I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4444 
To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding contracts or grants to, 
entering into other agreements with, providing any other Federal funds 
to, or engaging in activities that promote, certain organizations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2010 
Mr. GRAYSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Federal Government from awarding contracts 
or grants to, entering into other agreements with, pro-
viding any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activi-
ties that promote, certain organizations. 
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 ‘‘Defund the Crooks 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON FEDERAL FUNDS AND OTHER 
ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN OR-
GANIZATIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITIONS.—With respect to any covered or-
ganization, the following prohibitions apply: 
(1) No Federal contract, grant, cooperative 
agreement, or any other form of agreement, includ-
ing the execution of a contract option, the award of 
a task order, or a memorandum of understanding, 
may be awarded to or entered into with the covered 
organization. 
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), no Federal funds in any form may be pro-
vided to the covered organization. 
(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to 
Federal funds provided as payment for goods or 
services provided to the Government before the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) No Federal employee acting in the course 
and scope of employment and no Federal contractor 
during the performance of the contract, may pro-
mote the covered organization in any way, including 
recommending the covered organization to any per-
son or referring any person to the covered organiza-
tion for any purpose. 
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(b) TERMINATION
OF
CERTAIN
CONTRACTS
OR 
GRANTS.—In the case of a contract or grant awarded— 
(1) before the date of the enactment of this Act 
to a covered organization, if the contract period or 
the duration of the contract or grant expires more 
than one year after such date, such contract or 
grant shall be terminated not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act; or 
(2) after the date of the enactment of this Act 
to an organization that becomes a covered organiza-
tion after the award of the contract or grant, such 
contract or grant shall be terminated immediately. 
(c) COVERED ORGANIZATION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered organization’’ means any of the 
following: 
(1) An organization that has been convicted of 
a violation of any Federal or State law. 
(2) An organization that had its corporate char-
ter revoked by a State or other issuing authority due 
to the failure of the organization to comply with 
Federal or State laws. 
(3) An organization that has filed, submitted, 
or transmitted a fraudulent claim with or to any 
Federal or State agency authorized by law to pro-
mulgate regulations, including the Department of 
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Defense, the Department of Health and Human 
Services, and the Department of Labor. 
(4) An organization that knowingly— 
(A) employs an individual who has been 
convicted of a violation of Federal or State law; 
(B) hires as a contractor any such indi-
vidual; or 
(C) extends any express, implied, or appar-
ent authority to such an individual to act on be-
half of the organization. 
(5) Any organization that is the parent com-
pany of, subsidiary of, or subsidiary of the parent 
company of, and any other company that owns 50 
percent or more of, an organization described in 
paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or (4). 
(d) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘fraudulent’’ includes, but is not 
limited to any activity that would establish liability 
under either section 1001 of title 18, United States 
Code, or section 3729 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘claim’’— 
(A) means any communication, such as a 
statement, record, or form, that includes any 
information required by law; and 
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(B) includes— 
(i) the term ‘‘claim’’ as such term is 
defined under section 3729(c) of title 31, 
United States Code, and as such term is 
used in section 287 of title 18, United 
States Code; and 
(ii) the term ‘‘representation’’ and the 
term ‘‘entry’’ as such terms are used in 
section 1001 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(e) REVISION OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA-
TION.—The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be re-
vised to carry out the provisions of this Act relating to 
contracts. 
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