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41 U.S.C. § 1201 — Federal Acquisition Institute
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**(a) In General.—** There is established a Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) in order to—
(1) foster and promote the development of a professional acquisition workforce Government-wide;
(2) promote and coordinate Government-wide research and studies to improve the procurement process and the laws, policies, methods, regulations, procedures, and forms relating to acquisition by the executive agencies;
(3) collect data and analyze acquisition workforce data from the Office of Personnel Management, the heads of executive agencies, and, through periodic surveys, from individual employees;
(4) periodically analyze acquisition career fields to identify critical competencies, duties, tasks, and related academic prerequisites, skills, and knowledge;
(5) coordinate and assist agencies in identifying and recruiting highly qualified candidates for acquisition fields;
(6) develop instructional materials for acquisition personnel in coordination with private and public acquisition colleges and training facilities;
(7) evaluate the effectiveness of training and career development programs for acquisition personnel;
(8) promote the establishment and utilization of academic programs by colleges and universities in acquisition fields;
(9) facilitate, to the extent requested by agencies, interagency intern and training programs;
(10) collaborate with other civilian agency acquisition training programs to leverage training supporting all members of the civilian agency acquisition workforce;
(11) assist civilian agencies with their acquisition and capital planning efforts; and
(12) perform other career management or research functions as directed by the Administrator.
**(b) Budget Resources and Authority.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Administrator shall recommend to the A
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**(a) In General.—** There is established a Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) in order to—
(1) foster and promote the development of a professional acquisition workforce Government-wide;
(2) promote and coordinate Government-wide research and studies to improve the procurement process and the laws, policies, methods, regulations, procedures, and forms relating to acquisition by the executive agencies;
(3) collect data and analyze acquisition workforce data from the Office of Personnel Management, the heads of executive agencies, and, through periodic surveys, from individual employees;
(4) periodically analyze acquisition career fields to identify critical competencies, duties, tasks, and related academic prerequisites, skills, and knowledge;
(5) coordinate and assist agencies in identifying and recruiting highly qualified candidates for acquisition fields;
(6) develop instructional materials for acquisition personnel in coordination with private and public acquisition colleges and training facilities;
(7) evaluate the effectiveness of training and career development programs for acquisition personnel;
(8) promote the establishment and utilization of academic programs by colleges and universities in acquisition fields;
(9) facilitate, to the extent requested by agencies, interagency intern and training programs;
(10) collaborate with other civilian agency acquisition training programs to leverage training supporting all members of the civilian agency acquisition workforce;
(11) assist civilian agencies with their acquisition and capital planning efforts; and
(12) perform other career management or research functions as directed by the Administrator.
**(b) Budget Resources and Authority.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Administrator shall recommend to the Administrator of General Services sufficient budget resources and authority for the Federal Acquisition Institute to support Government-wide training standards and certification requirements necessary to enhance the mobility and career opportunities of the Federal acquisition workforce.
(2) **Acquisition workforce training fund.—** — Subject to the availability of funds, the Administrator of General Services shall provide the Federal Acquisition Institute with amounts from the acquisition workforce training fund established under [section 1703(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1703/i&num=0&edition=prelim) sufficient to meet the annual budget for the Federal Acquisition Institute requested by the Administrator under paragraph (1).
**(c) Federal Acquisition Institute Board of Directors.—**
(1) **Reporting to administrator.—** — The Federal Acquisition Institute shall report through its Board of Directors directly to the Administrator.
(2) **Composition.—** — The Board shall be composed of not more than 8 individuals from the Federal Government representing a mix of acquisition functional areas, all of whom shall be appointed by the Administrator.
(3) **Duties.—** — The Board shall provide general direction to the Federal Acquisition Institute to ensure that the Institute—
(A) meets its statutory requirements;
(B) meets the needs of the Federal acquisition workforce;
(C) implements appropriate programs;
(D) coordinates with appropriate organizations and groups that have an impact on the Federal acquisition workforce;
(E) develops and implements plans to meet future challenges of the Federal acquisition workforce; and
(F) works closely with the Defense Acquisition University.
(4) **Recommendations.—** — The Board shall make recommendations to the Administrator regarding the development and execution of the annual budget of the Federal Acquisition Institute.
**(d) Director.—** The Director of the Federal Acquisition Institute shall be appointed by, be subject to the direction and control of, and report directly to the Administrator.
**(e) Annual Report.—** The Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives an annual report on the projected budget needs and expense plans of the Federal Acquisition Institute to fulfill its mandate.
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**(a) Small business procurements**
(1) **In general** — For purposes of this chapter, small business concerns shall receive any award or contract if such award or contract is, in the determination of the Administrator and the contracting agency, in the interest of—
(A) maintaining or mobilizing the full productive capacity of the United States;
(B) war or national defense programs; or
(C) assuring that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for goods and services of the Government in each industry category (as defined under paragraph (2)) are awarded to small business concerns.
(2) **Industry category defined**
(A) *In general* — In this subsection, the term “industry category” means a discrete group of similar goods and services, as determined by the Administrator in accordance with the North American Industry Classification System codes used to establish small business size standards, except that the Administrator shall limit an industry category to a greater extent than provided under the North American Industry Classification System codes if the Administrator receives evidence indicating that further segmentation of the industry category is warranted—
(i) due to special capital equipment needs;
(ii) due to special labor requirements;
(iii) due to special geographic requirements, except as provided in subparagraph (B);
(iv) due to unique Federal buying patterns or requirements; or
(v) to recognize a new industry.
(B) *Exception for geographic requirements* — The Administrator may not further segment an industry category based on geographic requirements unless—
(i) the Government typically designates the geographic area where work for contracts for goods or services is to be performed;
(ii) Governmen
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**(a) Purposes** The purposes of this chapter are to combat trafficking in persons, a contemporary manifestation of slavery whose victims are predominantly women and children, to ensure just and effective punishment of traffickers, and to protect their victims.
**(b) Findings** Congress finds that:
(1) As the 21st century begins, the degrading institution of slavery continues throughout the world. Trafficking in persons is a modern form of slavery, and it is the largest manifestation of slavery today. At least 700,000 persons annually, primarily women and children, are trafficked within or across international borders. Approximately 50,000 women and children are trafficked into the United States each year.
(2) Many of these persons are trafficked into the international sex trade, often by force, fraud, or coercion. The sex industry has rapidly expanded over the past several decades. It involves sexual exploitation of persons, predominantly women and girls, involving activities related to prostitution, pornography, sex tourism, and other commercial sexual services. The low status of women in many parts of the world has contributed to a burgeoning of the trafficking industry.
(3) Trafficking in persons is not limited to the sex industry. This growing transnational crime also includes forced labor and involves significant violations of labor, public health, and human rights standards worldwide.
(4) Traffickers primarily target women and girls, who are disproportionately affected by poverty, the lack of access to education, chronic unemployment, discrimination, and the lack of economic opportunities in countries of origin. Traffickers lure women and girls into their networks through false promises of decent working conditions at relatively good pay as nannies, maids, d
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**(a) Cost, Schedule, and Performance Information.—**
(1) The Secretary shall, acting through the Chief Information Officer of the Department, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing information on the cost, schedule, and performance of each major information technology project that begins after the date of the enactment of the Joseph Maxwell Cleland and Robert Joseph Dole Memorial Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2022, as generated by the business owner of the project, prior to the commencement of such project.
(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) for a project shall include, with respect to such project, the following:
(A) An estimate of acquisition costs, implementation costs, and life cycle costs.
(B) An intended implementation schedule indicating significant milestones, initial operating capability, and full operating capability or completion.
(C) Key business, functional, and performance objectives.
**(b) Baseline.—**
(1) The Secretary shall use the information on the cost, schedule, and performance of a major information technology project included in the report under subsection (a) as the baseline against which changes or variances are measured during the life cycle of such project.
(2) The Secretary shall—
(A) annually update the baseline of a major information technology project pursuant to subsection (c); and
(B) include such updated baseline in the documents providing detailed information on the budget for the Department that the Secretary submits to Congress in conjunction with the President’s budget submission pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Changes and Variance
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**(a) In General.—** The functions of the Administrator include—
(1) providing leadership and ensuring action by the executive agencies in establishing, developing, and maintaining the single system of simplified Government-wide procurement regulations and resolving differences among the executive agencies in developing simplified Government-wide procurement regulations, procedures, and forms;
(2) coordinating the development of Government-wide procurement system standards that executive agencies shall implement in their procurement systems;
(3) providing leadership and coordination in formulating the executive branch position on legislation relating to procurement;
(4)
(A) providing for and directing the activities of the computer-based Federal Procurement Data System (including recommending to the Administrator of General Services a sufficient budget for those activities), which shall be located in the General Services Administration, in order to adequately collect, develop, and disseminate procurement data; and
(B) ensuring executive agency compliance with the record requirements of [section 1712 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1712&num=0&edition=prelim);
(5) providing for and directing the activities of the Federal Acquisition Institute established under [section 1201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1201&num=0&edition=prelim), including recommending to the Administrator of General Services a sufficient budget for such activities.11 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
(6) administering section 1703(a) to (i) of this title;
(7) establishing criteria and procedures to ensure the effective and timely solicitation of th
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TITLE 41—PUBLIC CONTRACTS
§ 1201
§ 1128. Maintaining necessary capability with re-
spect to acquisition of architectural and en-
gineering services
The Administrator, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services, and the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management, shall develop and im-
plement a plan to ensure that the Federal Gov-
ernment maintains the necessary capability
with respect to the acquisition of architectural
and engineering services to—
(1) ensure that Federal Government employ-
ees have the expertise to determine agency re-
quirements for those services;
(2) establish priorities and programs, includ-
ing acquisition plans;
(3) establish professional standards;
(4) develop scopes of work; and
(5) award and administer contracts for those
services.
(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3690.)
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Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
1128 ............
41:433 note.
Pub. L. 108–136, title XIV,
§ 1414, Nov. 24, 2003, 117
Stat. 1666.
§ 1129. Center of excellence in contracting for
services
The Administrator shall maintain a center of
excellence in contracting for services. The cen-
ter shall assist the acquisition community by
identifying, and serving as a clearinghouse for,
best practices in contracting for services in the
public and private sectors.
(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3690.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
1129 ............
41:405 note.
Pub. L. 108–136, title XIV,
§ 1431(b), Nov. 24, 2003, 117
Stat. 1671.
The words ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act’’ are omitted, and the word
‘‘maintain’’ is
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