(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 train-
ing requirements for members of the Corps. Education and training carried 
out pursuant to the requirements shall be paid for from funds available in 
the acquisition workforce training fund established pursuant to section 
1703(i) of this title. 
(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 avail-
able 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 pre-
clude the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary’s designee from deploy-
ing members of the Armed Forces or civilian personnel of the Depart-
ment 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 pro-
vide to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Com-
mittee 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 pro-
gram, 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 re-
garding the integrity and performance of certain persons awarded Federal 
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agency contracts and grants for use by Federal agency officials having au-
thority 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 Regulation 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 following: 
(1) Each civil or criminal proceeding, or any administrative pro-
ceeding, 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 dis-
positions: 
(A) In a criminal proceeding, a conviction. 
(B) In a civil proceeding, a finding of fault and liability that 
results in the payment of a monetary fine, penalty, reimburse-
ment, restitution, or damages of $5,000 or more. 
(C) In an administrative proceeding, a finding of fault and li-
ability that results in— 
(i) the payment of a monetary fine or penalty of $5,000 
or more; or 
(ii) the payment of a reimbursement, restitution, or dam-
ages in excess of $100,000. 
(D) To the maximum extent practicable and consistent with ap-
plicable laws and regulations, in a criminal, civil, or administrative 
proceeding, a disposition of the matter by consent or compromise 
with an acknowledgment of fault by the person if the proceeding 
could have led to any of the outcomes specified in subparagraph 
(A), (B), or (C). 
(2) Each Federal contract and grant awarded to the person that was 
terminated in the period due to default. 
(3) Each Federal suspension and debarment of the person. 
(4) Each Federal administrative agreement entered into by the per-
son and the Federal Government in the period to resolve a suspension 
or debarment proceeding. 
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(5) Each final finding by a Federal official in the period that the 
person has been determined not to be a responsible source under para-
graph (3) or (4) of section 113 of this title. 
(6) Other information that shall be provided for purposes of this sec-
tion in the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
(7) To the maximum extent practicable, information similar to the 
information covered by paragraphs (1) to (4) in connection with the 
award or performance of a contract or grant with a State government. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DATABASE INFORMATION.— 
(1) DIRECT INPUT AND UPDATE.—The Administrator of General 
Services shall design and maintain the database in a manner that al-
lows the appropriate Federal agency officials to directly input and up-
date information in the database relating to actions that the officials 
have taken with regard to contractors or grant recipients. 
(2) TIMELINESS
AND
ACCURACY.—The Administrator of General 
Services shall develop policies to require— 
(A) the timely and accurate input of information into the data-
base; 
(B) the timely notification of any covered person when informa-
tion relevant to the person is entered into the database; and 
(C) opportunities for any covered person to submit comments 
pertaining to information about the person for inclusion in the 
database. 
(e) USE OF DATABASE.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.—The Administrator 
of General Services shall ensure that the information in the database 
is available to appropriate acquisition officials of Federal agencies, 
other government officials as the Administrator of General Services de-
termines appropriate, and, on request, the Chairman and Ranking 
Member of the committees of Congress having jurisdiction. 
(2) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF DATA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Before awarding a contract or grant in ex-
cess of the simplified acquisition threshold under section 134 of 
this title, the Federal agency official responsible for awarding the 
contract or grant shall review the database and consider all infor-
mation in the database with regard to any offer or proposal, and 
in the case of a contract, shall consider other past performance 
information available with respect to the offeror in making any re-
sponsibility determination or past performance evaluation for the 
offeror. 
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(B) DOCUMENTATION IN CONTRACT FILE.—The contract file 
for each contract of a Federal agency in excess of the simplified 
acquisition threshold shall document the manner in which the ma-
terial in the database was considered in any responsibility deter-
mination or past performance evaluation. 
(f) DISCLOSURE IN APPLICATIONS.—The Federal Acquisition Regulation 
shall require that persons with Federal agency contracts and grants valued 
in total greater than $10,000,000 shall— 
(1) submit to the Administrator of General Services, in a manner de-
termined appropriate by the Administrator of General Services, the in-
formation subject to inclusion in the database as listed in subsection 
(c) current as of the date of submittal of the information under this 
subsection; and 
(2) update the information submitted under paragraph (1) on a 
semiannual basis. 
(g) RULEMAKING.—The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe 
regulations that may be necessary to carry out this section. 
DIVISION C—PROCUREMENT 
CHAPTER 31—GENERAL 
Sec. 
3101.
Applicability. 
3102.
Delegation and assignment of powers, functions, and responsibilities. 
3103.
Acquisition programs. 
3104.
Small business concerns. 
3105.
New contracts and grants and merit-based selection procedures. 
3106.
Erection, repair, or furnishing of public buildings and improvements not authorized, 
and certain contracts not permitted, by this division. 
§ 3101. Applicability 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An executive agency shall make purchases and con-
tracts for property and services in accordance with this division and imple-
menting regulations of the Administrator of General Services. 
(b) SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD AND PROCEDURES.— 
(1) SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—For purposes of an acquisition by an execu-
tive agency, the simplified acquisition threshold is as specified in 
section 134 of this title. 
(B) INAPPLICABLE LAWS.—A law properly listed in the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation pursuant to section 1905 of this title does 
not apply to or with respect to a contract or subcontract that is 
not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold. 
(2) SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES.—Simplified acquisition 
procedures contained in the Federal Acquisition Regulation pursuant to 
section 1901 of this title apply in executive agencies as provided in sec-
tion 1901. 
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