VA Acquisition Workforce Improvement and Streamlining Act

Summary

VA Acquisition Workforce Improvement and Streamlining Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement certain training curricula and certification programs for specified logistics, construction, or facilities management employees of VA or the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The VA may develop: (1) curricula in a manner that provides such training in person, over a website, or by another federal agency; and (2) certification programs in a manner that uses either one level of certification or more than one level as appropriate for different grades of the General Schedule. The VA shall prioritize the use of acquisition internship programs to hire employees in entry-level, acquisition positions. The VA shall develop a plan to reduce duplication and increase efficiencies of the VA's acquisition functions in a manner that achieves cost savings necessary to carry out such training, certification, and acquisition internship programs. The VA shall determine whether to: (1) consolidate or abolish certain service area and program contacting activity offices and transfer their functions to certain other VA or VHA facilities; and (2) consolidate specified functions of the VA's Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction and the VHA's Procurement and Logistics Office into one such office.

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Timeline

1. 10 July 2017

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 July 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 10 July 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 10 July 2017

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 10 July 2017 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 10 July 2017

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Sponsors

• Bruce Poliquin · R · Sponsor
• Jack Bergman · R · Sponsor
• Ann Kuster · D · Sponsor
• Mike Coffman · R · Cosponsor
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