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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1770
To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to improve the
acquisition workforce of civilian Federal agencies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 7, 1995
Mrs. MALONEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act
to improve the acquisition workforce of civilian Federal
agencies.
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 ‘‘Civilian Agency Acqui-
sition Workforce Improvement Act’’.
SEC. 2. ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘SEC. 35. ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.
‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY.—This section does not apply to
an executive agency that is subject to chapter 87 of title
10, United States Code.
‘‘(b) MANAGEMENT POLICIES.—
‘‘(1) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—The head
of each executive agency, after consultation with the
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, shall
establish policies and procedures for the effective
management (including accession, education, train-
ing, career development, and performance incentives)
of the acquisition workforce of the agency. The de-
velopment of acquisition workforce policies under
this section shall be carried out consistent with the
merit system principles set forth in paragraphs (1)
and (2) of section 2301(b) of title 5, United States
Code.
‘‘(2) UNIFORM
IMPLEMENTATION.—The head
of each executive agency shall ensure that, to the
maximum extent practicable, acquisition workforce
policies and procedures established are uniform in
their implementation throughout the agency.
‘‘(3) GOVERNMENTWIDE POLICIES AND EVAL-
UATION.—The Administrator shall issue policies to
promote uniform implementation of this section by
executive agencies, with due regard for differences in
program requirements among agencies that may be
appropriate and warranted in view of the agency
mission. The Administrator shall evaluate the imple-
mentation of the provisions of this section by execu-
tive agencies.
‘‘(c) SENIOR PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE AUTHORI-
TIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—Subject to the authority,
direction, and control of the head of an executive agency,
the senior procurement executive of the agency shall carry
out all powers, functions, and duties of the head of the
agency with respect to implementation of this section. The
senior procurement executive shall ensure that the policies
of the head of the executive agency established in accord-
ance with this section are implemented throughout the
agency.
‘‘(d) MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS.—The
Administrator shall ensure that the heads of executive
agencies collect and maintain standardized information on
the acquisition workforce related to implementation of this
section. To the maximum extent practicable, such data re-
quirements shall conform to standards established by the
Office of Personnel Management for the Central Personnel
Data File.
‘‘(e) ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.—The programs es-
tablished by this section shall apply to all employees in