for the duration of the contract or contract extension, assess the accuracy of the jobs impact statement. (vii) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress an annual report on the frequency of use within the Department of Defense of jobs impact statements in the evaluation of competitive proposals. (viii) (I) In any contract awarded to an offeror that submitted a jobs impact statement with its offer in response to the solicitation for proposals for the contract, the agency shall track the number of jobs created or retained during the performance of the contract. (II) If the number of jobs that the agency estimates will be created (by using the jobs impact statement) significantly exceeds the number of jobs created or retained, then the agency may consider this as a factor that affects a contractor's past performance in the award of future contracts. (III) Contractors shall be provided an opportunity to explain any differences between their original jobs impact statement and the actual amount of jobs created or retained before the discrepancy affects the agency’s assessment of the contractor's past performance. . (b) Revision of Federal Acquisition Regulation The Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to implement the amendment made by subsection (a).