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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9992 

To amend title 41, United States Code, to identify individuals who commit 

certain Federal felonies implicating Federal programs as an excluded 

source on the System for Award Management Exclusions list, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 15, 2024 

Mr. SELF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To amend title 41, United States Code, to identify individuals who commit certain Federal felonies implicating 

Federal programs as an excluded source on the System 

for Award Management Exclusions list, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Program In5 tegrity and Fraud Prevention Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF FELONY FRAUD CONVICTS TO PRO2 TECT FEDERAL FUNDS. 

3 (a) PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY.—Chapter 47 of title 

4 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

5 the following new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 4715. Protecting Federal funds from individuals 

7 convicted of certain Federal felonies 

8 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub10 section (b), an individual who is convicted of a cov11 ered felony arising out of any agency contract, 

12 grant, cooperative agreement, loan, or other finan13 cial assistance shall be identified as an excluded 

14 source on the System for Award Management Exclu15 sions list described in part 9 of title 48, Code of 

16 Federal Regulations, and part 180 of title 2 of such 

17 Code, or successor regulations. 

18 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION OF CONVICTION.—For each 

19 individual convicted of a covered felony, the Attorney 

20 General shall notify the Administrator of General 

21 Services in a timely manner of such conviction and 

22 the Administrator shall promptly enter the 3-year 

23 prohibition for such person into the System for 

24 Award Management, or any successor system. 

25 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the 

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1 section (a)(1) from the prohibition under such subsection 

2 for a case in which the agency head determines in writing 

3 that the exemption is warranted. The agency head shall 

4 transmit a copy of each such written exemption to Con5 gress immediately after making such determination. 

6 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 ‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ means an 

8 Executive department (as defined under section 101 

9 of title 5), a military department (as defined under 

10 section 102 of title 5), a Government corporation (as 

11 defined under section 103 of title 5), and an inde12 pendent establishment (as defined under section 

13 104(1) of title 5). 

14 ‘‘(2) CONVICTED.—The term ‘convicted’ 

15 means— 

16 ‘‘(A) a judgment of conviction has been en17 tered against the individual by a Federal court, 

18 regardless of whether there is an appeal pend19 ing; 

20 ‘‘(B) there has been a finding of guilt 

21 against the individual by a Federal court; 

22 ‘‘(C) a plea of guilty or nolo contendere by 

23 the individual has been accepted by a Federal 

24 court; or 


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1 ‘‘(D) the individual has entered into a first 

2 offender, deferred adjudication, deferred pros3 ecution, or other arrangement or program in 

4 which judgment or conviction has been with5 held. 

6 ‘‘(3) COVERED FELONY.—The term ‘covered 

7 felony’ means a felony described under section 286, 

8 287, 371, 641, 666, 1001, 1014, 1017, 1028, 

9 1028A, 1030, 1031, 1040(a)(2), 1341, 1343, 1344, 

10 1345, 1349, 1956, and 1957 of title 18 and section 

11 16 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 645). 

12 ‘‘(d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL INTERESTS.—Nothing in this 

14 section may be construed to prohibit an agency from 

15 seeking or taking any other available criminal, civil, 

16 or administrative action to protect Federal Govern17 ment interests, including the proposal or implemen18 tation of suspension or debarment actions pursuant 

19 to subpart 9.4 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula20 tions, and part 180 of title 2 of such Code. 

21 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSION.—Nothing in subsection (b) 

22 may be construed to affect any other statutory or 

23 regulatory waiver authority related to an exclusion.’’. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

2 for chapter 47 of title 41, United States Code, is amended 

3 by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘4715. Protecting Federal funds from individuals convicted of certain Federal 

felonies.’’. 

4 SEC. 3. GUIDANCE. 

5 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

6 of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 

7 Administrator of General Services, shall issue guidance for 

8 the implementation of, and compliance with, the require9 ments of section 4715 of title 41, United States Code, as 

10 added by section 2. 

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