A bill to provide for demonstration projects under which the Secretary of Defense may require a contractor under certain defense contracts to provide training in skilled occupations in which there is a substantial shortage and for other purposes.
Defense Procurement Training Demonstration Project Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, after consulting with the Secretary of Labor, to establish demonstration projects to provide training in skilled occupations for which there is a worker shortage adversely affecting defense procurement.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to publish a list of skilled occupations in which there is a substantial shortage of workers. Defines a "skilled occupation" as one for which the normal training period is at least two years but for which a college degree is not required. Defines a substantial shortage of workers as one in which less than 80 percent of the anticipated demand for that skilled occupation, for a five year period, is trained or being trained.
Directs the Secretary of Defense (the Secretary) to prepare a list of occupations, based on the Secretary of Labor's list, for which a shortage of workers will have an adverse effect on defense procurement.
Requires the Secretary to establish such demonstration projects if the selected defense procurement contract: (1) involves the expenditure of at least $10,000,000; (2) requires the hiring of additional workers in any of the skilled occupations on the Secretary's list; and (3) requires the training of additional workers as critical for the timely completion of the contract work.
Authorizes the Secretary to include in such defense procurement contracts, provisions to: (1) require the contractor to provide training in the skills the Secretary determines are necessary for the completion of the contract; and (2) specify the type of training.
Requires the Secretary to assure an equitable geographic distribution of pilot demonstration projects.
Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress, two and one-half years after enactment, a report on the demonstration projects.
Amends the Defense Industrial Reserve Act to allow the donation of certain property directly to educational institutions or training schools.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Referred to Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Defense Department; Labor Department; GAO; OMB.
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