[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 3068 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3068

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                                 An Act


 
 To prohibit the award of contracts to provide guard services under the 
 contract security guard program of the Federal Protective Service to a 
business concern that is owned, controlled, or operated by an individual 
                   who has been convicted of a felony.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Protective Service Guard 
Contracting Reform Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE CONTRACTS.
    (a) Prohibition on Award of Contracts to Any Business Concern 
Owned, Controlled, or Operated by an Individual Convicted of a 
Felony.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting 
    through the Assistant Secretary of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
    Enforcement--
            (A) shall promulgate regulations establishing guidelines 
        for the prohibition of contract awards for the provision of 
        guard services under the contract security guard program of the 
        Federal Protective Service to any business concern that is 
        owned, controlled, or operated by an individual who has been 
        convicted of a felony; and
            (B) may consider permanent or interim prohibitions when 
        promulgating the regulations.
        (2) Contents.--The regulations under this subsection shall--
            (A) identify which serious felonies may prohibit a 
        contractor from being awarded a contract;
            (B) require contractors to provide information regarding 
        any relevant felony convictions when submitting bids or 
        proposals; and
            (C) provide guidelines for the contracting officer to 
        assess present responsibility, mitigating factors, and the risk 
        associated with the previous conviction, and allow the 
        contracting officer to award a contract under certain 
        circumstances.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry 
out this section.
SEC. 3. REPORT ON GOVERNMENT-WIDE APPLICABILITY.
    Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Act, 
the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall submit a report 
on establishing similar guidelines government-wide to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.