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

Public Law 108-136

House Conference Report 108-354

SEC. 833. SINGLE ACQUISITION CORPS.

Subchapter III of chapter 87 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 832, is further amended--

(1) in section 1731--

(A) in subsection (a)--

(i) by striking `each of the military departments and one or more Corps, as he considers appropriate, for the other components of' in the first sentence; and

(ii) by striking the second sentence; and

(B) in subsection (b), by striking `an Acquisition Corps' and inserting `the Acquisition Corps';

(2) in sections 1732(a), 1732(e)(1), 1732(e)(2), 1733(a), 1734(e)(1), and 1737(a)(1), by striking `an Acquisition Corps' and inserting `the Acquisition Corps'; and

(3) in section 1734--

(A) in subsection (g), by striking `each Acquisition Corps, a test program in which members of a Corps' and inserting `the Acquisition Corps, a test program in which members of the Corps'; and

(B) in subsection (h), by striking `making assignments of civilian and military members of the Acquisition Corps of that military department' and inserting `making assignments of civilian and military personnel of that military department who are members of the Acquisition Corps'.

The Senate amendment contained a provision (sec. 841) that would amend the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) to give the Secretary of Defense greater flexibility in managing the acquisition and support workforce. Specifically, the provision would give the Secretary the flexibility to establish different experience, educational, and tenure requirements for acquisition positions; require the establishment of a single acquisition corps; and streamline obsolete and outdated provisions of DAWIA.

The House bill contained no similar provision.

The House recedes with an amendment to split the provision into several sections.

Senate Report 108-046

The committee recommends a provision that would amend the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) to give the Secretary of Defense greater flexibility in managing the acquisition and support workforce. Specifically, the provision would give the Secretary the flexibility to establish different experience, educational, and tenure requirements for acquisition positions; require the establishment of a single acquisition corps; and streamline obsolete and outdated provisions of DAWIA.