I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7602 
To prevent organizational conflicts of interest in Federal acquisition, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2022 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To prevent organizational conflicts of interest in Federal 
acquisition, 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 ‘‘Preventing Organiza-
tional Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Federal Government’s reliance on con-
tractors for mission support services can create the 
potential for conflicts of interest related to impaired 
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objectivity or undue influence due to contractor busi-
ness relationships with regulated or other entities. 
(2) Comptroller General bid protest decisions in 
recent years have shown failures in proper identifica-
tion and mitigation of organizational conflicts of in-
terest. These decisions focus on the issue of ‘‘im-
paired objectivity’’ in contract support, or a situa-
tion in which a contractor is unable to provide im-
partial recommendations and advice to the Govern-
ment due to competing interests of the contractor. 
(3) Prior efforts by the Administrator for Fed-
eral Procurement Policy and the Director of the Of-
fice of Government Ethics, undertaken pursuant to 
the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417), 
have determined that changes are needed to the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation to prevent and miti-
gate conflicts of interest in Federal contracting. 
(4) Protecting against conflicts of interest in 
Federal acquisition is vital to the integrity of Gov-
ernment operations. 
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SEC. 3. PREVENTING ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF IN-
TEREST IN FEDERAL ACQUISITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulatory Council shall— 
(1) identify contracting methods, types, and 
services that raise heightened concerns for potential 
organizational conflicts of interest beyond those cur-
rently addressed in the Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion; and 
(2) revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
to— 
(A) address organizational conflicts of in-
terest with sufficiently rigorous, comprehensive, 
and consistent governmentwide policy and guid-
ance to prevent or effectively mitigate such con-
flicts of interest in Federal acquisition; 
(B) provide and update definitions related 
to organizational conflicts of interest, to include 
contractor relationships with public, private, do-
mestic, and foreign entities that may cause con-
tract support to be subject to potential conflicts 
of interest, including undue influence; 
(C) provide executive agencies with solici-
tation provisions and contract clauses that re-
quire contractors to disclose information rel-
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