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or task orders treated as contracts for commercial items using 
the authority of this section. The report shall include data on 
the use of the authority, both government-wide and for each depart-
ment and agency. 
(d) EXPIRATION.—The authority under this section expires 10 
years after November 24, 2003. 
§ 2311. Enhanced transparency on interagency contracting 
and other transactions 
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
direct appropriate revisions to the Federal Procurement Data 
System or any successor system to facilitate the collection of com-
plete, timely, and reliable data on interagency contracting actions 
and on transactions other than contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements issued pursuant to section 2371 of title 10 or similar 
authorities. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall ensure that data, consistent with what is collected for contract 
actions, is obtained on— 
(1) interagency contracting actions, including data at the 
task or delivery-order level; and 
(2) other transactions, including the initial award and any 
subsequent modifications awarded or orders issued (other than 
transactions that are reported through the Federal Assistance 
Awards Data System). 
§ 2312. Contingency Contracting Corps 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Corps’’ means the 
Contingency Contracting Corps established in subsection (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of General Services, 
pursuant to policies established by the Office of Management and 
Budget, and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish a Government- 
wide Contingency Contracting Corps. 
(c) FUNCTION.—The members of the Corps shall be available 
for deployment in responding to an emergency or major disaster, 
or a contingency operation, both within or outside the continental 
United States. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The authorities provided in this section apply 
with respect to any procurement of property or services by or 
for an executive agency that, as determined by the head of the 
executive agency, are to be used— 
(1) in support of a contingency operation as defined in section 
101(a)(13) of title 10; or 
(2) to respond to an emergency or major disaster as defined 
in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 
(e) MEMBERSHIP.—Membership in the Corps shall be voluntary 
and open to all Federal employees and members of the Armed 
Forces who are members of the Federal acquisition workforce. 
(f) EDUCATION
AND TRAINING.—The Administrator of General 
Services may, in consultation with the Director of the Federal 
Acquisition Institute and the Chief Acquisition Officers Council, 
establish educational and training requirements for members of 
the Corps. Education and training carried out pursuant to the 
requirements shall be paid for from funds available in the acquisi-
tion workforce training fund established pursuant to section 1703(i) 
of this title.
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(g) SALARY.—The salary for a member of the Corps shall be 
paid— 
(1) in the case of a member of the Armed Forces, out of 
funds available to the Armed Force concerned; and 
(2) in the case of a Federal employee, out of funds available 
to the employing agency. 
(h) AUTHORITY TO DEPLOY THE CORPS.— 
(1) DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.— 
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
have the authority, upon request by an executive agency, to 
determine when members of the Corps shall be deployed, with 
the concurrence of the head of the agency or agencies employing 
the members to be deployed. 
(2) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—Nothing in this section shall 
preclude the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary’s designee 
from deploying members of the Armed Forces or civilian per-
sonnel of the Department of Defense in support of a contingency 
operation as defined in section 101(a)(13) of title 10. 
(i) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of General Services shall 
provide to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform and the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives an annual report on the status of the Corps 
as of September 30 of each fiscal year. 
(2) CONTENT.—Each report under paragraph (1) shall include 
the number of members of the Corps, the total cost of operating 
the program, the number of deployments of members of the 
program, and the performance of members of the program 
in deployment. 
§ 2313. Database for Federal agency contract and grant offi-
cers and suspension and debarment officials 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the authority, direction, and control 
of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the 
Administrator of General Services shall establish and maintain 
a database of information regarding the integrity and performance 
of certain persons awarded Federal agency contracts and grants 
for use by Federal agency officials having authority over contracts 
and grants. 
(b) PERSONS COVERED.—The database shall cover the following: 
(1) Any person awarded a Federal agency contract or grant 
in excess of $500,000, if any information described in subsection 
(c) exists with respect to the person. 
(2) Any person awarded such other category or categories 
of Federal agency contract as the Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion may provide, if any information described in subsection 
(c) exists with respect to the person. 
(c) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—With respect to a covered person, 
the database shall include information (in the form of a brief 
description) for the most recent 5-year period regarding the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Each civil or criminal proceeding, or any administrative 
proceeding, in connection with the award or performance of 
a contract or grant with the Federal Government with respect 
to the person during the period to the extent that the proceeding 
results in the following dispositions: