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 124 STAT. 3705 PUBLIC LAW 111–350—JAN. 4, 2011 (i) TRAINING FUND.— (1) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subsection are to ensure that the Federal acquisition workforce— (A) adapts to fundamental changes in the nature of Fed- eral Government acquisition of property and services asso- ciated with the changing roles of the Federal Government; and (B) acquires new skills and a new perspective to enable it to contribute effectively in the changing environment of the 21st century. (2) ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF FUND.—There is an acquisition workforce training fund. The Administrator of General Services shall manage the fund through the Federal Acquisition Institute to support the training of the acquisition workforce of the executive agencies, except as provided in para- graph (5). The Administrator of General Services shall consult with the Administrator in managing the fund. (3) CREDITS TO FUND.—Five percent of the fees collected by executive agencies (other than the Department of Defense) under the following contracts shall be credited to the fund: (A) Government-wide task and delivery-order contracts entered into under sections 4103 and 4105 of this title. (B) Government-wide contracts for the acquisition of information technology as defined in section 11101 of title 40 and multiagency acquisition contracts for that tech- nology authorized by section 11314 of title 40. (C) multiple-award schedule contracts entered into by the Administrator of General Services. (4) REMITTANCE BY HEAD OF EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The head of an executive agency that administers a contract described in paragraph (3) shall remit to the General Services Administra- tion the amount required to be credited to the fund with respect to the contract at the end of each quarter of the fiscal year. (5) TRANSFER AND USE OF FEES COLLECTED FROM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—The Administrator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of Defense fees collected from the Department of Defense pursuant to paragraph (3). The Defense Acquisition University shall use the fees for acquisition workforce training. (6) AMOUNTS NOT TO BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES.—The Administrator of General Services, through the Office of Federal Procurememt Policy, shall ensure that amounts collected for training under this subsection are not used for a purpose other than the purpose specified in paragraph (2). (7) AMOUNTS ARE IN ADDITION TO OTHER AMOUNTS FOR EDU- CATION AND TRAINING.—Amounts credited to the fund are in addition to amounts requested and appropriated for education and training referred to in subsection (h)(1). (8) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts credited to the fund remain available to be expended only in the fiscal year for which they are credited and the 2 succeeding fiscal years. (j) RECRUITMENT PROGRAM.— (1) SHORTAGE CATEGORY POSITIONS.—For purposes of sections 3304, 5333, and 5753 of title 5, the head of a department or agency of the Federal Government (other than the Secretary of Defense) may determine, under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management, that certain Federal acquisition positions (as described in subsection (g)(1)(A)) are