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.
(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
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-
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-
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-
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