; and (B) not more than four times the number of participants in such program during such fiscal year. (3) Duration The Secretary shall carry out paragraph (2) until the date on which the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the projected number of graduates of acquisition internship programs is sufficient to satisfy the human capital needs of the Department with respect to acquisition, taking into account the rate of attrition and projected retirements of personnel. (c) Transfers (1) Authority In addition to any other transfer authority of the Secretary, the Secretary may transfer or reprogram amounts identified under section 3 as cost savings in order to make such amounts available for— (A) the salaries and travel expenses of participants in acquisition internship programs; (B) covered training programs; or (C) the design and implementation of covered certification programs. (2) Authorizations A transfer made from one account to another under the authority of paragraph (1) shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for the account to which the amount is transferred by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 3. Improvement to efficiency of acquisition organizations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Plan The Secretary shall develop a plan to reduce duplication and to increase efficiencies with respect to the acquisition functions of the Department of Veterans Affairs, with an emphasis on procurement and logistics functions, in a manner that achieves cost savings in an amount necessary to carry out section 2. The Secretary shall ensure that such plan— (1) in all respects and to the greatest extent practicable, seeks to place procurement employees and logistics employees in close geographic proximity to the other employees of the Department for whom the procurement employees and logistics employees procure supplies or services