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

House Conference Report 109-360

SEC. 821. PARTICIPATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN ACQUISITION WORKFORCE TRAINING FUND.

(a) Required Contributions to Acquisition Workforce Training Fund by Department of Defense- Section 37(h)(3) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 433(h)(3)) is amended--

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking `other than the Department of Defense' and inserting `, except as provided in subparagraph (D)'; and

(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), and (G) as subparagraphs (E), (F), (G), and (H), respectively, and inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph (D):

`(D) The Administrator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of Defense fees collected from the Department of Defense pursuant to subparagraph (B), to be used by the Defense Acquisition University for purposes of acquisition workforce training.'.

(b) Conforming Amendments-

(1) OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY ACT- Section 37(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 433(a)) is amended by striking `This section' and inserting `Except as provided in subsection (h)(3), this section'.

(2) PUBLIC LAW 108-136- Section 1412 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136; 117 Stat. 1664) is amended by striking subsection (c).

(c) Defense Acquisition University Funding- Amounts transferred under section 37(h)(3)(D) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (as amended by subsection (a)) for use by the Defense Acquisition University shall be in addition to other amounts authorized for the University.

(d) Effective Date- The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fees collected under contracts described in section 37(h)(3)(B) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 433(h)(3)(B)) after the date of the enactment of this Act.

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 822) that would enable the Department of Defense to contribute to, and benefit from, the acquisition workforce training fund.

The Senate amendment contained a similar provision (sec. 831).

The Senate recedes with an amendment that would ensure that the Federal Acquisition Institute and the Defense Acquisition University have appropriate flexibility in the use of the acquisition workforce training fund.

House Report 109-89

SECTION 822--PARTICIPATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN ACQUISITION WORKFORCE TRAINING FUND

This section would amend section 37 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 433) to require the Secretary of Defense to use funds transferred from the Administrator of the General Services at the Defense Acquisition University to train students in matters relating to acquisition.