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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 individ-
uals who commit certain Federal felonies implicating 
Federal programs as an excluded source on the System 
for Award Management Exclusions list, 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 ‘‘Federal Program In-
tegrity and Fraud Prevention Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF FELONY FRAUD CONVICTS TO PRO-
TECT FEDERAL FUNDS. 
(a) PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY.—Chapter 47 of title 
41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 4715. Protecting Federal funds from individuals 
convicted of certain Federal felonies 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), an individual who is convicted of a cov-
ered felony arising out of any agency contract, 
grant, cooperative agreement, loan, or other finan-
cial assistance shall be identified as an excluded 
source on the System for Award Management Exclu-
sions list described in part 9 of title 48, Code of 
Federal Regulations, and part 180 of title 2 of such 
Code, or successor regulations. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION OF CONVICTION.—For each 
individual convicted of a covered felony, the Attorney 
General shall notify the Administrator of General 
Services in a timely manner of such conviction and 
the Administrator shall promptly enter the 3-year 
prohibition for such person into the System for 
Award Management, or any successor system. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the 
agency head may exempt an individual described in sub-
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section (a)(1) from the prohibition under such subsection 
for a case in which the agency head determines in writing 
that the exemption is warranted. The agency head shall 
transmit a copy of each such written exemption to Con-
gress immediately after making such determination. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ means an 
Executive department (as defined under section 101 
of title 5), a military department (as defined under 
section 102 of title 5), a Government corporation (as 
defined under section 103 of title 5), and an inde-
pendent establishment (as defined under section 
104(1) of title 5). 
‘‘(2) 
CONVICTED.—The 
term 
‘convicted’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) a judgment of conviction has been en-
tered against the individual by a Federal court, 
regardless of whether there is an appeal pend-
ing; 
‘‘(B) there has been a finding of guilt 
against the individual by a Federal court; 
‘‘(C) a plea of guilty or nolo contendere by 
the individual has been accepted by a Federal 
court; or 
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‘‘(D) the individual has entered into a first 
offender, deferred adjudication, deferred pros-
ecution, or other arrangement or program in 
which judgment or conviction has been with-
held. 
‘‘(3) COVERED
FELONY.—The term ‘covered 
felony’ means a felony described under section 286, 
287, 371, 641, 666, 1001, 1014, 1017, 1028, 
1028A, 1030, 1031, 1040(a)(2), 1341, 1343, 1344, 
1345, 1349, 1956, and 1957 of title 18 and section 
16 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 645). 
‘‘(d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL
INTERESTS.—Nothing in this 
section may be construed to prohibit an agency from 
seeking or taking any other available criminal, civil, 
or administrative action to protect Federal Govern-
ment interests, including the proposal or implemen-
tation of suspension or debarment actions pursuant 
to subpart 9.4 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, and part 180 of title 2 of such Code. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION.—Nothing in subsection (b) 
may be construed to affect any other statutory or 
regulatory waiver authority related to an exclusion.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 47 of title 41, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘4715. Protecting Federal funds from individuals convicted of certain Federal 
felonies.’’. 
SEC. 3. GUIDANCE. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Administrator of General Services, shall issue guidance for 
the implementation of, and compliance with, the require-
ments of section 4715 of title 41, United States Code, as 
added by section 2. 
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