(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 justification documents sub-
mitted 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 education 
and training under this section may not be obligated for another pur-
pose. 
(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 Federal 
Government acquisition of property and services associated 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 cen-
tury. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF FUND.—There is an ac-
quisition workforce training fund. The Administrator of General Serv-
ices 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 paragraph (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 execu-
tive agencies (other than the Department of Defense) under the fol-
lowing 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 informa-
tion technology as defined in section 11101 of title 40 and multi-
agency acquisition contracts for that technology authorized by sec-
tion 11314 of title 40. 
(C) multiple-award schedule contracts entered into by the Ad-
ministrator 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 Administration 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 Ad-
ministrator 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 pur-
pose 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 re-
ferred to in subsection (h)(1). 
(8) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts credited to the fund re-
main 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 shortage category positions in order to use 
the authorities in those sections to recruit and appoint highly qualified 
individuals 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 employment 
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 Administrator 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 dis-