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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7604 
To prohibit certain Federal contracts with internationally owned software 
companies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 20, 2026 
Ms. BOEBERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To prohibit certain Federal contracts with internationally 
owned software companies, 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 ‘‘Contracting America 
First Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN FEDERAL CONTRACTS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The head of an agency may not 
enter into, renew, or extend a contract for a covered soft-
ware system with an internationally owned software com-
pany. 
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(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The head of 
an agency shall require any contract related to a covered 
software system to require an offeror to such contract to 
certify, under penalty of perjury, that the offeror is not 
an internationally owned software company. 
(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The head of an agency 
may waive the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) on 
a case-by-case basis if the head of the agency determines 
that the waiver is necessary in the interest of national se-
curity and submits a written justification for the waiver 
to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 
30 days after granting the waiver. 
(d) CONTRACT TERMINATION.—Upon determination 
by the head of an agency that a contractor has violated 
subsection (a) or knowingly provided a false certification 
under subsection (b), the head of the agency may termi-
nate the contract for default or for convenience, as appro-
priate, and may pursue any other remedies available under 
the contract or law, including debarment or suspension 
from future Federal contracting. 
(e) UPDATE OF FAR.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation shall be amended to implement this Act. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘executive agency’’ in sec-
tion 133 of title 41, United States Code. 
(2) COVERED SOFTWARE SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘covered software system’’ means a software system 
that stores, processes, or provides access to sensitive 
personal information of 500 or more employees or 
officers of the Federal Government. 
(3) INTERNATIONALLY OWNED SOFTWARE COM-
PANY.—The term ‘‘internationally owned software 
company’’ means a company, or any subsidiary of a 
company, that has a majority ownership held by in-
dividuals who are not United States citizens. 
(4) SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION.—The 
term ‘‘sensitive personal information’’ means any of 
the following: 
(A) Social Security number. 
(B) Medical or health record. 
(C) Personal identifiable information. 
(D) Any other information that, if com-
promised, could reasonably be expected to result 
in identity theft, personal harm, or national se-
curity risk. 
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