ETHICAL Procurement Act

This bill would bar the Secretary of Defense from entering into, renewing, or extending contracts with a company if one of its officers, directors, partners, or majority owners is a Senate-confirmed presidential appointee, a Schedule C political appointee, a special Government employee, or a member of the Senior Executive Service. The ban would also apply if an immediate family member of the President, of certain appointees, or of a special Government employee is an officer, director, or partner of the company, holds a significant ownership interest, or would gain a substantial financial benefit from the contract. Immediate family is defined as a parent, child, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner. The Secretary of Defense would have 30 days after enactment to issue regulations carrying out the ban.

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Sponsors

• Steven Horsford Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors