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Union Calendar No. 381 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5822 
[Report No. 116–475] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an acquisition 
professional career program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 
Ms. TITUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security 
AUGUST 14, 2020 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 10, 2020] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
an acquisition professional career program, and for other 
purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeland Security Ac-
quisition Professional Career Program Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE ACQUISITION PROFES-
SIONAL CAREER PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 711. ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL CAREER PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De-
partment an acquisition professional career program to de-
velop a cadre of acquisition professionals within the De-
partment. 
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Under Secretary for 
Management shall administer the acquisition professional 
career program established pursuant to subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—The Under Sec-
retary for Management shall carry out the following with 
respect to the acquisition professional career program. 
‘‘(1) Designate the occupational series, grades, 
and number of acquisition positions throughout the 
Department to be included in the program and man-
age centrally such positions. 
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‘‘(2) Establish and publish on the Department’s 
website eligibility criteria for candidates to partici-
pate in the program. 
‘‘(3) Carry out recruitment efforts to attract can-
didates— 
‘‘(A) from institutions of higher education, 
including such institutions with established ac-
quisition specialties and courses of study, his-
torically Black colleges and universities, and 
Hispanic-serving institutions; 
‘‘(B) with diverse work experience outside of 
the Federal Government; or 
‘‘(C) with military service. 
‘‘(4) Hire eligible candidates for designated posi-
tions under the program. 
‘‘(5) Develop a structured program comprised of 
acquisition training, on-the-job experience, Depart-
ment-wide rotations, mentorship, shadowing, and 
other career development opportunities for program 
participants. 
‘‘(6) Provide, beyond required training estab-
lished for program participants, additional special-
ized acquisition training, including small business 
contracting and innovative acquisition techniques 
training. 
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‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than December 31, 2020, 
and annually thereafter through 2026, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report 
on the acquisition professional career program. Each such 
report shall include the following information: 
‘‘(1) The number of candidates approved for the 
program. 
‘‘(2) The number of candidates who commenced 
participation in the program, including generalized 
information on such candidates’ backgrounds with re-
spect to education and prior work experience, but not 
including personally identifiable information. 
‘‘(3) A breakdown of the number of participants 
hired under the program by type of acquisition posi-
tion. 
‘‘(4) A list of Department components and offices 
that participated in the program and information re-
garding length of time of each program participant 
in each rotation at such components or offices. 
‘‘(5) Program attrition rates and post-program 
graduation retention data, including information on 
how such data compare to the prior year’s data, as 
available. 
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‘‘(6) The Department’s recruiting efforts for the 
program. 
‘‘(7) The Department’s efforts to promote reten-
tion of program participants. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 502 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a). 
‘‘(2) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNI-
VERSITIES.—The term ‘historically Black colleges and 
universities’ has the meaning given the term ‘part B 
institution’ in section 322(2) of Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 
‘‘(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 101 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 710 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 711. Acquisition professional career program.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 381 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5822 
[Report No. 116–475] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish an acquisition professional career pro-
gram, and for other purposes. 
AUGUST 14, 2020 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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