Sec. 836. Department of Defense national imperative for industrial skills program
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The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program of the Department of Defense, shall evaluate and further develop workforce development training programs (as defined by the Secretary of Defense) for training the skilled industrial workers (as defined by the Secretary of Defense) that are needed in the defense industrial base through the National Imperative for Industrial Skills program of the Department of Defense (or a successor program).
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall prioritize workforce development training programs that— are innovative, lab-based, or experientially-based; rapidly train skilled industrial workers for employment with entities in the defense industrial base faster than traditional workforce development training programs and at the scale needed to measurably reduce, as rapidly as possible, the shortages of skilled industrial workers in the defense industrial base, including modernization of required equipment and training curricula; recruit skilled industrial workers who are manufacturing workers from underrepresented communities; provide students and skilled industrial workers with the support needed to successfully participate in the defense industrial base; address the specific manufacturing requirements and skills that are unique to critical industrial sectors of the defense industrial base as defined by the Secretary of Defense, such as naval shipbuilding; and with respect to Federal workforce development training programs in existence on or before the date of the enactment of this Act— maximize the use of such Federal workforce development training programs; or expand on the activities of such Federal workforce development training programs.