3.0.0 762 2023-01-11T13:22:50Z 2023-01-11T13:22:50Z Senate S S 2011-04-07 112 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2011-06-09T15:09:50Z Markup by 2011-04-13T18:35:22Z Referred to 2011-04-07T19:27:29Z S. Rept. 112-21 Federal Acquisition Improvement Act of 2011 112 1424 HR 2011-04-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform . Related bill CRS 2011-06-09 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 73. Calendars 2011-06-09 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. With written report No. 112-21. Committee 2011-06-09 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. With written report No. 112-21. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2011-04-13 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2011-04-07 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2272-2273) IntroReferral 2011-04-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2270-2271) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-04-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2011-04-07 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2011-04-07 True B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2011-04-07 True Government Operations and Politics Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Public contracts and procurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2011-04-07 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-26T18:34:04Z Federal Acquisition Institute Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to provide that the Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce Programs shall: (1) be chosen on the basis of demonstrated knowledge and expertise in acquisition, human capital, and management; (2) be located in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy; and (3) implement acquisition workforce programs.

Establishes a Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) and enumerates its purposes with respect to the development of a professional acquisition workforce.

Requires: (1) the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to recommend to the Administrator of General Services (GSA) sufficient budget resources and authority for the FAI to support government-wide training standards and certification requirements necessary to enhance the mobility and career opportunities of the federal acquisition workforce, and (2) the GSA Administrator to provide FAI with amounts from the acquisition training fund sufficient to meet the annual budget for FAI requested by the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy.

Directs: (1) the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, acting through FAI, to provide and update government-wide training standards and certification requirements; and (2) all federal civilian agency acquisition internship or acquisition training programs to follow guidelines provided by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to ensure consistent training standards necessary to develop uniform core competencies throughout the federal government.

Directs the GSA Administrator to manage the acquisition workforce training fund through FAI to support FAI activities and to ensure that funds collected are only used for such purposes.

]]> 80 2011-06-09 Reported to Senate without amendment 2011-07-29T21:10:18Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Federal Acquisition Institute Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to provide that the Associate Administrator for Acquisition Workforce Programs shall: (1) be chosen on the basis of demonstrated knowledge and expertise in acquisition, human capital, and management; (2) be located in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy; and (3) implement acquisition workforce programs.

Establishes a Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) and enumerates its purposes with respect to the development of a professional acquisition workforce.

Requires: (1) the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to recommend to the Administrator of General Services (GSA) sufficient budget resources and authority for the FAI to support government-wide training standards and certification requirements necessary to enhance the mobility and career opportunities of the federal acquisition workforce, and (2) the GSA Administrator to provide FAI with amounts from the acquisition training fund sufficient to meet the annual budget for FAI requested by the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy.

Directs: (1) the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, acting through FAI, to provide and update government-wide training standards and certification requirements; and (2) all federal civilian agency acquisition internship or acquisition training programs to follow guidelines provided by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to ensure consistent training standards necessary to develop uniform core competencies throughout the federal government.

Directs the GSA Administrator to manage the acquisition workforce training fund through FAI to support FAI activities and to ensure that funds collected are only used for such purposes.

]]> Federal Acquisition Institute Improvement Act of 2011 Display Title Federal Acquisition Institute Improvement Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Federal Acquisition Institute Improvement Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Federal Acquisition Institute Improvement Act of 2011 S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the Federal Acquisition Institute. Reported to Senate 2011-06-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s762rs/xml/BILLS-112s762rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-04-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s762is/xml/BILLS-112s762is.xml 2011-06-09 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 73. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.