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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5729 
To direct any entity of the Federal Government accepting a gift or donation 
to include certain conditions in the contract or agreement to accept 
such gift or donation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 26, 2021 
Mr. COOPER (for himself, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
LYNCH, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. COSTA) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form 
A BILL 
To direct any entity of the Federal Government accepting 
a gift or donation to include certain conditions in the 
contract or agreement to accept such gift or donation, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Integrity 
is Not for Trade or Sale Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘GIFTS 
Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONDITIONS FOR DONATION AGREEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any covered contract entered into 
by an entity of the Federal Government, including an 
agency or an instrumentality, shall include terms and con-
ditions agreed upon by any party to such contract that 
include prescriptive requirements that reflect the termi-
nation conditions described in subsection (b). 
(b) TERMINATION CONDITIONS.—The entity of the 
Federal Government described in subsection (a) may re-
voke any rights to name, designate, or redesignate the 
subject of any gift or donation (referred to in this section 
as ‘‘naming rights’’) contained in the contract described 
in such subsection without incurring liability or creating 
an obligation to return the gift or donation that is the 
subject of such contract to the donor under the following 
conditions: 
(1) A certain period of time has elapsed after 
the date of the contract, given that such period— 
(A) is at least 20 years; or 
(B) is otherwise agreed to by such entity 
and the donor. 
(2) In the reasonable view of such entity— 
(A) an act, including a criminal act or an 
ethical violation, has been committed before, on, 
or after the date of the contract, by— 
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(i) the donor or an agent of such 
donor; or 
(ii) an individual with respect to 
which naming rights were awarded pursu-
ant to the contract; and 
(B) because of the act described in sub-
paragraph (A), the revocation of such rights is 
necessary to protect the reputation or integrity 
of the Federal Government. 
(c) DEFINITION OF COVERED CONTRACT.—In this 
Act, the term ‘‘covered contract’’ means any agreement 
or contract entered into by an entity of the Federal Gov-
ernment to— 
(1) accept a gift or donation from a donor; and 
(2) provide to the donor, or a third party as 
designated, naming rights in connection with the ac-
ceptance of such gift or donation. 
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