§2312 Contingency Contracting Corps

Summary

Creates a government-wide Contingency Contracting Corps run by the Administrator of General Services under policies from the Office of Management and Budget and after talking with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security. Members must be ready to deploy for emergencies, major disasters, or contingency operations inside or outside the continental United States. The Corps covers procurement work for executive agencies when the agency head says the work supports a contingency operation (see 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(13)) or responds to an emergency or major disaster (see section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5122). Joining is voluntary and open to Federal employees and Armed Forces members who are part of the Federal acquisition workforce. GSA may set training and education rules with advice from the Federal Acquisition Institute and the Chief Acquisition Officers Council, and training costs come from the acquisition workforce training fund under section 1703(i). Pay stays with the member’s employer: Armed Forces members are paid from their service’s funds, and Federal employees are paid by their agency. The Director of OMB can decide, when asked by an executive agency and with the agency head’s agreement, when Corps members deploy. The Secretary of Defense may still deploy DoD military or civilian personnel for contingency operations. GSA must give an annual report as of September 30 of each fiscal year to the specified Senate and House committees listing number of members, total program cost, number of deployments, and how members performed.