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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Acquisition Workforce

P. L. 114-

House Conference Report. 114-270

(a) Modifications to department of defense acquisition workforce development fund.—Section 1705 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (d)—

(A) in paragraph (2), by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:

“(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable percentage for a fiscal year is the percentage that results in the credit to the Fund of $500,000,000 in each fiscal year.”;

(B) in paragraph (2), in subparagraph (D)—

(i) by striking “an amount specified in subparagraph (C)” and inserting “the amount specified in subparagraph (C)”; and

(ii) by striking “an amount that is less than” and all that follows through the end and inserting “an amount that is less than $400,000,000.”; and

(C) in paragraph (3), by striking “24-month period” and inserting “36-month period”;

(2) in subsection (f), by striking “60 days” and inserting “120 days”; and

(3) in subsection (g)—

(A) by striking paragraph (2);

(B) by striking “acquisition workforce positions” and inserting “of positions in the acquisition workforce, as defined in subsection (h),”;

(C) by striking “Authority.—” and all that follows through “For purposes of” in paragraph (1) and inserting “Authority.—For purposes of”;

(D) by striking “(A)” and inserting “(1)”;

(E) by striking “(B)” and inserting “(2)”; and

(F) by aligning paragraphs (1) and (2), as designated by subparagraphs (D) and (E), so as to be two ems from the left margin.

(b) Modifications to biennial strategic workforce plan.—Section 115b(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “the defense acquisition workforce, including both military and civilian personnel” and inserting “the military, civilian, and contractor personnel that directly support the acquisition processes of the Department of Defense, including persons serving in acquisition-related positions designated by the Secretary of Defense under section 1721 of this title”;

(2) in paragraph (2)(D)—

(A) in clause (i), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;

(B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and

(C) by inserting after clause (i) the following new clause:

“(ii) a description of steps that will be taken to address any new or expanded critical skills and competencies the civilian employee workforce will need to address recent trends in defense acquisition, emerging best practices, changes in the Government and commercial marketplace, and new requirements established in law or regulation; and”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), contractor personnel shall be treated as directly supporting the acquisition processes of the Department if, and to the extent that, such contractor personnel perform functions in support of personnel in Department of Defense positions designated by the Secretary of Defense under section 1721 of this title.”.

The Senate amendment contained a provision (sec. 872) that would extend the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund for 5 additional years and modify the requirements of the biennial strategic workforce plan to assess any new or expanded critical skills or competencies needed by the acquisition workforce. The Senate amendment also contained a provision (sec. 1106) that would extend the expedited hiring authority for designated defense acquisition workforce positions for 5 years.

The House recedes with an amendment that would combine the provisions. The provision would make permanent the authority for both the Defense Acquisition Workforce Develop Fund and the associated expedited hiring authority, as well as making technical revisions to the administration of the Fund and to the biennial strategic workforce plan.

House Report 114-201 to accompany H. R. 1735 as it was reported out of the House Armed Services Committee.

Section 811--Amendments to Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund

This section would amend section 1705 of title 10, United States Code, to make permanent the authority for both the Defense Acquisition Workforce Develop Fund and the associated expedited hiring authority.

Senate Report 114-49 to accompany S. 1376 as it was reported out of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Acquisition workforce (sec. 872)

The committee recommends a provision that would amend section 1705 of title 10, United States Code, to extend the defense acquisition workforce development fund for 5 additional years and modify the requirements of the biennial strategic workforce plan to assess any new or expanded critical skills or competencies needed by the acquisition workforce. The committee expects that the fund be used to improve the capabilities of the current acquisition workforce in the use of Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 12 commercial contracting and other transactions authority.

Five-year extension of expedited hiring authority for designated defense acquisition workforce positions (sec. 1106)

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the expedited hiring authority for designated defense acquisition workforce positions for 5 years.