3.0.0 526 2022-02-03T06:03:39Z 2022-02-03T06:03:39Z Senate S S 2009-03-04 111 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing ssga13 Contracting Oversight (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Hearings by 2009-11-18T22:01:58Z Referred to 2009-03-05T00:04:27Z Lieutenant Colonel Dominic "Rocky" Baragona Justice for American Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act 111 2782 S 2010-12-09 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 682. Related bill CRS Lieutenant Colonel Dominic "Rocky" Baragona Justice for American Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act 111 2349 HR 2009-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Identical bill CRS 2009-11-18 ssga13 Contracting Oversight (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight. Hearings held. Committee 2009-03-04 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO N M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2009-03-26 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-04-01 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2009-05-05 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-10-07 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Civil actions and liability Crime victims Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Jurisdiction and venue Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Public contracts and procurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2009-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-17T12:07:43Z Lieutenant Colonel Dominic "Rocky" Baragona Justice for American Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to include, with respect to any contract for work to be performed outside the United States that is approved and financed by the U.S. government, requirements that: (1) the contractor consent to in personam jurisdiction over the contractor by the federal courts with respect to any suit alleging serious bodily injury of a member of the Armed Forces, civilian government employee, or U.S. citizen employee of a company performing work for the government, or any civil or criminal suit brought by the government alleging wrongdoing associated with the performance of the contract; and (2) a contractor awarded a contract with a value of $5 million or more that does not maintain a U.S. office designate an agent in the United States for service of process in such a suit.

Requires a contractor to consent to federal court jurisdiction in any civil or criminal action commenced between September 11, 2001, and the date of enactment of this Act as a condition of entering into any contract with the U.S. government, or receiving payment for performing any activity under such a contract, on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

Requires the Director to amend FAR to provide that a U.S. government contractor may be debarred or suspended from contracting for: (1) evading service of process in such a suit; or (2) refusing or failing to appear before a federal court in a matter brought against the contractor by the U.S. government or a U.S. citizen or national in connection with contract performance.

]]> Lieutenant Colonel Dominic "Rocky" Baragona Justice for American Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act Short Titles as Introduced Lieutenant Colonel Dominic "Rocky" Baragona Justice for American Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act Display Title Lieutenant Colonel Dominic "Rocky" Baragona Justice for American Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide in personam jurisdiction in civil actions against contractors of the United States Government performing contracts abroad with respect to serious bodily injuries of members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of the United States Government, and United States citizen employees of companies performing work for the United States Government in connection with contractor activities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2009-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s526is/xml/BILLS-111s526is.xml 2009-11-18 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight. Hearings held. 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.