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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 45 

To amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit the Federal Government 

from entering into contracts with an entity that discriminates against 

the firearm and ammunition industry, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2025 

Mr. BERGMAN (for himself, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CRANE, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. OGLES, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. MESSMER, Mr. 

RESCHENTHALER, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. KENNEDY of Utah, Mr. ESTES, Mr. 

LANGWORTHY, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. WEBER of 

Texas, Mrs. HINSON, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. MILLER of Ohio, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BURLISON, 

Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. AMODEI of Nevada, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. JACKSON of Texas, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, and Mrs. FISCHBACH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit the Federal Government from entering into contracts with an 

entity that discriminates against the firearm and ammunition industry, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Firearm Industry Non3 Discrimination Act’’ or the ‘‘FIND Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS 

5 WITH ENTITIES DISCRIMINATING AGAINST 

6 THE FIREARM AND AMMUNITION INDUSTRY. 

7 (a) PROHIBITION.—Chapter 47 of title 41, United 

8 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘§ 4715. Prohibition on entering into contracts with 

11 entities discriminating against the fire12 arm and ammunition industry. 

13 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of an executive 

15 agency shall include in each contract for the pro16 curement of goods or services awarded by the execu17 tive agency, a clause requiring the prime contractor 

18 to certify that the contractor— 

19 ‘‘(A) has no policy, practice, guidance, or 

20 directive that discriminates against a firearm 

21 entity or firearm trade association; and 

22 ‘‘(B) will not adopt a policy, practice, guid23 ance, or directive that discriminates against a 

24 firearm entity or firearm trade association dur25 ing the term of the contract. 


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1 ‘‘(2) SUBCONTRACTS.—The head of an execu2 tive agency shall include in each contract for the 

3 procurement of goods or services awarded by the ex4 ecutive agency, a clause that prohibits the prime 

5 contractor on such contract from— 

6 ‘‘(A) awarding a first-tier subcontract with 

7 a value greater than 10 percent of the total 

8 value of the prime contract to an entity that 

9 fails to certify in writing to the prime con10 tractor that the entity— 

11 ‘‘(i) has no policy, practice, guidance, 

12 or directive that discriminates against a 

13 firearm entity or firearm trade association; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(ii) will not adopt a policy, practice, 

16 guidance, or directive that discriminates 

17 against a firearm entity or firearm trade 

18 association during the term of the con19 tract; and 

20 ‘‘(B) structuring subcontract tiers in a 

21 manner designed to avoid violating subpara22 graph (A) by enabling a subcontractor to per23 form more than 10 percent of the total value of 

24 the prime contract as a lower-tier subcon25 tractor. 


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1 ‘‘(3) PENALTIES.—The clause included in con2 tracts pursuant to paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) 

3 shall provide that, in the event that the prime con4 tractor violates the clause— 

5 ‘‘(A) the prime contract shall be termi6 nated for default; and 

7 ‘‘(B) a suspension or debarment pro8 ceeding will be initiated for the contractor on 

9 the basis of the violation. 

10 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 

11 a contract for the procurement of goods or services that 

12 is a sole-source contract. 

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

14 ‘‘(1) DISCRIMINATE.—The term ‘discriminate’ 

15 means to— 

16 ‘‘(A) make a judgement about a policy, 

17 practice, guidance, or directive on the basis 

18 of— 

19 ‘‘(i) partial criteria or a category20 based assessment analysis, rather than— 

21 ‘‘(I) on a case-by-case basis; or 

22 ‘‘(II) using empirical data evalu23 ated under quantifiable standards; or 

24 ‘‘(ii) criteria other than criteria free 

25 from— 


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1 ‘‘(I) favoritism or prejudice 

2 against or dislike for the firearm enti3 ty or trade association or the products 

4 or services sold by the firearm entity 

5 or trade association; or 

6 ‘‘(II) favoritism for market alter7 natives to the business of the firearm 

8 entity or the trade association; 

9 ‘‘(B) refuse to provide services, or deny, 

10 cancel, or limit services, to the firearm entity or 

11 trade association on the basis of criteria other 

12 than— 

13 ‘‘(i) criteria free from— 

14 ‘‘(I) favoritism or prejudice 

15 against or dislike for the firearm enti16 ty or trade association or the products 

17 or services sold by the firearm entity 

18 or trade association; or 

19 ‘‘(II) favoritism for market alter20 natives to the business of the firearm 

21 entity or the trade association; 

22 ‘‘(ii) criteria related to credit history 

23 and financial risk specific to a customer or 

24 potential customer; or 


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1 ‘‘(iii) criteria related to noncompliance 

2 with Federal, State, or local law; or 

3 ‘‘(C) limit the operations of the firearm en4 tity or trade association in manner not required 

5 by— 

6 ‘‘(i) Federal, State, or local law; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) Federal, State, or local regula8 tion. 

9 ‘‘(2) FIREARM ENTITY.—The term ‘firearm en10 tity’ means any— 

11 ‘‘(A) person who is licensed under section 

12 923 of title 18 to import, manufacture, or deal 

13 in firearms; 

14 ‘‘(B) seller of ammunition, as defined in 

15 section 7903 of title 15; 

16 ‘‘(C) manufacturer or importer of, or deal17 er in, a secure gun storage or safety device, as 

18 defined in section 921(a) of title 18; and 

19 ‘‘(D) manufacturer or importer of, or deal20 er in, a component part or accessory of a fire21 arm or ammunition. 

22 ‘‘(3) FIREARM TRADE ASSOCIATION.—The term 

23 ‘firearm trade association’ has the meaning in sec24 tion 7903 of title 15. 


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1 ‘‘(4) FIRST-TIER SUBCONTRACT.—The term 

2 ‘first-tier subcontract’ means a subcontract entered 

3 into by a subcontractor with the prime contractor 

4 for the purposes of carrying out the prime contract. 

5 ‘‘(5) LOWER-TIER SUBCONTRACTOR.—The term 

6 ‘lower-tier subcontractor’ means any person entering 

7 into a contract with a subcontractor of a prime con8 tractor for the purposes of carrying out the prime 

9 contract. 

10 ‘‘(6) PRIME CONTRACT; PRIME CONTRACTOR.— 

11 The terms ‘prime contract’ and ‘prime contractor’ 

12 have the meaning given those terms in section 8701 

13 of title 41.’’. 

14 (b) APPLICATION.—Section 4715 of title 41, United 

15 States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with 

16 respect to contracts awarded on or after the date of the 

17 enactment of this Act. 

18 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

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

20 by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘4715. Prohibition on entering into contracts with entities discriminating 

against the firearm and ammunition industry.’’. 

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