3.0.0 4444 2023-01-11T13:16:46Z 2023-01-11T13:16:46Z House H HR 2010-01-13 111 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee Referred to 2010-02-12T21:35:58Z Referred to 2010-01-13T15:03:41Z Defund ACORN Act 111 3571 HR 2009-10-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Related bill CRS Protect Taxpayers From ACORN Act 111 1687 S 2009-09-21 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 162. Related bill CRS Protect Taxpayers From ACORN Act 111 1751 S 2009-10-06 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 173. Related bill CRS 2010-02-12 hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Committee 2010-01-13 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2010-01-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-01-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000556 Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-8] Alan Grayson D FL 8 N Government Operations and Politics Appropriations Business ethics Corporate finance and management Fraud offenses and financial crimes Public contracts and procurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2010-01-13 Introduced in House 2010-02-05T16:24:17Z Defund the Crooks Act - Prohibits any federal contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other form of agreement from being awarded to or entered into with any organization that: (1) has been convicted of a violation of any federal or state law; (2) had its corporate charter revoked due to its failure to comply with federal or state laws; (3) has submitted a fraudulent claim to a federal or state agency; (4) knowingly employs an individual who has been convicted of a violation of federal or state law, hires any such individual as a contractor, or extends authority to such an individual to act on its behalf; or (5) is the parent company of, subsidiary of, or subsidiary of the parent company of, or owns 50% or more of, such an organization.

Prohibits: (1) any federal funds from being provided to such an organization, except for goods or services provided before this Act's enactment; and (2) any federal employee, in the course and scope of employment, or any federal contractor, during the performance of the contract, from promoting such an organization. Provides for the termination of contracts awarded before, or awarded to an entity that becomes such an organization after, enactment of this Act.

Requires the Federal Acquisition Regulation to be revised to carry out provisions of this Act relating to contracts.

]]> Defund the Crooks Act Display Title Defund the Crooks Act Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Defund the Crooks Act Introduced in House 2010-01-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr4444ih/xml/BILLS-111hr4444ih.xml 2010-02-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.