,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fiaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ai1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,self 7for himself and ,ms4   
,randall7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #da1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to identify individuals  
who commit certain ,federal felonies    
implicating ,federal programs as an     
excluded source on the ,system for      
,award ,management ,exclusions list1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,federal 
,program ,integrity and ,fraud          
,prevention ,act of #bjbe4  #b4         
,exclusion of ,felony ,fraud ,convicts  
to ,protect ,federal ,funds  7a7        
,procurement integrity ,chapter #dg of  
title #da1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #dgae4          
,protecting ,federal funds from         
individuals convicted of certain        

,federal felonies  7a7 ,prohibition     
7#a7 ,in general ,except as provided in 
subsection 7b71 an individual who is    
convicted of a covered felony arising   
out of any agency contract1 grant1      
cooperative agreement1 loan1 or other   
financial assistance shall be identified
 as an excluded source on the ,system   
for ,award ,management ,exclusions list 
described in part #i of title #dh1 ,code
 of ,federal ,regulations1 and part #ahj
 of title #b of such ,code1 or successor
 regulations4  7#b7 ,notification of    
conviction ,for each individual         
convicted of a covered felony1 the      
,attorney ,general shall notify the     
,administrator of ,general ,services in 
a timely manner of such conviction and  
the ,administrator shall promptly enter 
the #c-year prohibition for such person 
into the ,system for ,award ,management1
 or any successor system4  7b7 ,waiver  
,notwithstanding subsection 7a71 the    
agency head may exempt an individual    
described in subsection 7a77#a7 from the

 prohibition under such subsection for a
 case in which the agency head          
determines in writing that the exemption
 is warranted4 ,the agency head shall   
transmit a copy of each such written    
exemption to ,congress immediately after
 making such determination4  7c7        
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,agency ,the term agency means an       
,executive department 7as defined under 
section #aja of title #e71 a military   
department 7as defined under section    
#ajb of title #e71 a ,government        
corporation 7as defined under section   
#ajc of title #e71 and an independent   
establishment 7as defined under section 
#ajd7a7 of title #e74  7#b7 ,convicted  
,the term convicted means-- 7,a7 a      
judgment of conviction has been entered 
against the individual by a ,federal    
court2  7,b7 there has been a finding of
 guilt against the individual by a      
,federal court2  7,c7 a plea of guilty  
or nolo contendere by the individual has
 been accepted by a ,federal court2 or  

7,d7 the individual has entered into a  
first offender1 deferred adjudication1  
deferred prosecution1 or other          
arrangement or program in which judgment
 or conviction has been withheld4  7#c7 
,covered felony ,the term covered felony
 means a felony described under section 
#bhf1 #bhg1 #cga1 #fda1 #fff1 #ajja1    
#ajad1 #ajag1 #ajbh1 #ajbh;,a1 #ajcj1   
#ajca1 #ajdj7;a77#b71 #acda1 #acdc1     
#acdd1 #acde1 #acdi1 #aief1 and #aieg of
 title #ah and section #af of the ,small
 ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fde74   
7d7 ,rules of construction  7#a7        
,federal interests ,nothing in this     
section may be construed to prohibit an 
agency from seeking or taking any other 
available criminal1 civil1 or           
administrative action to protect        
,federal ,government interests1         
including the proposal or implementation
 of suspension or debarment actions     
pursuant to subpart #i4d of title #dh1  
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 and part
 #ahj of title #b of such ,code4  7#b7  

,exclusion ,nothing in subsection 7b7   
may be construed to affect any other    
statutory or regulatory waiver authority
 related to an exclusion4  4  7b7       
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections for chapter #dg of title #da1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  #dgae4
 ,protecting ,federal funds from        
individuals convicted of certain        
,federal felonies4  4  #c4 ,guidance    
,not later than #a year after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,attorney ,general1 in consultation with
 the ,administrator of ,general         
,services1 shall issue guidance for the 
implementation of1 and compliance with1 
the requirements of section #dgae of    
title #da1 ,united ,states ,code1 as    
added by section #b4