Developing the National Security Workforce Act of 2019

Developing the National Security Workforce Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Defense to develop incentives for a contractor to implement a qualified training program to enhance the workforce of the defense industrial base, as well as standards for such incentives.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1493 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1493

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 2019

   Mr. Jones introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              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 of 2019''.

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

    (a) Incentives.--The Secretary of Defense may develop incentives 
for a contractor to implement a qualified training program to enhance 
the workforce of the defense industrial base in a manner consistent 
with the needs of the Department of Defense.
    (b) Consideration of Qualified Training Programs.--The Secretary of 
Defense shall develop policies and procedures to implement the 
incentives developed under subsection (a).
    (c) Standards for Qualified Training Programs.--The Secretary of 
Defense shall develop standards to determine whether training programs 
qualify for incentives developed under subsection (a).
    (d) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on activities taken pursuant to this 
section and to achieve the goal of implementing training programs to 
develop the workforce of the defense industrial base.
    (e) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given the 
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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