No Government Contracts for Known Leakers Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3885
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
Introduced: 2022-03-21
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>No Government Contracts for Known Leakers Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the U.S. government from knowingly contracting with persons who have previously disclosed nonpublic government information to unauthorized persons.</p> <p>The bill sets penalties for violations.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3885 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 21, 2022 Mr. Hagerty (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn , and Mr. Kennedy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To prohibit contracts with persons who have disclosed non-public United States Government information to unauthorized persons.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Government Contracts for Known Leakers Act of 2022 . 2. Prohibition on contracts with persons who have disclosed non-public United States Government information to unauthorized persons (a) Prohibition No officer, employee, department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government shall knowingly enter a contract or other agreement for goods or services with— (1) a person who has previously disclosed non-public United States Government information to an unauthorized person; or (2) an entity for whom a person who has previously disclosed non-public United States Government information to an unauthorized person serves as an employee or agent. (b) Penalty Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $50,000, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. (c) Definitions In this Act: (1) Entity The term entity means a group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or other similar entity. (2) Person The term person means a natural person. (3) Unauthorized person The term unauthorized person means any person or entity that is not authorized by law or contract or otherwise authorized to receive the non-public United States Government information at issue.