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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4244
To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401
et seq.) to provide for measurement of the performance of the Federal
procurement system, to enhance the training of the acquisition workforce,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 16, 1998
Mr. HORN (for himself, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia,
Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. KANJORSKI) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight,
and in addition to the Committee on National Security, for a period to
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act
(41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) to provide for measurement
of the performance of the Federal procurement system,
to enhance the training of the acquisition workforce,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Federal Procurement System Performance Measurement
and Acquisition Workforce Training Act of 1998’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Establishment of performance measures for the Federal procurement
system.
Sec. 3. Professionalism of the acquisition workforce.
Sec. 4. Responsibilities for acquisition workforce training.
Sec. 5. Funding for acquisition workforce training and education.
Sec. 6. Evaluation by the Comptroller General.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES
FOR THE FEDERAL PROCUREMENT SYSTEM.
(a) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—The Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41
U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘SEC. 39. PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR THE FEDERAL
PROCUREMENT SYSTEM.
‘‘(a)(1) The Administrator shall establish a system
for measuring the performance and effectiveness of the
procurement system, including standards for measuring
the performance of the various elements of the system.
The performance standards shall be structured—
‘‘(A) to enable the Congress, the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy, and the heads of executive
agencies to track progress of achievement of acquisi-
tion reform objectives on a Government-wide basis
and to gauge the effectiveness of the procurement
system in supporting the accomplishment of the mis-
sion of such agencies; and
‘‘(B) to benchmark the performance of execu-
tive agencies against the performance of private and
public sector procurement operations.
‘‘(2) The objective of the procurement performance
measurement system shall be to use the performance data
to improve executive agency acquisition practices and poli-
cies in order to enhance support for the accomplishment
of the mission of such agencies.
‘‘(3) In developing and implementing the procure-
ment performance measurement system, the Adminis-
trator shall, to the maximum extent practical, use existing
data sources and automated data collection tools.
‘‘(b)(1) The head of each executive agency for which
more than 50 percent of the funds appropriated are ex-
pended for procurement shall include, as a part of the an-
nual performance plan of the agency submitted under sec-
tion 1115 of title 31, United States Code, an assessment
of the performance of the procurement system of the agen-
cy in terms of its efficiency and effectiveness in supporting
the agency in accomplishing its mission.
‘‘(2) The assessment required under paragraph (1)
shall—
‘‘(A) address corrective actions and activities
planned by the agency to improve the performance
of the procurement system of the agency;
‘‘(B) address the adequacy of the education and
training of the acquisition workforce of the agency,
including whether the workforce has the necessary
competencies, skills, and knowledge to effectively
support the achievement of the mission of the agen-
cy and information on the amount of funds budgeted
and expended to ensure that the acquisition work-
force of the agency is appropriately educated and
trained; and
‘‘(C) evaluate the effectiveness of acquisition
workforce training programs in providing necessary
competencies, skills, and knowledge.
‘‘(c) The Administrator may require the heads of ex-
ecutive agencies that are not required to submit a per-
formance plan under section 1115 of title 31, United
States Code, to submit an assessment to the Adminis-
trator similar to the assessment described in subsection
(b).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of such Act is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:
‘‘Sec. 39. Performance measures for the Federal procurement system.’’.
SEC. 3. PROFESSIONALISM OF THE ACQUISITION WORK-
FORCE.
(a) MANDATORY TRAINING AND EDUCATION.—Sec-
tion 37(f)(3) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Act (41 U.S.C. 433(f)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) 
MANDATORY
TRAINING
AND
EDU-
CATION.—The head of each executive agency shall
establish, for each career path, requirements for ini-
tial and continuing education in the critical acquisi-
tion-related duties and tasks of the career path.
Such requirements shall include, at a minimum, the
core curriculum, continuing education programs, and
policy implementation training required by the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation.’’.
(b) ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.—Section 37(e) of the
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C.
433(e)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(e) 
APPLICABILITY
TO
ACQUISITION
WORK-
FORCE.—The programs established by this section shall
apply to the acquisition workforce of each executive agen-
cy. For purposes of this section, the acquisition workforce
of an agency consists of—