,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ae1      
#bjai,mr4 ,jones introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 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 ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,pilot   
program for incentives and consideration
 for qualified training programs  7a7   
,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 ,defense4  7b7           

,consideration of qualified training    
programs ,the ,secretary of ,defense    
shall develop policies and procedures to
 implement the incentives developed     
under subsection 7a74  7c7 ,standards   
for qualified training programs ,the    
,secretary of ,defense shall develop    
standards to determine whether training 
programs qualify for incentives         
developed under subsection 7a74  7d7    
,report ,not later than one year after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
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 base4  7e7 ,congressional    
defense committees defined ,in this     
section1 the term congressional defense 
committees has the meaning given the    
term in section #aja7;a77#af7 of title  
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code4