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Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters

Sec. 876Ensuring Department of Defense contractor compliance with disability hiring goals

TL;DR

Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on ensuring department of defense contractor compliance with disability hiring goals not later than 5 months after the end of a fiscal year for which the Secretary of Defense was required to conduct an audit under subsection (a).

Statutory text

(a) In general. For each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct an audit of the compliance of the contractors of the Department of Defense with the 7-percent utilization goal for employment of qualified individuals with disabilities by contractors established by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of Labor under section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 793).

(b) Reports. Not later than 5 months after the end of a fiscal year for which the Secretary of Defense was required to conduct an audit under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the findings of such audit.