,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #deaf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ac1     
#bjbb ,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,peters1 and ,ms4 ,hassan7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the    
,office of ,federal ,procurement ,policy
 to develop governmentwide procurement  
policy and guidance to mitigate         
organizational conflict of interests    
relating to national security and       
foreign policy1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,combating ,obstructive         
,national ,security ,underreporting of  
,legitimate ,threats 7,,consult7 ,act of
 #bjbb4  #b4 ,findings ,congress makes  
the following findings3  7#a7 ,the      
,federal ,government's reliance on      
contractors for mission support services
 can create potential organizational    
conflicts of interest related to        

national security due to competing      
interests as a result of business       
relationships with foreign adversarial  
nations and entities4  7#b7 ,it is      
imperative that contractors providing   
mission support services to the ,federal
 ,government related to the national    
security are not providing mission      
support services for foreign adversaries
 with regards to efforts that are       
counter to the national security and    
foreign policy interests of the ,united 
,states1 including for crimes against   
humanity declared by the ,secretary of  
,state4  7#c7 ,protecting against       
organizational conflicts of interest    
related to foreign adversarial nations  
and entities in ,federal mission support
 services is essential to the national  
security and economic security of the   
,united ,states4  #c4 ,governmentwide   
procurement policy and guidance to      
mitigate organizational conflicts of    
interest relating to national security  
and foreign policy  7a7 ,policy and     

guidance  7#a7 ,in general ,not later   
than one year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,office of  
,federal ,procurement ,policy1 in       
coordination with the heads of relevant 
agencies1 including the ,secretary of   
,defense1 the ,secretary of ,commerce1  
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security1  
the ,secretary of the ,treasury1 the    
,director of ,national ,intelligence1   
the ,attorney ,general1 and the         
,secretary of ,state1 shall develop     
governmentwide procurement policy and   
guidance to mitigate and eliminate      
organizational conflict of interests    
relating to contracts involving national
 security matters or foreign policy     
interests4  7#b7 ,elements ,the         
procurement policy and guidance         
developed under paragraph 7#a7 shall    
include the following elements3 7,a7    
,updating guidance relating to          
organizational conflicts of interest    
with foreign entities and governments   
that are contrary to the national       

security or foreign policy interests of 
the ,united ,states4  7,b7 ,providing a 
definition of consulting contract1      
considering the definitions of advisory 
and assistance services and professional
 and consultant services provided under 
sections #b4aja and #ca4bje-cc1         
respectively1 of the ,federal           
,acquisition ,regulation4  7,c7         
,providing executive agencies with      
solicitation provisions and contract    
clauses that require offerors and       
contractors for ,federal consulting     
contracts--  7i7 when submitting an     
offer1 to disclose any beneficial       
ownership1 active contracts1 contracts  
held within the last five years1 or any 
other information relevant to potential 
organizational conflicts of interest    
with respect to contracts described in  
paragraph 7#c72 and  7ii7 while         
performing the resulting contract1 to   
disclose information relevant to        
potential organizational conflicts of   
interest and to limit future work as    

necessary to address potential conflicts
 with respect to contracts described in 
paragraph 7#c74  7,d7 ,providing that   
organizational conflicts of interest    
found to be contrary to the national    
security or foreign policy interests of 
the ,united ,states may be grounds for  
denial of a contract1 and failure to    
disclose such a potential conflict may  
be grounds for termination for cause1   
suspension1 or debarment of a           
contractor4  7#c7 ,contracts described  
,contracts described in this paragraph  
are the following3  7,a7 ,contracts with
 any of the following entities3 7i7 ,the
 ,government of the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china4  7ii7 ,the ,chinese          
,communist ,party4  7iii7 ,any ,chinese 
state-owned entity4  7iv7 ,the ,people's
 ,liberation ,army4  7v7 ,any entity on 
the ,non-,,sdn ,chinese                 
,military-,industrial ,complex          
,companies ,list 7,,ns-,,cmic-,list7    
maintained by the ,office of ,foreign   
,assets ,control of the ,department of  

the ,treasury4  7vi7 ,any ,chinese      
military company identified by the      
,secretary of ,defense pursuant to      
section #abcg7;b7 of the ,strom         
,thurmond ,national ,defense            
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#aiii 7,public ,law #aje-bfa2 #ej       
,u4,s4,c4 #agja note74  7vii7 ,the      
,government of the ,russian ,federation1
 any ,russian state-owned entity1 or any
 entity sanctioned by the ,secretary of 
the ,treasury under ,executive ,order   
#acffb 7,blocking ,property of          
,additional ,persons ,contributing to   
the ,situation in ,ukraine74  7viii7    
,the government or any state-owned      
entity of any country determined by the 
,secretary of ,state to be a state      
sponsor of terrorism under section      
#aged7;c7 of the ,john ,s4 ,mc,cain     
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjai 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4  
#dhac7;c771 section #dj of the ,arms    
,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4    
#bggi;,a71 or section #fbj;,a of the    

,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #bcga74  7ix7 ,any entity     
included on any of the following lists  
maintained by the ,department of        
,commerce3  7,i7 ,the ,entity ,list set 
forth in ,supplement ,no4 #d to part    
#gdd of the ,export ,administration     
,regulations under subchapter ,c of     
chapter ,,vii of title #ae1 ,code of    
,federal ,regulations4  7,,ii7 ,the     
,denied ,persons ,list as described in  
section #gfd4c7;a77#b7 of the ,export   
,administration ,regulations4  7,,iii7  
,the ,unverified ,list set forth in     
,supplement ,no4 #f to part #gdd of the 
,export ,administration ,regulations4   
7,,iv7 ,the ,military ,end ,user ,list  
set forth in ,supplement ,no4 #g to part
 #gdd of the ,export ,administration    
,regulations4  7x7 ,an entity determined
 to pose a risk to the national security
 or foreign policy interests of the     
,united ,states1 as determined by the   
,office of ,federal ,procurement ,policy
 in coordination with the heads of      

relevant agencies listed in subsection  
7a77#a74  7,b7 ,contracts for consulting
 services relating to any crimes against
 humanity as determined by the          
,secretary of ,state4  7b7 ,revision of 
,federal ,acquisition ,regulation ,not  
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the ,federal
 ,acquisition ,regulatory ,council shall
 revise the ,federal ,acquisition       
,regulation to implement the            
requirements of this section4