3.0.0 2234 2022-03-02T15:16:58Z 2022-03-02T15:16:58Z Senate S S 2012-03-26 112 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2012-12-19T17:17:14Z Markup by 2012-06-29T19:24:28Z Referred to 2012-03-26T19:31:23Z Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform Act of 2012 112 2139 S 2012-04-17 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-659. Related bill CRS Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform Act of 2012 112 3286 S 2012-06-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 112 4259 HR 2012-05-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights. Identical bill CRS 2012-12-19 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571. Calendars 2012-12-19 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with amendments. Without written report. Committee 2012-12-19 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with amendments. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2012-06-29 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. Committee 2012-03-26 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2012-03-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2012-03-26 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2012-03-26 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2012-03-26 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2012-03-26 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2012-03-26 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2012-03-26 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2012-05-16 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2012-05-17 False A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2012-06-07 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2012-06-18 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2012-07-17 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2012-09-10 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2012-09-13 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2012-11-29 False Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Crime victims Employee hiring Employment discrimination and employee rights Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Human rights Human trafficking Military procurement, research, weapons development Personnel records Public contracts and procurement Sex offenses Government Operations and Politics 00 2012-03-26 Introduced in Senate 2012-05-15T18:57:06Z End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 - Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the authority of a federal agency to terminate a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement involving grantees or contractors who engage in severe forms of trafficking in persons to include grantees or contractors who: (1) engage in acts that directly support or advance trafficking in persons, (2) destroy an employee's immigration documents or fail to repatriate such employee upon the end of employment, (3) solicit persons for employment under false pretenses, (4) charge recruited employees exorbitant placement fees, or (5) provide inhumane living conditions. Requires the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to monitor all known cases and activities involving trafficking in persons that are reported to certain officials of the Department of Defense (DOD).
 
Prohibits the head of an executive agency from entering into a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement valued at $1 million or more if performance will predominantly be conducted overseas unless a representative of the recipient of such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement certifies that the recipient has implemented a plan and procedures to prevent trafficking in persons.

Requires a contracting or grant officer of an executive agency who receives credible evidence that a recipient of a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement has engaged in trafficking in persons or other prohibited activities to request the agency's Inspector General to investigate allegations of trafficking and to take remedial actions, including the suspension of payments under the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement.

Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to five years on any individual who knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States, or attempts to do so, to work on on a government contract performed on government facilities outside the United States by means of materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises regarding such employment.

]]> 01 2012-12-19 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2013-01-15T22:00:56Z End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the authority of a federal agency to terminate a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement involving grantees or contractors who engage in severe forms of trafficking in persons, to include grantees or contractors who: (1) engage in acts that directly support or advance such trafficking, (2) destroy an employee's immigration documents or fail to repatriate such employee upon the end of employment, (3) solicit persons for employment under false pretenses, (4) charge recruited employees exorbitant placement fees, or (5) provide inhumane living conditions.

(Sec. 4) Prohibits the head of an executive agency from entering into a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement valued at $1 million or more if performance will substantially be conducted overseas, unless a representative of the recipient of such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement certifies that the recipient has implemented a plan and procedures to prevent trafficking in persons.

(Sec. 5) Requires a contracting or grant officer of an executive agency who receives credible evidence that a recipient of a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement has engaged in trafficking in persons or other prohibited activities to request the agency's Inspector General to investigate such allegations and to take remedial actions, including the suspension of payments under the grant, contract, or agreement.

(Sec. 6) Requires each such officer to require a recipient to immediately inform the appropriate Inspector General of credible evidence of the recipient's violation of anti-trafficking requirements and to fully cooperate in any subsequent audit, investigation, or corrective action.

(Sec. 7) Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to five years on any individual who knowingly, and with intent to defraud, recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States to work on a government contract performed on government facilities outside the United States by means of materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises regarding such employment.

(Sec. 8) Requires an annual report from the Attorney General to Congress on the implementation of federal anti-trafficking requirements to include all trafficking in persons activities of contractors reported to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.

(Sec. 9) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede, enlarge, or diminish the common law or statutory liabilities of any grantee, subgrantee, contractor, subcontractor, or other party subject to the contracting requirements of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.

]]> End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 Short Titles as Reported to Senate End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 S Senate Display Title End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prevent human trafficking in government contracting. Reported to Senate 2012-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2234rs/xml/BILLS-112s2234rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2012-03-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2234is/xml/BILLS-112s2234is.xml 2012-12-19 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571. 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.