1.This Act may be cited as
the Honest Leadership and
Accountability in Contracting Act of 2006
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Elimination of
Fraud and Abuse </header>
<section id="IDD1E9FD337BAA44DEA1F4524FFA267BA0"><enum>101.</enum><header>Prohibition of
war profiteering and fraud</header>
<subsection id="IDA5017E69661D480800006F5DA9DDD800"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header>
<paragraph id="ID4B8F29868E38486D9EF466DF276F00EB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID2537536DC32049839337B4947F20E372" style="USC">
<section id="ID87DB64ACCFE94122952D486CCAB07474"><enum>1039.</enum><header>War
profiteering and fraud </header>
<subsection id="IDB252E1ED1F9B42E99B4DFD6FAE3840A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header>
<paragraph id="IDF52EE04A4CA94539A7363157A42C85BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Whoever, in any matter involving a contract or the
provision of goods or services, directly or indirectly, in connection with a
war or military action knowingly and willfully—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID049195E847CA461F915E32B67F61D871"><enum>(A)</enum><text>executes or
attempts to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud the United States or the
entity having jurisdiction over the area in which such activities occur;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD9A4D1B4A9034C34BBC0C5E027FB734E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>falsifies,
conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC9CDBDDAE36B47BA826CD30067004907"><enum>(C)</enum><text>makes any
materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations, or
makes or uses any materially false writing or document knowing the same to
contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5088DFD4608B4992A0259385A2F7D1A4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>materially
overvalues any good or service with the specific intent to excessively profit
from the war or military action;</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall be
fined under paragraph (2), imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5EB10BEE3B1047F685E53F1E917EA800"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fine</header><text>A
person convicted of an offense under paragraph (1) may be fined the greater
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID21A5092A20A547D2BA4344AC28603178"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$1,000,000;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0200AA4CEC1E42489BCCACF63417FF60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if such person
derives profits or other proceeds from the offense, not more than twice the
gross profits or other proceeds.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDD89AFA04B19445E5ACD24733006D6B43"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extraterritorial
jurisdiction</header><text>There is extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over
an offense under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID590F8DAF2EBD4195A418C3A9D6E28E08"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>A
prosecution for an offense under this section may be brought—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8B58BBE1F728437694F83E257465A5D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as authorized by
chapter 211 of this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0671522D0FCA4736815B45031F3FE256"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in any district
where any act in furtherance of the offense took place; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3398068E7CF8444FA824E72F71DC4374"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in any district
where any party to the contract or provider of goods or services is
located.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD89B5978157E4316B3D66B4E5E6F3200"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 47 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID9A50AFB6D79D4F5099E5D4C7F500AB79" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">1039. War profiteering and
fraud.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDB1CD93C156874A2F8ED28DE0A449A06D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Civil
forfeiture</header><text>Section 981(a)(1)(C) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by inserting <quote>1039,</quote> after <quote>1032,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7E41C63D7A564550B900DB36BC1DD72D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Criminal
forfeiture</header><text>Section 982(a)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking <quote>or 1030</quote> and inserting <quote>1030, or
1039</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD46EC18EEB25476B969365784892D320"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Treatment under
money laundering offense</header><text>Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by inserting the following: <quote>, section
1039 (relating to war profiteering and fraud)</quote> after <quote>liquidating
agent of financial institution),</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID84D58812077F49C3BEC7D360CCCA3B03"><enum>102.</enum><header>Suspension and
debarment of unethical contractors</header>
<subsection id="IDA27ECEE9A60D4265BB35D232006634DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued pursuant to section 25 of
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 421) shall be revised
to provide that no prospective contractor shall be considered to have a
satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics if it—</text>
<paragraph id="ID87ADAEBC998B44349E4057844A3B3D25"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has exhibited a
pattern of overcharging the Government under Federal contracts; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0BAF2EF7E88947CD8FF3F57FD2C31987"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has exhibited a
pattern of failing to comply with the law, including tax, labor and employment,
environmental, antitrust, and consumer protection laws.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF3292E96559747A192E97C892ADF011E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The revised regulation required by this section shall apply
with respect to all contracts for which solicitations are issued after the date
that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id7997D997C2534C248621950B7DB55A98"><enum>103.</enum><header>Disclosure of
audit reports</header>
<subsection id="id5E381EE2C9F84B3A89CD77940B01E675"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disclosure of
information to Congress</header>
<paragraph id="IDff5906656b8b428cababdab5cd6e044a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The head of each executive agency shall maintain a list
of audit reports issued by the agency during the current and previous calendar
years that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1acf585734ba40d98503abedec2e2bed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describe
significant contractor costs that have been identified as unjustified,
unsupported, questioned, or unreasonable under any contract, task or delivery
order, or subcontract; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5a484f4aa05c4ddab02883cfa266b4c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify
significant or substantial deficiencies in any business system of any
contractor under any contract, task or delivery order, or subcontract.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9218d01f898949e48c1716108911ff44"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission of
individual audits</header><text>The head of each executive agency shall
provide, within 14 days of a request in writing by the chairman or ranking
member of a committee of jurisdiction, a full and unredacted copy of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6A8F2D195F1E48699D49126B04D1F474"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the current
version of the list maintained pursuant to paragraph (1); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5524108B44884CC592FC7FE7C7C19B0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any audit or
other report identified on such list.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id55C618EC42E04F10909B6AFDDE45CF59"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication of
information on Federal contractor penalties and violations</header>
<paragraph id="idEF8DC0096E8F465B8EA26B91F88F6F7A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Federal Procurement Data System shall be modified to
include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5EC030D7FCE347B598F3BDBAE3A1444A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information on
instances in which any major contractor has been fined, paid penalties or
restitution, settled, plead guilty to, or had judgments entered against it in
connection with allegations of improper conduct; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDC3B58098A2C4BC58F799452297F1743"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information on
all sole source contract awards in excess of $2,000,000 entered into by an
executive agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id27335E773F414E40BFBF3E3FFBB579CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publicly
available website</header><text>The information required by paragraph (1) shall
be made available through the publicly available website of the Federal
Procurement Data System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Contract Matters
</header>
<subtitle id="id475FE54C5EBE4BB3B990E99493F556F0"><enum>A</enum><header>Competition in
Contracting</header>
<section id="ID215C1A09F6524FA8A6AB45F002F59DC7"><enum>201.</enum><header>Prohibition on
award of monopoly contracts</header>
<subsection id="ID835601D4E02647848F88C9A148516030"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civilian Agency
Contracts</header><text>Section 303H(d) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FPASA">Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949</act-name> (41 U.S.C. 253h(d)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949" id="IDC607B02D18DE4E66BCAD464FF0152614" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDF9F1A1E50FF14E68A9606BB45A69004C" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7643C71AB22A43B3AD5AB2AC266B65FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>No task or delivery
order contract in an amount estimated to exceed $100,000,000 (including all
options) may be awarded to a single contractor unless the head of the agency
determines in writing that—</text>
<clause id="ID1B7168390E4F4207A86FA822833B9825" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>because of the size, scope, or method
of performance of the requirement, it would not be practical to award multiple
task or delivery order contracts;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDC742944908A5419DB69D7A80C1AF8204" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the task orders expected under the
contract are so integrally related that only a single contractor can reasonably
perform the work; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idD32C9B91FF8D427C9C6DB9AEB7412F51" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for any other reason, it is
necessary in the public interest to award the contract to a single
contractor.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7594C0D7703D4A35A68E4EFC565BB4E8" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The head of the agency shall notify
Congress within 30 days of any determination under subparagraph
(A)(iii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1731365750F94873AB04293113E777F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Defense
Contracts</header><text>Section 2304a(d) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID78C1EA0E4DC149898A0A7FF586961D32" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDDE3735736C4741D09315522B5B13244F" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDE9D331D1A19046B8ABF996DCBBC98733"><enum>(A)</enum><text>No task or delivery
order contract in an amount estimated to exceed $100,000,000 (including all
options) may be awarded to a single contractor unless the head of the agency
determines in writing that—</text>
<clause id="ID87B763E0BA3C4B0784B148EDC06FB8C9" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>because of the size, scope, or method
of performance of the requirement, it would not be practical to award multiple
task or delivery order contracts;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDBB7AFCDBB16741E9886DD535B32916B1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the task orders expected under the
contract are so integrally related that only a single contractor can reasonably
perform the work; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id9127FEB68DD945649F6DCEB48AC474F5" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for any other reason, it is
necessary in the public interest to award the contract to a single
contractor.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id102DDD7F85734ED78822D8E53FDA5D8C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The head of the agency shall notify
Congress within 30 days of any determination under subparagraph
(A)(iii).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDBC3D07DF4E834E1ABA83B6E3ED815920"><enum>202.</enum><header>Competition in
multiple award contracts</header>
<subsection id="IDF2F9991414AD4CD9A38DE2EB6862D1E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations
Required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this section, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to require
competition in the purchase of goods and services by each executive agency
pursuant to multiple award contracts.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1DF0DC7177D4433FB3BA1D672FFB436B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content of
Regulations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID6133FA6A2DE84946BC9CE9279CF2CE80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The regulations
required by subsection (a) shall provide, at a minimum, that each individual
purchase of goods or services in excess of $1,000,000 that is made under a
multiple award contract shall be made on a competitive basis unless a
contracting officer of the executive agency—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDB9E494A9A1AA4EE3B4A143B2D09E553A" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>waives the requirement on the basis of
a determination that—</text>
<clause id="ID721FF2D91ABB4433B68097B574CAE068"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one of the circumstances described
in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 303J(b) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253j(b)) applies to such
individual purchase; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDAE906F2CC85C4E7081598D6089962625"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a statute expressly authorizes or
requires that the purchase be made from a specified source; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5F086A791A354FE8A39E55A43948024F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>justifies the determination in
writing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID32B537B28781424CBCA2822229B43698" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, an
individual purchase of goods or services is made on a competitive basis only if
it is made pursuant to procedures that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID658A27CD118D4AD69D3D3501F6F4E30B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require fair notice of the intent to
make that purchase (including a description of the work to be performed and the
basis on which the selection will be made) to be provided to all contractors
offering such goods or services under the multiple award contract; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4ACBD67363EB4F95BE87F4BC27C2A784"><enum>(B)</enum><text>afford all contractors responding to
the notice a fair opportunity to make an offer and have that offer fairly
considered by the official making the purchase.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDFB3F6599CFAC4A76AB694B73AC9E6109" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2), notice
may be provided to fewer than all contractors offering such goods or services
under a multiple award contract described in subsection (c)(2)(A) if notice is
provided to as many contractors as practicable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID84FD4EBF8FE74C578E796FE9F34AFADD" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A purchase may not be made pursuant
to a notice that is provided to fewer than all contractors under paragraph (3)
unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7CAABFA4A4BF46C9B85FE239F809AB20"><enum>(A)</enum><text>offers were received from at least
three qualified contractors; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID27F05114E7D542289F2CD239DFB3497C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a contracting officer of the executive
agency determines in writing that no additional qualified contractors were able
to be identified despite reasonable efforts to do so.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC75C782E2B664BBCA76807B22EBD9E29"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID657213B8099D4489BE225347C0001E41"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<term>individual purchase</term> means a task order, delivery order, or other
purchase.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2108FBD1A1B442DDB0369CF999C4FA1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term
<term>multiple award contract</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE413DE81DB8D4121A8C3A92006BEBCCC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a contract that
is entered into by the Administrator of General Services under the multiple
award schedule program referred to in section 309(b)(3) of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 259(b)(3));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7EF1D7F9E750436C860DECDBF11ABB4A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a multiple award
task order contract that is entered into under the authority of sections 2304a
through 2304d of title 10, United States Code, or sections 303H through 303K of
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253h
through 253k); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID507C7F390F834C04B7F931EAA4D2C301"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other
indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract that is entered into by the
head of an executive agency with two or more sources pursuant to the same
solicitation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDE1E5FEEB1A7C4205B43030941DCC8BB9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation pursuant to subsection (a)
shall take effect not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, and shall apply to all individual purchases of goods or services that
are made under multiple award contracts on or after the effective date, without
regard to whether the multiple award contracts were entered into before, on, or
after such effective date.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID13A09A1C3B5F4C8A9F853423ABA5CEBD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments to Defense Contract Provision</header><text>Section 803 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 10
U.S.C. 2304 note) is amended as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="ID644A4CBF967941F681C26318D66C7598"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Goods
covered</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD16E705DF78247CC9038BE080E857085"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The section heading is
amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text>goods or</header-in-text></quote>
before <quote><header-in-text>services</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID43F8456CAF0E4B68AC53B12EA0DA8133" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Subsection (a) is amended by inserting
<quote>goods and</quote> before <quote>services</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID09878F91593948D3B2E7B70886E84BAB" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The following provisions are amended
by inserting <quote>goods or</quote> before <quote>services</quote> each place
it appears:</text>
<clause id="ID836116C63C1F4B41BB45CA6D06811683"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
subsection (b).</text>
</clause><clause id="ID939A9ED3C89F4405806496934F75E51D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Subsection (d).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDB87BFF38F5D4908AF9DA52B9BD7BDF1" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Such section is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AE4032254CB45F8A1701D87662D49EB" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDD49AE664813A4C39B0A48180BD7E356F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicability
to Goods</header><text>The Secretary shall revise the regulations promulgated
pursuant to subsection (a) to cover purchases of goods by the Department of
Defense pursuant to multiple award contracts. The revised regulations shall
take effect in final form not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this subsection and shall apply to all individual purchases of
goods that are made under multiple award contracts on or after the effective
date, without regard to whether the multiple award contracts were entered into
before, on, or after such effective
date.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD4CA3C61AB3447CDAF9806E2DE58B0C0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Protest Rights
for Certain Awards</header>
<paragraph id="id61DB530B14EE46D2B7EC634C1E02A16F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Civilian agency
contracts</header><text>Section 303J(d) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253j(d)) is amended by inserting
<quote>with a value of less than $500,000</quote> after <quote>task or delivery
order</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8779773054904505BCC65FA716335574"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Defense
contracts</header><text>Section 2304c(d) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting <quote>with a value of less than $500,000</quote> after
<quote>task or delivery order</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id23CF547AC8F0430B9E1140B1DEC319E9"><enum>B</enum><header>Contract
Personnel Matters</header>
<section id="ID72F355CA73274B7DBE3C7E97B78807DA"><enum>211.</enum><header>Contractor
conflicts of interest</header>
<subsection id="IDB28A8BF0C9AC43BA933948221FA09EE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition on
Contracts Relating to Inherently Governmental Functions</header><text>The head
of an agency may not enter into a contract for the performance of any
inherently governmental function.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID312A56ABB4554CE0AB94E633BEA9034D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on
Contracts for Contract Oversight</header>
<paragraph id="id3212A9E0A9484889A093129DB94C91CF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>The
head of an agency may not enter into a contract for the performance of
acquisition functions closely associated with inherently governmental functions
with any entity unless the head of the agency determines in writing
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1A3E150D19D64C9FAD8F901C3FC254FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>neither that
entity nor any related entity will be responsible for performing any of the
work under a contract which the entity will help plan, evaluate, select a
source, manage or oversee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17AFA8D7C739455A9DF4F4C20F03BE64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the agency has
taken appropriate steps to prevent or mitigate any organizational conflict of
interest that may arise because the entity—</text>
<clause id="ID6F364F86B0114426A6CC5E364CCF2B9C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has
a separate ongoing business relationship, such as a joint venture or contract,
with any of the contractors to be overseen;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6AE7B542F1DF4A5DBFFEDE4075B15160"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>would be placed
in a position to affect the value or performance of work it or any related
entity is doing under any other Government contract;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5B38FD9B9B0E46F9ABD4946D2B1F6B66"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>has a reverse
role with the contractor to be overseen under one or more separate Government
contracts; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB1AE447AC8FF487996F706BCBF704D15"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>has some other
relationship with the contractor to be overseen that could reasonably appear to
bias the contractor’s judgment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3148CD8776874988B2D5EEBCAEDF96DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Related entity
defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>related entity</term>,
with respect to a contractor, means any subsidiary, parent, affiliate, joint
venture, or other entity related to the contractor.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC3A859E793A04E568268EC2CACA5160B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id47480B8D61D94C7A81CD3C38C15813AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<term>inherently governmental functions</term> has the meaning given to such
term in part 7.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3097EE1019BF497F92C576B0A0B1076B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term
<term>functions closely associated with governmental functions</term> means the
functions described in section 7.503(d) of the Federal Acquisition
Regulation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCF35B783C0464CEC850E930800E93FCB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term
<term>organizational conflict of interest</term> has the meaning given such
term in part 9.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9B8AC481E41E495CA72A84E9FB713D10"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective Date
and Applicability</header><text>This section shall take effect on the date of
the enactment of this Act and shall apply to—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6C27FAECA67B4EA58353179B2BCFA36A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contracts entered
into on or after such date;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID35001391C6CB4C9F9C4202E701B46011"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any task or
delivery order issued on or after such date under a contract entered into
before, on, or after such date; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID28F01E978A8140F3B7B9CA63C841F802"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any decision on
or after such date to exercise an option or otherwise extend a contract for the
performance of a function relating to contract oversight regardless of whether
such contract was entered into before, on, or after such date.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idFD4A41BA9ED5428EA2C9AD2EFAD5457C"><enum>212.</enum><header>Elimination of
revolving door between Federal personnel and contractors</header>
<subsection id="id354E74BB2AFB4A759E4EF0DC2654F1E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of
loopholes allowing former federal officials To accept compensation from
contractors or related entities</header>
<paragraph id="id22622C6270984668A64998B9996D4D04"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of section 27 of the
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 423) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC07B3722441D4580BC45C7DD11620DD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or consultant</quote> and inserting <quote>consultant, lawyer, or
lobbyist</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2E68C14297B7462599D518832CB60445"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>one year</quote> and inserting <quote>two years</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2D384E6C8CC84D2EB8D8EEE3AC121117"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>personally made for the Federal agency—</quote> and
inserting <quote>participated personally and substantially in—</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE1829010AB7041A2BE1B0A92F427A72D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Paragraph
(2) of such subsection is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id363238494A7941E5BCA2434C15A46015" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idC8B49F145EE94E21BA4C3C91A6233131" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the
term <term>contractor</term> includes any division, affiliate, subsidiary,
parent, joint venture, or other related entity of a
contractor.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3ED26C7C867447BFA11A53F60C3BD59D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on
award of government contracts to former employers</header><text>Such section is
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA229D143F07467D839303E7D273089C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idC81D100CF65244E7AD5756B3A00075F3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prohibition on
involvement by certain former contractor employees in
procurements</header><text>A former employee of a contractor who becomes an
employee of the Federal Government shall not be personally and substantially
involved with any Federal agency procurement involving the employee's former
employer, including any division, affiliate, subsidiary, parent, joint venture,
or other related entity of the former employer, for a period of two years
beginning on the date on which the employee leaves the employment of the
contractor unless the designated agency ethics officer for the agency
determines in writing that the government's interest in the former employee's
participation in a particular procurement outweighs any appearance of
impropriety.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idE1C215B89EA74F138733E25B4C316F0F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirement for
federal procurement officers To disclose job offers made to
relatives</header><text>Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended by
inserting after <quote>that official</quote> the following: <quote>, or for a
relative of that official (as defined in section 3110 of title 5, United States
Code),</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id92F3F3D2AD8844D299D39F5B7F17405E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional
criminal penalties</header><text>Paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of such
section is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4018BBFF6A8C4127BEA0F1F627C1CF38" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id29419901CAF84245B9560DB1D8D86B47"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Criminal
penalties</header><text>Whoever engages in conduct constituting a violation
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id90C536C87C5E4FE1A344E53666D6998C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subsection (a) or
(b) for the purpose of either—</text>
<clause id="id1607E578B1C34BD5A09A68B8647E3B0C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>exchanging the
information covered by such subsection for anything of value, or</text>
</clause><clause id="id60C348D138AB4CF1BE5779C720CABED4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>obtaining or
giving anyone a competitive advantage in the award of a Federal agency
procurement contract; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8F6D736846E64EF5BDBA3A9FD28B53BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subsection (c) or
(d);</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">shall be
imprisoned for not more than 5 years, fined as provided under title 18, Untied
States Code, or
both.</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id9C6A11F24E374135B09215CF989C8A16"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Such
section is further amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EBF0D0614B84BF4BC3D039CD9407EE0" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idE66F7952A230477BA98DD3566E24B19E"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Director of the Office of Government Ethics, in consultation with the
Administrator, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idBDB565D711FE465290BFFBF2C6DA3CED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promulgate
regulations to carry out and ensure the enforcement of this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id937A3AD56894432A920974AE52452DB3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>monitor and
investigate individual and agency compliance with this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Other Personnel
Matters</header>
<section id="HC1908569C811426F0099EDB7B22D514F"><enum>301.</enum><header>Minimum
requirements for political appointees holding public contracting and safety
positions</header>
<subsection id="HB353EA78A4AF4A5D9E28918435A96722"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A position specified in subsection (b) may not be held by
any political appointee who does not meet the requirements of subsection
(c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id78624C515A344C48A8E008F4E19798F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specified
positions</header><text>A position specified in this subsection is any position
as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="idC05723D7083A4D118C0D995C600C5AEA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A public
contracting position.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB110CDC6A9304805BCB15F880FBEFEA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A public safety
position.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H61B6C4EF5F6A4E4AAAB3D32B373079E7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Minimum
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual
shall not, with respect to any position, be considered to meet the requirements
of this subsection unless such individual—</text>
<paragraph id="H96188038802E42D0AB4F25867EA3CE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has academic,
management, and leadership credentials in one or more areas relevant to such
position;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73CA059B4EBF44E195A233B179A48E59"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has a superior
record of achievement in one or more areas relevant to such position;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H405E2C41CC0546DEA3482CECEB03D500"><enum>(3)</enum><text>has training and
expertise in one or more areas relevant to such position; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF18E2D16ED4E4A84B24CE045FAF9CB19"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has not, within the 2-year period ending on
the date of such individual’s nomination for or appointment to such position,
been a lobbyist for any entity or other client that is subject to the authority
of the agency within which, if appointed, such individual would serve.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H421B80B211044F50A42CE68518C4C81E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Political
appointee</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>political
appointee</term> means any individual who—</text>
<paragraph id="HAB463E3652724551B9B29593854DA7BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is employed in a
position listed in sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code
(relating to the Executive Schedule);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACADBCB44D4848F4A6106B17F76881B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is a limited term
appointee, limited emergency appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior
Executive Service; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC543300F737A40D7908BD950DD00D3B7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is employed in the
executive branch of the Government in a position which has been excepted from
the competitive service by reason of its policy-determining, policy-making, or
policy-advocating character.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1007F834042141FBB9339B7557E5FDC5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Public
contracting position</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<term>public contracting position</term> means the following:</text>
<paragraph id="idC73A2607968B407CABBCEC6851BA4516"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Administrator
for Federal Procurement Policy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id66A31163A808415799CDDF921331C755"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Administrator
of the General Services Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD9574542050B4A7C8973D8DFB78182EC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Chief
Acquisition Officer of any executive agency, as appointed or designated
pursuant to section 16 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 414).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id208EE08F7E6A466C943DF8B14636202D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF09CE5DE0C4E4048B8CD4400B135C05E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Any position (not
otherwise identified under any of the preceding provisions of this subsection)
a primary function of which involves government procurement and procurement
policy, as identified by the head of each employing agency in consultation with
the Office of Personnel Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCF75DA51A4144E7CBBE2144CB653D66"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Public safety
position</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>public
safety position</term> means the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HCBBB9088E921429F009B6DE56E004754"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary for Emergency
Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A383107E33E4CB6AE00F8B7A435E6F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0671CE6B29924F7BB91E128FB70037E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each regional director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC8E8E0A66BB47D89CCAFA5D8E39CAA4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Recovery Division Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0060C72DD6F04D6AAF15C64D1D4D9772"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Assistant
Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland
Security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0452E9C4636F4F6DB352905010C0857F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Assistant
Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health and
Human Services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21844A9CB3BD41A590CC87A36E7061CC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Assistant
Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection
Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DD582B1FB724226BAE6C14B99D45106"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Any position (not
otherwise identified under any of the preceding provisions of this subsection)
a primary function of which involves responding to a direct threat to life or
property or a hazard to health, as identified by the head of each employing
agency in consultation with the Office of Personnel Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3393CF47CA944CA4BACCDB9BC59B237D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Publication of
positions</header><text>Beginning not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall maintain on such agency’s
public website a current list of all public contracting positions and public
safety positions within such agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H546DD588D50A46B196964CF74945E740"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Coordination
with other requirements</header><text>The requirements set forth in subsection
(c) shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any requirements that might
otherwise apply with respect to any particular position.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H40CE2166B33F4E058400003803EA34D9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HA4AA65B539D34551886B00303095FF49"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<term>agency</term> means an Executive agency (as defined by section 105 of
title 5, United States Code).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D92EFE1E6634FD48628FD789C5FF24"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>limited term
appointee</term>, <term>limited emergency appointee</term>, and <term>noncareer
appointee</term> have the meanings given such terms in section 3132 of title 5,
United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FBDFA4264BA45CB9C4F4DB7DF329260"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term
<term>Senior Executive Service</term> has the meaning given such term by
section 2101a of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B78D83EBE8A4B8EAD274D18522591D1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term
<term>competitive service</term> has the meaning given such term by section
2102 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23C7D05D0AB04D838D89B1D0053066E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The terms
<term>lobbyist</term> and <term>client</term> have the respective meanings
given them by section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.
1602).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A1AF920B7204E0790778D438391DFB9"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 16(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(a)) is amended by striking <quote>non-career employee
as</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID30A7A2856D3B4BAB843642EB9B2646F8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Protection of
certain disclosures of information by Federal employees</header>
<subsection id="ID160DCED2C53D4104B24FEE4785CE53AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarification
of disclosures covered</header><text>Section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID2C9E6916245C401DB825F383F1B0729F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDCF769C4F654C442ABBD0A89C46A3E38A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>which the employee or applicant reasonably believes evidences</quote>
and inserting <quote>, without restriction to time, place, form, motive,
context, or prior disclosure made to any person by an employee or applicant,
including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee’s duties,
that the employee or applicant reasonably believes is evidence of</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4D1D72DFB875416CB666463CDD77B892"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>a violation</quote> and inserting <quote>any
violation</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC82E396C0F3B44E4BB9BB0E1B820504E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6930ACAB1F39407283F84519A3A0D447"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>which the employee or applicant reasonably believes evidences</quote>
and inserting <quote>, without restriction to time, place, form, motive,
context, or prior disclosure made to any person by an employee or applicant,
including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee’s duties, of
information that the employee or applicant reasonably believes is evidence
of</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID77DE718481B54A349518F6F564FF7662"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>a violation</quote> and inserting <quote>any violation (other
than a violation of this section)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID26C691F105674EC2ADF5A6EFF1AD7449"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDE297940BD6214006B33BEDD930C14B95">
<subparagraph id="ID4D942288EC884E869519BE2BDBD209EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any disclosure
that—</text>
<clause id="IDD600D08C8FEC4D57B213DE3BB3CA9B04"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is made by an
employee or applicant of information required by law or Executive order to be
kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign
affairs that the employee or applicant reasonably believes is direct and
specific evidence of—</text>
<subclause id="ID78EC0749037547C89A884CF4206346BC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any violation of
any law, rule, or regulation;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID5401CE080C1048B29C5E358545DAE4EC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>gross
mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial
and specific danger to public health or safety; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDE7F04B29235349FB98954397AF13782A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a false
statement to Congress on an issue of material fact; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDFD2718F8F13C48B18BCDF31BA3DA75ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is made
to—</text>
<subclause id="IDB52A425506E245EEA23545A252013D00"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a member of a
committee of Congress;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0D08E82895B3444E8E3CB4B98A0F5C2D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any other Member
of Congress; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID6D3C492329244526B7406F29C225A7DE"><enum>(III)</enum><text>an employee of
Congress who has the appropriate security clearance and is authorized to
receive information of the type
disclosed.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID78634B768461497BB05D91C41FA66B63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Covered
disclosures</header><text>Section 2302(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3CF7B5CB45554A0195C5C695003509B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID015659F3B9554F0C8DBC1FF94A44CCA5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)(iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCFC005F824944F5E816FE93E3562BC7E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID6AAA4BC702614213893E9416275B6A9F">
<subparagraph id="ID80FD2D351DC440BCA7B44B06D1000969" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text><quote>disclosure</quote> means a
formal or informal communication or transmission, but does not include a
communication concerning policy decisions that lawfully exercise discretionary
authority unless the employee providing the disclosure reasonably believes that
the disclosure evidences—</text>
<clause id="id2E9F8053393E4CCDAD8F29524461B731"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any violation of any law, rule, or
regulation; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idDB924938EF6C4C8EBE777201413B4746"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>gross management, a gross waste of
funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public
health or
safety.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID89F74ABB89F14E8F9EFC6AF8D6C77B5F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rebuttable
presumption</header><text>Section 2302(b) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by amending the matter following paragraph (12) to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78D4399DEA1D48B5B82E2C297A314FF5" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">This
subsection shall not be construed to authorize the withholding of information
from Congress or the taking of any personnel action against an employee who
discloses information to Congress. For purposes of paragraph (8), any
presumption relating to the performance of a duty by an employee who has
authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel
action may be rebutted by substantial evidence. For purposes of paragraph (8),
a determination as to whether an employee or applicant reasonably believes that
they have disclosed information that evidences any violation of law, rule,
regulation, gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority,
or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety shall be made
by determining whether a disinterested observer with knowledge of the essential
facts known to and readily ascertainable by the employee would reasonably
conclude that the actions of the Government evidence such violations,
mismanagement, waste, abuse, or
danger.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1096859583AF4806862560581BB907B0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Nondisclosure
policies, forms, and agreements; security clearances; and retaliatory
investigations</header>
<paragraph id="IDD1CF37F52A0D4D2B9DDA809B68347BF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Personnel
action</header><text>Section 2302(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5470A93124EC4C9BACBF47FBC5CBC77F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (x), by
striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDA460A0DA6784535A86B75A690888344"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (xi) as clause (xiv) and inserting after clause (x) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDE9D1C24465C141E8AC622DDF1A2032A9">
<clause id="idE2EBE0F9C61A4D64B0FE7D1997464733"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>the
implementation or enforcement of any nondisclosure policy, form, or
agreement;</text>
</clause><clause id="idEBD14D006311460CB4D6DC053D2449E7"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>a suspension,
revocation, or other determination relating to a security clearance or any
other access determination by a covered agency;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD8B6D6B6DC2648D6AB307F7AC6D25D45"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>an
investigation, other than any ministerial or nondiscretionary fact finding
activities necessary for the agency to perform its mission, of an employee or
applicant for employment because of any activity protected under this section;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDB0A0CB04384C48AA8FC2D041E46306BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibited
personnel practice</header><text>Section 2302(b) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5EE0CFDC9FBE4ED79179118AE8EB7FC6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(11), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID589B94C28A2B40BC8B36917E42CFFB7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(12), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4C84A661F16D456AB74E37954F677901"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (12) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65C609D4C99440A991DB5C4679A4E617" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID73BA17C828904560ABCA9ACC8479AD1B"><enum>(13)</enum><text>implement or
enforce any nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement, if such policy, form, or
agreement does not contain the following statement: <quote>These provisions are
consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the
employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive Order No.
12958; section 7211 (governing disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title
10 (governing disclosure to Congress by members of the military); section
2302(b)(8) (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse, or public
health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/421">50 U.S.C.
421</external-xref> et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose
confidential Government agents); and the statutes which protect against
disclosures that could compromise national security, including sections 641,
793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18 and section 4(b) of the Subversive
Activities Control Act of 1950 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/783(b)">50 U.S.C. 783(b)</external-xref>). The
definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities
created by such Executive order and such statutory provisions are incorporated
into this agreement and are controlling</quote>; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB7000BB4F67F4745881D1E1AC94C7D80"><enum>(14)</enum><text>conduct, or
cause to be conducted, an investigation, other than any ministerial or
nondiscretionary fact finding activities necessary for the agency to perform
its mission, of an employee or applicant for employment because of any activity
protected under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9BF419665BE446C9BB8E916CE46FF110"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Board and court
review of actions relating to security clearances</header>
<subparagraph id="ID5C0A83F97EF447B5ACE86B185B5BA0C8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after section 7702 the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="ID9E680C34CFD342719ACD6CAD56DE1112" style="USC">
<section id="ID9BDCD005916F4E519925EC32BCFAB1B7"><enum>7702a.</enum><header>Actions
relating to security clearances</header>
<subsection id="id27DBBFB37B684EF891A891F8D4597E0E"><enum>(a)</enum><text>In any appeal
relating to the suspension, revocation, or other determination relating to a
security clearance or access determination, the Merit Systems Protection Board
or any reviewing court—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5B248B9D70B04F2C9CC1D27071275DA8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall determine
whether paragraph (8) or (9) of section 2302(b) was violated;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID65C3F822D9A846909AA771FAA6963AFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may not order the
President or the designee of the President to restore a security clearance or
otherwise reverse a determination of clearance status or reverse an access
determination; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB14463CDB5B248C5B7676ECF2C90185B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>subject to
paragraph (2), may issue declaratory relief and any other appropriate
relief.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1311D2A0AC314EFE99D53D5277A7C5B3"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID2734B5AC18D14A13A20401D14475C486"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If, in any final
judgment, the Board or court declares that any suspension, revocation, or other
determination with regards to a security clearance or access determination was
made in violation of paragraph (8) or (9) of section 2302(b), the affected
agency shall conduct a review of that suspension, revocation, access
determination, or other determination, giving great weight to the Board or
court judgment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3A660AAD6545415C9E5D2E4122355FD4" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not later than 30 days after any
Board or court judgment declaring that a security clearance suspension,
revocation, access determination, or other determination was made in violation
of paragraph (8) or (9) of section 2302(b), the affected agency shall issue an
unclassified report to the congressional committees of jurisdiction (with a
classified annex if necessary), detailing the circumstances of the agency’s
security clearance suspension, revocation, other determination, or access
determination. A report under this paragraph shall include any proposed agency
action with regards to the security clearance or access determination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID859852BCBB344757AD811726BB544322"><enum>(c)</enum><text>An allegation
that a security clearance or access determination was revoked or suspended in
retaliation for a protected disclosure shall receive expedited review by the
Office of Special Counsel, the Merit Systems Protection Board, and any
reviewing court.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID851E96537411470D99C61D8DFF0F58A5"><enum>(d)</enum><text>For purposes of
this section, corrective action may not be ordered if the agency demonstrates
by a preponderance of the evidence that it would have taken the same personnel
action in the absence of such
disclosure.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDE544DBD7FFF42BE92D5C8C7B60DBBA8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for chapter 77 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 7702 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID3BA0C9420A3A4027A6537F0A0714692E" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">7702a. Actions relating to security
clearances.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC2D9AE61B4084B588D8AD8B647E05128"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Exclusion of
agencies by the President</header><text>Section 2302(a)(2)(C) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by striking clause (ii) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID738698044F6643499D423EE108CDA086">
<clause id="ID6C0C0DEC014B41A8939C4FE01BBF8DEF" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDD0821C5F6C8E4D96B0AD898F8796EDF8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central
Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID80126B5683F84F0EB2FFCE28FA7B3CFE" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>as determined by the President,
any executive agency or unit thereof the principal function of which is the
conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities, if the
determination (as that determination relates to a personnel action) is made
before that personnel action;
or</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2D49EDAB05674380A4BCCC60F9E304D0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Attorney
fees</header><text>Section 1204(m)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking <quote>agency involved</quote> and inserting <quote>agency
where the prevailing party is employed or has applied for
employment</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5916B6ABCDD940CE9EF33A0E9AD7E1BB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Disciplinary
action</header><text>Section 1215(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID9124B6598CF14AAEA2FC9EC8846742E4">
<paragraph id="ID653D89B890B54CCF817EB6725D44CCBB"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDA8DDF72E5B914617B8A2A4AAF5C55FD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A final order of the
Board may impose—</text>
<clause id="IDC60FBB3EC8104992B0E4E61AEE862D2A" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>disciplinary action consisting of
removal, reduction in grade, debarment from Federal employment for a period not
to exceed 5 years, suspension, or reprimand;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB71DF4DEE03447E1BE8D5B955B02B8AC" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an assessment of a civil penalty
not to exceed $1,000; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID18F013E103254DB9BE538E3369076A4A" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any combination of disciplinary
actions described under clause (i) and an assessment described under clause
(ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8D24FDF97FF04BB395DB5AB7C7F07FE6" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In any case in which the Board finds
that an employee has committed a prohibited personnel practice under paragraph
(8) or (9) of section 2302(b), the Board shall impose disciplinary action if
the Board finds that the activity protected under paragraph (8) or (9) of
section 2302(b) was a significant motivating factor, even if other factors also
motivated the decision, for the employee’s decision to take, fail to take, or
threaten to take or fail to take a personnel action, unless that employee
demonstrates, by preponderance of evidence, that the employee would have taken,
failed to take, or threatened to take or fail to take the same personnel
action, in the absence of such protected
activity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4FCD80949E094A2DA47E51967053793C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Special Counsel
amicus curiae appearance</header><text>Section 1212 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDC604A1E6570041A98420F6F4481DE888">
<subsection id="IDFD9D0EFFC5ED40079BEDF9DC974D4753"><enum>(h)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID0E1888545FE14EE8B8C1B48BC088A420"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Special Counsel is
authorized to appear as amicus curiae in any action brought in a court of the
United States related to any civil action brought in connection with section
2302(b) (8) or (9), or subchapter III of chapter 73, or as otherwise authorized
by law. In any such action, the Special Counsel is authorized to present the
views of the Special Counsel with respect to compliance with section 2302(b)
(8) or (9) or subchapter III of chapter 77 and the impact court decisions would
have on the enforcement of such provisions of law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID44BF6DFFF0EC470F840B8DAA1AF48C73" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A court of the United States shall
grant the application of the Special Counsel to appear in any such action for
the purposes described in subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE100D176917944009C25357675D82E28"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<paragraph id="ID9BE16E1291DA45B28FF828C349206A75"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 7703(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID5E7C83E122674FC4A3EDD2711BFCEFE7">
<subsection id="ID5CC895FC2D2F44CBAE1F7EBEA245F9B3"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID3C45EA7BB6CE4FE4B4853B3BFDEABE0A"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID18A15B096DA845DABA6DBD243EE6EC00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in
subparagraph (B) and paragraph (2), a petition to review a final order or final
decision of the Board shall be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any petition
for review must be filed within 60 days after the date the petitioner received
notice of the final order or decision of the Board.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID30AA1882F169484B94944772117D035D" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>During the 5-year period beginning on
the effective date of this subsection, a petition to review a final order or
final decision of the Board in a case alleging a violation of paragraph (8) or
(9) of section 2302(b) shall be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit or any court of appeals of competent jurisdiction as
provided under subsection
(b)(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5654BF259FAF44BAA69E268A46118950"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review obtained
by office of personnel management</header><text>Section 7703(d) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID9D4C310609A047B08C1BF384C9834479">
<subsection id="IDDA64EB8A01B54DF88FF43CED07E80FEF"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDC2CB6D6ABD0648C08E4492059A00C179"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided
under paragraph (2), this paragraph shall apply to any review obtained by the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management. The Director of the Office of
Personnel Management may obtain review of any final order or decision of the
Board by filing, within 60 days after the date the Director received notice of
the final order or decision of the Board, a petition for judicial review in the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit if the Director
determines, in his discretion, that the Board erred in interpreting a civil
service law, rule, or regulation affecting personnel management and that the
Board’s decision will have a substantial impact on a civil service law, rule,
regulation, or policy directive. If the Director did not intervene in a matter
before the Board, the Director may not petition for review of a Board decision
under this section unless the Director first petitions the Board for a
reconsideration of its decision, and such petition is denied. In addition to
the named respondent, the Board and all other parties to the proceedings before
the Board shall have the right to appear in the proceeding before the Court of
Appeals. The granting of the petition for judicial review shall be at the
discretion of the Court of Appeals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB215CDE38CE54F779EE08DDE26A8A4F0" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>During the 5-year period beginning on
the effective date of this subsection, this paragraph shall apply to any review
relating to paragraph (8) or (9) of section 2302(b) obtained by the Director of
the Office of Personnel Management. The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management may obtain review of any final order or decision of the Board by
filing, within 60 days after the date the Director received notice of the final
order or decision of the Board, a petition for judicial review in the United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit or any court of appeals of
competent jurisdiction as provided under subsection (b)(2) if the Director
determines, in his discretion, that the Board erred in interpreting paragraph
(8) or (9) of section 2302(b). If the Director did not intervene in a matter
before the Board, the Director may not petition for review of a Board decision
under this section unless the Director first petitions the Board for a
reconsideration of its decision, and such petition is denied. In addition to
the named respondent, the Board and all other parties to the proceedings before
the Board shall have the right to appear in the proceeding before the court of
appeals. The granting of the petition for judicial review shall be at the
discretion of the Court of
Appeals.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC156DAB0E43F48CFA5620210852E9DBA"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Nondisclosure
policies, forms, and agreements</header>
<paragraph id="ID7085601E87DD4B5D8A6B1BCBCE6A9085"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="ID37A2599535F54EE6902244BE45EBEB51"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Each
agreement in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government and any other
nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement of the Government shall contain the
following statement: <quote>These restrictions are consistent with and do not
supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights,
or liabilities created by Executive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5,
United States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title
10, United States Code (governing disclosure to Congress by members of the
military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code (governing
disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety
threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/421">50 U.S.C. 421</external-xref> et
seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confidential Government agents);
and the statutes which protect against disclosure that may compromise the
national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18,
United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/783(b)">50 U.S.C.
783(b)</external-xref>). The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights,
sanctions, and liabilities created by such Executive order and such statutory
provisions are incorporated into this agreement and are
controlling.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF64ED6D437914689BB44E976B43BD02B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Enforceability</header><text>Any
nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement described under subparagraph (A) that
does not contain the statement required under subparagraph (A) may not be
implemented or enforced to the extent such policy, form, or agreement is
inconsistent with that statement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0278C3CCE9D8446AB68AE4EE6DA34AE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Persons other
than government employees</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a
nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement that is to be executed by a person
connected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity,
other than an employee or officer of the United States Government, may contain
provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which such document is to
be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person
will not disclose any classified information received in the course of such
activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the United States
Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that such forms
do not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized official of an executive
agency or the Department of Justice that are essential to reporting a
substantial violation of law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDCCDCC77C08F64722BE975FBEDB190383"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Clarification
of whistleblower rights for critical infrastructure
information</header><text>Section 214(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C. 133(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>For
purposes of this section a permissible use of independently obtained
information includes the disclosure of such information under section
2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID59E5B899DC3D4E388306C67B8991F30A"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Advising
employees of rights</header><text>Section 2302(c) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, including how to make a lawful
disclosure of information that is specifically required by law or Executive
order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of
foreign affairs to the Special Counsel, the Inspector General of an agency,
Congress, or other agency employee designated to receive such
disclosures</quote> after <quote>chapter 12 of this title</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3E981BD03E514CA290EED688FD3E40D4"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Scope of due
process</header>
<paragraph id="ID1D278B3A26944260A6F55A3D9A5C65D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Special
counsel</header><text>Section 1214(b)(4)(B)(ii) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by inserting <quote>, after a finding that a protected disclosure
was a contributing factor,</quote> after <quote>ordered if</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4E16E9EBA3CA4163BDCE6E8314CD6816"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Individual
action</header><text>Section 1221(e)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting <quote>, after a finding that a protected disclosure was a
contributing factor,</quote> after <quote>ordered if</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID72C876DAA97A4C1E8FB8DA3F7F12F0AE"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This section and the amendment made by this section shall
take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section>