Title: Developing the National Security Workforce Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Developing the National Security Workforce Act
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop investment incentives for a contractor that implements a qualified training program to develop its workforce in a manner consistent with DOD needs. The system used to record contractor past performance shall include an analysis of the availability, quality, and effectiveness of a training program as part of a contractor's past performance rating.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2756 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2756

  To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop workforce development 
 investment incentives and to consider a qualified training program of 
an offeror as part of the past performance rating of such offeror, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2019

   Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself and Mr. Banks) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop workforce development 
 investment incentives and to consider a qualified training program of 
an offeror as part of the past performance rating of such offeror, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Developing the National Security 
Workforce Act''.

SEC. 2. INCENTIVES AND CONSIDERATION FOR QUALIFIED TRAINING PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
        by inserting after section 2409 the following new section:
``Sec. 2409a. Incentives and consideration for qualified training 
              programs
    ``(a) Incentives.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop workforce 
development investment incentives for a contractor that implements a 
qualified training program to develop the workforce of the contractor 
in a manner consistent with the needs of the Department of Defense.
    ``(b) Consideration of Qualified Training Programs.--The Secretary 
of Defense shall revise the Department of Defense Supplement to the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation to require that the system used by the 
Federal Government to monitor or record contractor past performance 
includes an analysis of the availability, quality, and effectiveness of 
a qualified training program of an offeror as part of the past 
performance rating of such offeror.
    ``(c) Qualified Training Program Defined.--The term `qualified 
training program' means any of the following:
            ``(1) A program eligible to receive funds under the 
        Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et 
        seq.).
            ``(2) A program eligible to receive funds under the Carl D. 
        Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (21 U.S.C. 
        2301 et seq.).
            ``(3) A program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 
        (commonly known as the `National Apprenticeship Act'; Stat. 
        664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.).
            ``(4) Any other program determined to be a qualified 
        training program for purposes of this section, and that meets 
        the workforce needs of the Department of Defense, as determined 
        by the Secretary of Defense.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 2409 the following new item:

``2409a. Incentives and consideration for qualified training 
                            programs.''.
    (b) Applicability.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act 
apply with respect to contracts awarded on or after the date that is 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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