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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4444 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4444

 To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding contracts or grants 
 to, entering into other agreements with, providing any other Federal 
       funds to, or engaging in activities that promote, certain 
                             organizations.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2010

 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL

 
 To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding contracts or grants 
 to, entering into other agreements with, providing any other Federal 
       funds to, or engaging in activities that promote, certain 
                             organizations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defund the Crooks Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT 
              TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Prohibitions.--With respect to any covered organization, the 
following prohibitions apply:
            (1) No Federal contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or 
        any other form of agreement, including the execution of a 
        contract option, the award of a task order, or a memorandum of 
        understanding, may be awarded to or entered into with the 
        covered organization.
                    (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no 
                Federal funds in any form may be provided to the 
                covered organization.
                    (B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to Federal 
                funds provided as payment for goods or services 
                provided to the Government before the date of the 
                enactment of this Act.
            (2) No Federal employee acting in the course and scope of 
        employment and no Federal contractor during the performance of 
        the contract, may promote the covered organization in any way, 
        including recommending the covered organization to any person 
        or referring any person to the covered organization for any 
        purpose.
    (b) Termination of Certain Contracts or Grants.--In the case of a 
contract or grant awarded--
            (1) before the date of the enactment of this Act to a 
        covered organization, if the contract period or the duration of 
        the contract or grant expires more than one year after such 
        date, such contract or grant shall be terminated not later than 
        one year after the date of the enactment of this Act; or
            (2) after the date of the enactment of this Act to an 
        organization that becomes a covered organization after the 
        award of the contract or grant, such contract or grant shall be 
        terminated immediately.
    (c) Covered Organization Defined.--In this section, the term 
``covered organization'' means any of the following:
            (1) An organization that has been convicted of a violation 
        of any Federal or State law.
            (2) An organization that had its corporate charter revoked 
        by a State or other issuing authority due to the failure of the 
        organization to comply with Federal or State laws.
            (3) An organization that has filed, submitted, or 
        transmitted a fraudulent claim with or to any Federal or State 
        agency authorized by law to promulgate regulations, including 
        the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human 
        Services, and the Department of Labor.
            (4) An organization that knowingly--
                    (A) employs an individual who has been convicted of 
                a violation of Federal or State law;
                    (B) hires as a contractor any such individual; or
                    (C) extends any express, implied, or apparent 
                authority to such an individual to act on behalf of the 
                organization.
            (5) Any organization that is the parent company of, 
        subsidiary of, or subsidiary of the parent company of, and any 
        other company that owns 50 percent or more of, an organization 
        described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or (4).
    (d) Additional Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``fraudulent'' includes, but is not limited to 
        any activity that would establish liability under either 
        section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, or section 3729 
        of title 31, United States Code.
            (2) The term ``claim''--
                    (A) means any communication, such as a statement, 
                record, or form, that includes any information required 
                by law; and
                    (B) includes--
                            (i) the term ``claim'' as such term is 
                        defined under section 3729(c) of title 31, 
                        United States Code, and as such term is used in 
                        section 287 of title 18, United States Code; 
                        and
                            (ii) the term ``representation'' and the 
                        term ``entry'' as such terms are used in 
                        section 1001 of title 18, United States Code.
    (e) Revision of Federal Acquisition Regulation.--The Federal 
Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to carry out the provisions of 
this Act relating to contracts.
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