[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5837 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
   2d Session
                                H. R. 5837

   To require persons to certify that they have not violated foreign 
 corrupt practices statutes before being awarded Government contracts, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2010

   Mr. Gene Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require persons to certify that they have not violated foreign 
 corrupt practices statutes before being awarded Government contracts, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIRED CERTIFICATION BY PERSONS PRIOR TO AWARD OF FEDERAL 
              CONTRACTS.

    (a) Prohibition.--An Executive agency--
            (1) may not enter into a contract for the procurement of 
        goods or services with any person or entity unless that person 
        or entity has certified that the person or entity, and each of 
        its officers, employees, and agents, have not violated section 
        30A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, section 104 or 104A 
        of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or any comparable 
        law of any other country; and
            (2) may not allow any contractor awarded a contract by the 
        agency to enter into a subcontract (at any tier) under the 
        contract with any person or entity that has not made the 
        certification described in paragraph (1).
    (b) Executive Agency Defined.--In this Act, the term ``Executive 
agency'' has the meaning provided in section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code.
    (c) Applicability.--Subsection (a) applies--
            (1) to contracts entered into after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act; and
            (2) to subcontracts (at any tier) awarded under such 
        contracts.
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