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performance of employees who contribute to achieving the 
agency’s performance goals. The system of incentives shall 
include provisions that— 
(A) relate pay to performance (including the extent to 
which the performance of personnel in the workforce 
contributes to achieving the cost goals, schedule goals, and 
performance goals established for acquisition programs 
pursuant to section 3103(b) of this title); and 
(B) provide for consideration, in personnel evaluations 
and promotion decisions, of the extent to which the 
performance of personnel in the workforce contributes to 
achieving the cost goals, schedule goals, and performance 
goals. 
(g) QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Administrator 
shall— 
(A) establish qualification requirements, including edu-
cation requirements, for— 
(i) entry-level positions in the General Schedule Con-
tracting series (GS–1102); 
(ii) senior positions in the General Schedule Con-
tracting series (GS–1102); 
(iii) all positions in the General Schedule Purchasing 
series (GS–1105); and 
(iv) positions in other General Schedule series in 
which significant acquisition-related functions are per-
formed; and 
(B) prescribe the manner and extent to which the quali-
fication requirements shall apply to an individual serving 
in a position described in subparagraph (A) at the time 
the requirements are established. 
(2) RELATIONSHIP TO REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO DEFENSE 
ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.—The Administrator shall establish 
qualification requirements and make prescriptions under para-
graph (1) that are comparable to those established for the 
same or equivalent positions pursuant to chapter 87 of title 
10 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. The Director is deemed to have approved 
the requirement or prescription if the Director does not dis-
approve the requirement or prescription within 30 days after 
receiving it. 
(h) EDUCATION AND TRAINING.— 
(1) FUNDING LEVELS.—The head of an executive agency shall 
set forth separately the funding levels requested for educating 
and training the acquisition workforce in the budget justifica-
tion documents submitted in support of the President’s budget 
submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31. 
(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 for personnel serving in acquisition 
positions in the agency. 
(3) RESTRICTED OBLIGATION.—Amounts appropriated for edu-
cation and training under this section may not be obligated 
for another purpose.
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(i) TRAINING FUND.— 
(1) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subsection are to ensure 
that the Federal acquisition workforce— 
(A) adapts to fundamental changes in the nature of Fed-
eral Government acquisition of property and services asso-
ciated with the changing roles of the Federal Government; 
and 
(B) acquires new skills and a new perspective to enable 
it to contribute effectively in the changing environment 
of the 21st century. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF FUND.—There is 
an acquisition workforce training fund. The Administrator of 
General Services shall manage the fund through the Federal 
Acquisition Institute to support the training of the acquisition 
workforce of the executive agencies, except as provided in para-
graph (5). The Administrator of General Services shall consult 
with the Administrator in managing the fund. 
(3) CREDITS
TO
FUND.—Five percent of the fees collected 
by executive agencies (other than the Department of Defense) 
under the following contracts shall be credited to the fund: 
(A) Government-wide task and delivery-order contracts 
entered into under sections 4103 and 4105 of this title. 
(B) Government-wide contracts for the acquisition of 
information technology as defined in section 11101 of title 
40 and multiagency acquisition contracts for that tech-
nology authorized by section 11314 of title 40. 
(C) multiple-award schedule contracts entered into by 
the Administrator of General Services. 
(4) REMITTANCE BY HEAD OF EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The head 
of an executive agency that administers a contract described 
in paragraph (3) shall remit to the General Services Administra-
tion the amount required to be credited to the fund with respect 
to the contract at the end of each quarter of the fiscal year. 
(5) TRANSFER AND USE OF FEES COLLECTED FROM DEPARTMENT 
OF
DEFENSE.—The Administrator of General Services shall 
transfer to the Secretary of Defense fees collected from the 
Department of Defense pursuant to paragraph (3). The Defense 
Acquisition University shall use the fees for acquisition 
workforce training. 
(6) AMOUNTS NOT TO BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES.—The 
Administrator of General Services, through the Office of Federal 
Procurememt Policy, shall ensure that amounts collected for 
training under this subsection are not used for a purpose other 
than the purpose specified in paragraph (2). 
(7) AMOUNTS ARE IN ADDITION TO OTHER AMOUNTS FOR EDU-
CATION AND TRAINING.—Amounts credited to the fund are in 
addition to amounts requested and appropriated for education 
and training referred to in subsection (h)(1). 
(8) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts credited to the fund 
remain available to be expended only in the fiscal year for 
which they are credited and the 2 succeeding fiscal years. 
(j) RECRUITMENT PROGRAM.— 
(1) SHORTAGE CATEGORY POSITIONS.—For purposes of sections 
3304, 5333, and 5753 of title 5, the head of a department 
or agency of the Federal Government (other than the Secretary 
of Defense) may determine, under regulations prescribed by 
the Office of Personnel Management, that certain Federal 
acquisition positions (as described in subsection (g)(1)(A)) are
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shortage category positions in order to use the authorities in 
those sections to recruit and appoint highly qualified individ-
uals directly to those positions in the department or agency. 
(2) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The head of a department 
or agency may not appoint an individual to a position of employ-
ment under this subsection after September 30, 2012. 
(k) REEMPLOYMENT WITHOUT LOSS OF ANNUITY.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—The head 
of each executive agency, after consultation with the Adminis-
trator and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 
shall establish policies and procedures under which the agency 
head may reemploy in an acquisition-related position (as 
described in subsection (g)(1)(A)) an individual receiving an 
annuity from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, 
on the basis of the individual’s service, without discontinuing 
the annuity. The head of each executive agency shall keep 
the Administrator informed of the agency’s use of this authority. 
(2) CRITERIA FOR CONTINUATION OF ANNUITY.—Policies and 
procedures established under paragraph (1) shall authorize the 
head of the executive agency, on a case-by-case basis, to con-
tinue an annuity if any of the following makes the reemploy-
ment of an individual essential: 
(A) The unusually high or unique qualifications of an 
individual receiving an annuity from the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund on the basis of the individ-
ual’s service. 
(B) The exceptional difficulty in recruiting or retaining 
a qualified employee. 
(C) A temporary emergency hiring need. 
(3) SERVICE NOT SUBJECT TO CSRS OR FERS.—An individual 
reemployed under this subsection shall not be deemed an 
employee for purposes of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5. 
(4) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall 
submit annually to the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report on the use of the authority under this sub-
section, including the number of employees reemployed under 
authority of this subsection. 
(5) SUNSET PROVISION.—The authority under this subsection 
expires on December 31, 2011. 
§ 1704. Planning 
and 
policy-making 
for 
acquisition 
workforce 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
ASSOCIATE
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Associate 
Administrator’’ means the Associate Administrator for Acquisi-
tion Workforce Programs as designated by the Administrator 
pursuant to subsection (b). 
(2) CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICER.—The term ‘‘Chief Acquisi-
tion Officer’’ means a Chief Acquisition Officer for an executive 
agency appointed pursuant to section 1702 of this title. 
(b) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR ACQUISITION WORKFORCE PRO-
GRAMS.—The Administrator shall designate a member of the Senior 
Executive Service as the Associate Administrator for Acquisition 
Workforce Programs. The Associate Administrator shall be located 
in the Federal Acquisition Institute (or its successor). The Associate 
Administrator shall be responsible for—