,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjai,mr4  
,brown of ,maryland 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,banks7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,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 offeror1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,developing the ,national ,security     
,workforce ,act4  #b4 ,incentives and   
consideration for qualified training    
programs  7a7 ,in general  7#a7 ,chapter
 #ada of title #aj1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended by inserting after    
section #bdji the following new section3
  #bdji;a4 ,incentives and consideration
 for qualified training programs  7a7   
,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         
,defense4  7b7 ,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             
availability1 quality1 and effectiveness
 of a qualified training program of an  
offeror as part of the past performance 
rating of such offeror4  7c7 ,qualified 
training program defined ,the term      
qualified training program means any of 
the following3 7#a7 ,a program eligible 
to receive funds under the ,workforce   
,innovation and ,opportunity ,act 7#bi  
,u4,s4,c4 #caja et seq474  7#b7 ,a      

program eligible to receive funds under 
the ,carl ,d4 ,perkins ,career and      
,technical ,education ,act of #bjjf 7#ba
 ,u4,s4,c4 #bcja et seq474  7#c7 ,a     
program registered under the ,act of    
,august #af1 #aicg 7commonly known as   
the ,national ,apprenticeship ,act2     
,stat4 #ffd1 chapter #ffc2 #bi ,u4,s4,c4
 #ej et seq474  7#d7 ,any other program 
determined to be a qualified training   
program for purposes of this section1   
and that meets the workforce needs of   
the ,department of ,defense1 as         
determined by the ,secretary of         
,defense4  4  7#b7 ,clerical amendment  
,the table of sections at the beginning 
of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section #bdji
 the following new item3  #bdji;a4      
,incentives and consideration for       
qualified training programs4  4  7b7    
,applicability ,this ,act and the       
amendments made by this ,act apply with 
respect to contracts awarded on or after
 the date that is #ahj days after the   

date of the enactment of this ,act4