3.0.0 426 2026-01-28T21:17:53Z 2026-01-28T21:17:53Z Senate S S 2025-02-05 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/426 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-02-05T20:57:28Z 119 1036 HR 2025-02-05 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2025-02-05 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2025-02-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2025-02-05 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2025-02-05 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2025-03-03 False Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight 2025-04-30T20:02:30Z Human trafficking 2025-04-30T20:02:30Z Public contracts and procurement 2025-04-30T20:02:30Z Smuggling and trafficking 2025-04-30T20:02:30Z Government Operations and Politics 2025-05-06T12:45:43Z

00 2025-02-05 Introduced in Senate 2026-01-28T21:17:48Z <p><strong>Ensuring Accountability and Dignity in Government Contracting Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill expands executive agency requirements to counter human trafficking connected to recipients of federal contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements.</p><p>Federal law currently prohibits an executive agency from entering into a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement if the estimated value of the services to be performed outside the United States exceeds $500,000 unless a designated representative of the recipient certifies that the recipient has taken certain actions, including implementing a plan to prevent human trafficking.</p><p>This bill requires that the recipient provide a copy of such plan to the contracting or grant office at the time of certification.</p><p>The designated representative of the recipient must&nbsp;report to the contracting or grant office if the recipient or the recipient's&nbsp;subcontractor, subgrantee, or agent engages in trafficking activities. The report must include the circumstances surrounding such activities and any remedial actions taken. The agency's office of the inspector general must&nbsp;conduct an investigation of the reported activities and remedial actions&nbsp;and must also notify the agency head office and the agency suspension and debarment office if an investigation was not completed because the recipient acknowledged the activity and took appropriate remedial action.</p><p>Additionally, the bill specifies that (1) the recipient's failure to take appropriate remedial action constitutes grounds for imposing certain penalties, and (2) the agency must suspend grant, contract, or cooperative agreement payments to the recipient until the recipient takes appropriate remedial action (under current law, suspending payments is optional).&nbsp;</p>

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