,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cije  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bc1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 
,grassley7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to prevent organizational conflicts of 
interest in ,federal acquisition1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,preventing ,organizational ,conflicts  
of ,interest in ,federal ,acquisition   
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress makes the
 following findings3 7#a7 ,the ,federal 
,government's reliance on contractors   
for mission support services can create 
the potential for conflicts of interest 
related to impaired objectivity or undue
 influence due to contractor business   
relationships with regulated or other   
entities4  7#b7 ,comptroller ,general   
bid protest decisions in recent years   
have shown failures in proper           

identification and mitigation of        
organizational conflicts of interest4   
,these decisions focus on the issue of  
impaired objectivity in contract        
support1 or a situation in which a      
contractor is unable to provide         
impartial recommendations and advice to 
the ,government due to competing        
interests of the contractor4  7#c7      
,prior efforts by the ,administrator for
 ,federal ,procurement ,policy and the  
,director of the ,office of ,government 
,ethics1 undertaken pursuant to the     
,duncan ,hunter ,national ,defense      
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjji 7,public ,law #aaj-dag71 have     
determined that changes are needed to   
the ,federal ,acquisition ,regulation to
 prevent and mitigate conflicts of      
interest in ,federal contracting4  7#d7 
,protecting against conflicts of        
interest in ,federal acquisition is     
vital to the integrity of ,government   
operations4  #c4 ,preventing            
organizational conflicts of interest in 

,federal acquisition  7a7 ,in general   
,not later than #ah months after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
,federal ,acquisition ,regulatory       
,council shall-- 7#a7 identify          
contracting methods1 types1 and services
 that raise heightened concerns for     
potential organizational conflicts of   
interest beyond those currently         
addressed in the ,federal ,acquisition  
,regulation2 and  7#b7 revise the       
,federal ,acquisition ,regulation to--  
7,a7 address organizational conflicts of
 interest with sufficiently rigorous1   
comprehensive1 and consistent           
governmentwide policy and guidance to   
prevent or effectively mitigate such    
conflicts of interest in ,federal       
acquisition2  7,b7 provide and update   
definitions related to organizational   
conflicts of interest1 to include       
contractor relationships with public1   
private1 domestic1 and foreign entities 
that may cause contract support to be   
subject to potential conflicts of       

interest1 including undue influence2    
7,c7 provide executive agencies with    
solicitation provisions and contract    
clauses that require contractors to     
disclose information relevant to        
potential organizational conflicts of   
interest and limit future contracting   
with respect to potential conflicts of  
interest with the work to be performed  
under the awarded contract1 for agency  
use as needed2  7,d7 require executive  
agencies to tailor the solicitation and 
contract clauses described in           
subparagraph 7,c7 as necessary to       
provide specifics on information        
required to be disclosed and limitations
 on future contracting based on the     
potential for conflict with the work to 
be performed under the awarded contract2
 and  7,e7 require executive agencies to
 establish or update agency conflict of 
interest procedures to implement the    
,federal ,acquisition ,regulation       
revisions made under this section1 and  
periodically assess and update these    

agency procedures as needed to address  
agency-specific conflict of interest    
issues4  7b7 ,executive agency defined  
,in this section1 the term executive    
agency has the meaning given the term in
 section #acc of title #da1 ,united     
,states ,code4