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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 533 

To amend title 41, United States Code, to require the head of each executive 

agency to consider the existence of qualified training programs of contractors in the award of certain contracts. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 14, 2019 

Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Ms. BONAMICI, and Ms. CLARKE of 

New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

To amend title 41, United States Code, to require the head 

of each executive agency to consider the existence of 

qualified training programs of contractors in the award 

of certain contracts. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. CONSIDERATION OF CONTRACTORS WITH 

4 QUALIFIED TRAINING PROGRAMS. 

5 (a) CONSIDERATION OF CONTRACTORS WITH QUALI6 FIED TRAINING PROGRAMS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 47 of title 41, 

2 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

3 section 4712 the following new section: 

4 ‘‘§ 4713. Consideration of contractors with qualified 

5 training programs 

6 ‘‘(a) CONSIDERATION.—The head of each executive 

7 agency shall, to the maximum extent practicable, consider 

8 the existence of qualified training programs of contractors 

9 by requiring a contracting officer, in the evaluation of of10 fers for any contract in an amount greater than 

11 $25,000,000— 

12 ‘‘(1) to consider the existence of a qualified 

13 training program of an offeror as a factor in the 

14 evaluation; 

15 ‘‘(2) to give consideration to an offeror that 

16 provides comprehensive training and education pro17 grams to develop its workforce, consistent with 

18 needs of the agency; and 

19 ‘‘(3) in the consideration of past performance of 

20 an incumbent contractor, to consider the manner in 

21 which the incumbent contractor is educating, invest22 ing, and retaining the contractor’s workforce. 

23 ‘‘(b) INCENTIVES.—The head of each executive agen24 cy shall develop workforce development investment incen25 tives for contractors. 


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1 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion may be construed as altering or superceding the appli3 cability of existing work force development investment in4 centives for contractors. 

5 ‘‘(d) QUALIFIED TRAINING PROGRAM DEFINED.— 

6 The term ‘qualified training program’ means any of the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(1) A program eligible to receive funds under 

9 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

10 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). 

11 ‘‘(2) A program eligible to receive funds under 

12 the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 

13 Act of 2006 (21 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 

14 ‘‘(3) A program registered under the Act of Au15 gust 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘National 

16 Apprenticeship Act’; Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 

17 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 

18 ‘‘(4) Any other Federal program determined to 

19 be a qualified training program for purposes of this 

20 section by the head of the executive agency.’’. 

21 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec22 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 

23 by inserting after the item relating to section 4712 

24 the following new item: 

‘‘4713. Consideration of contractors with qualified training programs.’’. 


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1 (b) APPLICABILITY.—This Act and the amendments 

2 made by this Act apply with respect to contracts awarded 

3 on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of 

4 the enactment of this Act. 

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