H. R. 2066
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
An Act 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to establish a Federal Acquisition Service, 
to replace the General Supply Fund and the Information Technology Fund with 
an Acquisition Services Fund, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘General Services Administration 
Modernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of title 40, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 303. Federal Acquisition Service 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the General Serv-
ices Administration a Federal Acquisition Service. The Adminis-
trator of General Services shall appoint a Commissioner of the 
Federal Acquisition Service, who shall be the head of the Federal 
Acquisition Service. 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—Subject to the direction and control of the 
Administrator of General Services, the Commissioner of the Federal 
Acquisition Service shall be responsible for carrying out functions 
related to the uses for which the Acquisition Services Fund is 
authorized under section 321 of this title, including any functions 
that were carried out by the entities known as the Federal Supply 
Service and the Federal Technology Service and such other related 
functions as the Administrator considers appropriate. 
‘‘(c) REGIONAL EXECUTIVES.—The Administrator may appoint 
Regional Executives in the Federal Acquisition Service, to carry 
out such functions within the Federal Acquisition Service as the 
Administrator considers appropriate.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section 
303 at the beginning of chapter 3 of such title is amended 
to read as follows:
‘‘303. Federal Acquisition Service.’’.
(b) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE COMPENSATION.—Section 5316 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Commissioner, 
Federal Supply Service, General Services Administration.’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service, General Serv-
ices Administration.’’.
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(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any other Federal law, 
Executive order, rule, regulation, reorganization plan, or delegation 
of authority, or in any document—
(1) to the Federal Supply Service is deemed to refer to 
the Federal Acquisition Service; 
(2) to the GSA Federal Technology Service is deemed to 
refer to the Federal Acquisition Service; 
(3) to the Commissioner of the Federal Supply Service 
is deemed to refer to the Commissioner of the Federal Acquisi-
tion Service; and 
(4) to the Commissioner of the GSA Federal Technology 
Service is deemed to refer to the Commissioner of the Federal 
Acquisition Service. 
SEC. 3. ACQUISITION SERVICES FUND. 
(a) ABOLISHMENT OF GENERAL SUPPLY FUND AND INFORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY FUND.—The General Supply Fund and the Informa-
tion Technology Fund in the Treasury are hereby abolished. 
(b) TRANSFERS.—Capital assets and balances remaining in the 
General Supply Fund and the Information Technology Fund as 
in existence immediately before this section takes effect shall be 
transferred to the Acquisition Services Fund and shall be merged 
with and be available for the purposes of the Acquisition Services 
Fund under section 321 of title 40, United States Code (as amended 
by this Act). 
(c) ASSUMPTION
OF
OBLIGATIONS.—Any liabilities, commit-
ments, and obligations of the General Supply Fund and the Informa-
tion Technology Fund as in existence immediately before this section 
takes effect shall be assumed by the Acquisition Services Fund. 
(d) EXISTENCE
AND COMPOSITION
OF ACQUISITION SERVICES 
FUND.—Subsections (a) and (b) of section 321 of title 40, United 
States Code, are amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) EXISTENCE.—The Acquisition Services Fund is a special 
fund in the Treasury. 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Fund is composed of amounts 
authorized to be transferred to the Fund or otherwise made 
available to the Fund. 
‘‘(2) OTHER CREDITS.—The Fund shall be credited with all 
reimbursements, advances, and refunds or recoveries relating 
to personal property or services procured through the Fund, 
including—
‘‘(A) the net proceeds of disposal of surplus personal 
property; and 
‘‘(B) receipts from carriers and others for loss of, or 
damage to, personal property; and 
‘‘(C) receipts from agencies charged fees pursuant to 
rates established by the Administrator. 
‘‘(3) COST AND CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator 
shall determine the cost and capital requirements of the Fund 
for each fiscal year and shall develop a plan concerning such 
requirements in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 
of the General Services Administration. Any change to the 
cost and capital requirements of the Fund for a fiscal year 
shall be approved by the Administrator. The Administrator 
shall establish rates to be charged agencies provided, or to
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be provided, supply of personal property and non-personal serv-
ices through the Fund, in accordance with the plan. 
‘‘(4) DEPOSIT OF FEES.—Fees collected by the Administrator 
under section 313 of this title may be deposited in the Fund 
to be used for the purposes of the Fund.’’. 
(e) USES OF FUND.—Section 321(c) of such title is amended 
in paragraph (1)(A)—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i); 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of 
clause (ii); and 
(3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) personal services related to the provision of 
information technology (as defined in section 11101(6) 
of this title);’’. 
(f) PAYMENT FOR PROPERTY AND SERVICES.—Section 321(d)(2)(A) 
of such title is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iv); 
(2) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi); and 
(3) by inserting after clause (iv) the following new clause: 
‘‘(v) the cost of personal services employed directly 
in providing information technology (as defined in sec-
tion 11101(6) of this title); and’’. 
(g) TRANSFER OF UNCOMMITTED BALANCES.—Subsection (f) of 
section 321 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) TRANSFER
OF UNCOMMITTED BALANCES.—Following the 
close of each fiscal year, after making provision for a sufficient 
level of inventory of personal property to meet the needs of Federal 
agencies, the replacement cost of motor vehicles, and other antici-
pated operating needs reflected in the cost and capital plan devel-
oped under subsection (b), the uncommitted balance of any funds 
remaining in the Fund shall be transferred to the general fund 
of the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.’’. 
(h) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 322 of such title is repealed. 
(2) The heading for section 321 of such title is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 321. Acquisition Services Fund’’. 
(3) The table of sections for chapter 3 of such title is 
amended by striking the items relating to sections 321 and 
322 and inserting the following:
‘‘321. Acquisition Services Fund.’’.
(4) Section 573 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘General 
Supply Fund’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Acquisition 
Services Fund’’. 
(5) Section 604(b) of such title is amended—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘GENERAL SUPPLY 
FUND’’ and inserting ‘‘ACQUISITION SERVICES FUND’’; and 
(B) in the text, by striking ‘‘General Supply Fund’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’. 
(6) Section 605 of such title is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘GENERAL SUPPLY 
FUND’’ and inserting ‘‘ACQUISITION SERVICES FUND’’; 
and
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(ii) in the text, by striking ‘‘General Supply Fund’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘321(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘321(f)’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘General Supply Fund’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’. 
SEC. 4. PROVISIONS RELATING TO ACQUISITION PERSONNEL. 
Section 37 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
(41 U.S.C. 433) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(i) PROVISIONS RELATING TO REEMPLOYMENT.—
‘‘(1) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—The head of each execu-
tive 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 such individual’s service, without discontinuing such annuity. 
The head of each executive agency shall keep the Administrator 
informed of the agency’s use of this authority. 
‘‘(2) SERVICE NOT SUBJECT TO CSRS OR FERS.—An individual 
so reemployed shall not be considered an employee for the 
purposes of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(3) CRITERIA FOR EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—Polices and 
procedures established pursuant to this subsection shall 
authorize the head of the executive agency, on a case-by-case 
basis, to continue an annuity if—
‘‘(A) the unusually high or unique qualifications of 
an individual receiving an annuity from the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund on the basis of such 
individual’s service, 
‘‘(B) the exceptional difficulty in recruiting or retaining 
a qualified employee, or 
‘‘(C) a temporary emergency hiring need, 
makes the reemployment of an individual essential. 
‘‘(4) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall 
submit annually to the Committee on Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on 
the use of the authority under this subsection, including the 
number of employees reemployed under authority of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(5) SUNSET
PROVISION.—The authority under this sub-
section shall expire on December 31, 2011.’’. 
SEC. 5. DISPOSAL OF FEDERAL SURPLUS PROPERTY TO HISTORIC 
LIGHT STATIONS. 
Section 549(c)(3)(B) of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(2) in clause (viii), by striking the period and inserting 
‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ix) a historic light station as defined under sec-
tion 308(e)(2) of the National Historic Preservation
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Act (16 U.S.C. 470w–7(e)(2)), including a historic light 
station conveyed under subsection (b) of that section, 
notwithstanding the number of hours that the historic 
light station is open to the public.’’. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.