II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1493 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Developing the National Security Workforce Act of 2019 . 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.