[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 37 (Tuesday, April 9, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H1156-H1157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 3925

                 Offered By: Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of section 3702 of title 5, 
     United States Code (as contained in section 3(a) of the 
     bill), add the following:
       ``(f) Considerations.--In exercising any authority under 
     this chapter, an agency shall take into consideration--
       ``(1) the need to ensure that small business concerns are 
     appropriately represented with respect to the assignments 
     described in sections 3703 and 3704, respectively; and
       ``(2) how assignments described in section 3703 might best 
     be used to help meet the needs of the agency for the training 
     of employees in information technology management.
       At the end of section 3704 of title 5, United States Code 
     (as contained in section 3(a) of the bill), add the 
     following:
       ``(d) Prohibition Against Charging Certain Costs to the 
     Federal Government.--A private sector organization may not 
     charge the Federal Government, as direct or indirect costs 
     under a Federal contract, the costs of pay or benefits paid 
     by the organization to an employee assigned to an agency 
     under this chapter for the period of the assignment.
       Insert after section 5 of the bill the following new 
     section (and redesignate the succeeding section accordingly):

     SEC. 6. REPORT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GOVERNMENTWIDE 
                   INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Not later January 1, 2003, the Office of 
     Personnel Management, in consultation with the Chief 
     Information Officers Council and the Administrator of General 
     Services, shall review and submit to the Committee on 
     Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate a written 
     report on the following:
       (1) The adequacy of any existing information technology 
     training programs available to Federal employees on a 
     Governmentwide basis.
       (2)(A) If one or more such programs already exist, 
     recommendations as to how they might be improved.
       (B) If no such program yet exists, recommendations as to 
     how such a program might be designed and established.
       (3) With respect to any recommendations under paragraph 
     (2), how the program under chapter 37 of title 5, United 
     States Code, might be used to help carry them out.
       (b) Cost Estimate.--The report shall, for any recommended 
     program (or improvements) under subsection (a)(2), include 
     the estimated costs associated with the implementation and 
     operation of such program as so established (or estimated 
     difference in costs of any such program as so improved).

                               H.R. 3925

                       Offered By: Ms. Velazquez

       Amendment No. 2: In section 3703 of title 5, United States 
     Code (as contained in section 3(a) of the bill), insert after 
     subsection (d) the following:
       ``(e) Small Business Concerns.--

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       ``(1) In general.--The head of each agency shall take such 
     actions as may be necessary to ensure that, of the 
     assignments made under this chapter from such agency to 
     private sector organizations in each year, at least 20 
     percent are to small business concerns.
       ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
       ``(A) the term `small business concern' means a business 
     concern that satisfies the definitions and standards 
     specified by the Administrator of the Small Business 
     Administration under section 3(a)(2) of the Small Business 
     Act (as from time to time amended by the Administrator);
       ``(B) the term `year' refers to the 12-month period 
     beginning on the date of the enactment of this chapter, and 
     each succeeding 12-month period in which any assignments 
     under this chapter may be made; and
       ``(C) the assignments `made' in a year are those commencing 
     in such year.
       ``(3) Reporting requirement.--An agency which fails to 
     comply with paragraph (1) in a year shall, within 90 days 
     after the end of such year, submit a report to the Committees 
     on Government Reform and Small Business of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committees on Governmental Affairs 
     and Small Business of the Senate. The report shall include--
       ``(A) the total number of assignments made under this 
     chapter from such agency to private sector organizations in 
     the year;
       ``(B) of that total number, the number (and percentage) 
     made to small business concerns; and
       ``(C) the reasons for the agency's noncompliance with 
     paragraph (1).
       ``(4) Exclusion.--This subsection shall not apply to an 
     agency in any year in which it makes fewer than 5 assignments 
     under this chapter to private sector organizations.

                               H.R. 3925

                         Offered By: Mr. Waxman

       Amendment No. 3: In the last sentence of section 3702(a) of 
     title 5, United States Code (as contained in section 3(a) of 
     the bill), strike the period and insert the following: ``, 
     and applicable requirements of section 3705 are met with 
     respect to the proposed assignment of such employee.''.
       In section 3702(d) of title 5, United States Code (as 
     contained in section 3(a) of the bill), strike ``Assignments 
     under this chapter'' and insert ``An assignment described in 
     section 3704'', and strike ``, except that no'' and insert 
     ``. No''.
       In section 3704(b) of title 5, United States Code (as 
     contained in section 3(a) of the bill), strike ``and'' at the 
     end of paragraph (2), redesignate paragraph (3) as paragraph 
     (4), and insert after paragraph (2) the following:
       ``(3) may not have access to any trade secrets or to any 
     other nonpublic information which might be of commercial 
     value to the private sector organization from which he is 
     assigned; and
       In chapter 37 of title 5, United States Code (as contained 
     in section 3(a) of the bill), insert after section 3704 the 
     following new section (and make the appropriate conforming 
     amendments):

     ``Sec. 3705. Federal Information Technology Training Program

       ``(a) Establishment.--In consultation with the Federal 
     Chief Information Officer, the Chief Information Officers 
     Council, and the Administrator of General Services, the 
     Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 
     establish and operate a Federal Information Technology 
     Training Program (in this section referred to as the 
     `Training Program').
       ``(b) Functions.--The Training Program shall--
       ``(1) analyze, on an ongoing basis, the personnel needs of 
     the Federal Government related to information technology and 
     information resource management;
       ``(2) design curricula, training methods, and training 
     schedules that correspond to the projected personnel needs of 
     the Federal Government related to information technology and 
     information resource management; and
       ``(3) recruit and train Federal employees in information 
     technology disciplines, as necessary, at a rate that ensures 
     that the Federal Government's information resource management 
     needs are met.
       ``(c) Authority To Detail Employees to Non-Federal 
     Employers.--The Training Program may include a program under 
     which a Federal employee may be detailed to a non-Federal 
     employer. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
     shall prescribe regulations for such program, including the 
     conditions for service, length of detail, duties, and such 
     other criteria as the Director considers necessary.
       ``(d) Curricula.--The curricula of the Training Program--
       ``(1) shall cover a broad range of information technology 
     disciplines corresponding to the specific needs of Federal 
     agencies;
       ``(2) shall be adaptable to achieve varying levels of 
     expertise, ranging from basic nonoccupational computer 
     training to expert occupational proficiency in specific 
     information technology disciplines, depending on the specific 
     information resource management needs of Federal agencies;
       ``(3) shall be developed and applied according to rigorous 
     academic standards; and
       ``(4) shall be designed to maximize efficiency through the 
     use of self-paced courses, online courses, on-the-job 
     training, and the use of remote instructors, wherever such 
     features can be applied without reducing training 
     effectiveness or negatively impacting academic standards.
       ``(e) Participation Encouraged.--Subject to information 
     resource management needs and the limitations imposed by 
     resource needs in other occupational areas, agencies shall 
     encourage their employees to participate in the occupational 
     information technology curricula of the Training Program.
       ``(f) Agreements.--Employees who participate in full-time 
     training at the Training Program for a period of 6 months or 
     longer shall be subject to an agreement for service after 
     training under section 4108 of title 5, United States Code.
       ``(g) Coordination Provision.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this chapter, no assignment described in section 3703 may be 
     made unless a program under subsection (c) has been 
     established, and the assignment meets the requirements of 
     such program.
       ``(2) Regulations.--The Director of the Office of Personnel 
     Management shall by regulation establish any procedural or 
     other requirements which may be necessary to carry out this 
     subsection.
       ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Personnel 
     Management for developing and operating the Training Program, 
     $7,000,000 in fiscal year 2003, and such sums as may be 
     necessary for each fiscal year thereafter.