented in the Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion shall be followed by executive agencies in the procurement of— 
(A) property other than real property in being; 
(B) services, including research and development; and 
(C) construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance of real prop-
erty. 
(2) PROCEDURES
TO
ENSURE
COMPLIANCE.—The Administrator 
shall establish procedures to ensure compliance with the Federal Acqui-
sition Regulation by all executive agencies. 
(3) APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS.—The authority of an executive 
agency under another law to prescribe policies, regulations, procedures, 
and forms for procurement is subject to the authority conferred in this 
section and sections 1122(a) to (c)(1), 1125, 1126, 1130, 1131, and 
2305 of this title. 
(d) WHEN CERTAIN AGENCIES ARE UNABLE TO AGREE OR FAIL TO 
ACT.—In any instance in which the Administrator determines that the De-
partment of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
and the General Services Administration are unable to agree on or fail to 
issue Government-wide regulations, procedures, and forms in a timely man-
ner, including regulations, procedures, and forms necessary to implement 
prescribed policy the Administrator initiates under subsection (b), the Ad-
ministrator, with due regard for applicable laws and the program activities 
of the executive agencies and consistent with the policies and functions set 
forth in this division, shall prescribe Government-wide regulations, proce-
dures, and forms which executive agencies shall follow in procuring items 
listed in subsection (c)(1). 
(e) OVERSIGHT
OF PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS
OF OTHER AGEN-
CIES.—The Administrator, with the concurrence of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, and with consultation with the head of the 
agency concerned, may deny the promulgation of or rescind any Govern-
ment-wide regulation or final rule or regulation of any executive agency re-
lating to procurement if the Administrator determines that the rule or regu-
lation is inconsistent with any policies, regulations, or procedures issued 
pursuant to subsection (b). 
(f) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—The authority of the Administrator 
under this division shall not be construed to— 
(1) impair or interfere with the determination by executive agencies 
of their need for, or their use of, specific property, services, or con-
struction, including particular specifications for the property, services, 
or construction; or
(2) interfere with the determination by executive agencies of specific 
actions in the award or administration of procurement contracts. 
§ 1122. Functions 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The functions of the Administrator include— 
(1) providing leadership and ensuring action by the executive agen-
cies in establishing, developing, and maintaining the single system of 
simplified Government-wide procurement regulations and resolving dif-
ferences among the executive agencies in developing simplified Govern-
ment-wide procurement regulations, procedures, and forms; 
(2) coordinating the development of Government-wide procurement 
system standards that executive agencies shall implement in their pro-
curement systems; 
(3) providing leadership and coordination in formulating the execu-
tive branch position on legislation relating to procurement; 
(4)(A) providing for and directing the activities of the computer- 
based Federal Procurement Data System (including recommending to 
the Administrator of General Services a sufficient budget for those ac-
tivities), which shall be located in the General Services Administration, 
in order to adequately collect, develop, and disseminate procurement 
data; and 
(B) ensuring executive agency compliance with the record require-
ments of section 1712 of this title; 
(5) providing for and directing the activities of the Federal Acquisi-
tion Institute (including recommending to the Administrator of General 
Services a sufficient budget for those activities), which shall be located 
in the General Services Administration, in order to— 
(A) foster and promote the development of a professional acqui-
sition workforce Government-wide; 
(B) promote and coordinate Government-wide research and 
studies to improve the procurement process and the laws, policies, 
methods, regulations, procedures, and forms relating to acquisition 
by the executive agencies; 
(C) collect data and analyze acquisition workforce data from the 
Office of Personnel Management, from the heads of executive 
agencies, and, through periodic surveys, from individual employees; 
(D) periodically analyze acquisition career fields to identify crit-
ical competencies, duties, tasks, and related academic pre-
requisites, skills, and knowledge; 
(E) coordinate and assist agencies in identifying and recruiting 
highly qualified candidates for acquisition fields;