[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3588 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3588

To require the proposal for debarment from contracting with the Federal 
 Government of persons violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 
                                 1977.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2011

Mr. Welch (for himself and Mr. Chaffetz) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the proposal for debarment from contracting with the Federal 
 Government of persons violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 
                                 1977.

    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 ``Overseas Contractor Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PROPOSE FOR DEBARMENT PERSONS VIOLATING THE 
              FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT.

    (a) Requirement To Propose for Debarment.--Subject to subsections 
(b) and (c), any person found to be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt 
Practices Act of 1977 shall be proposed for debarment from any contract 
or grant awarded by the Federal Government within 30 days after the 
judgment finding such person to be in violation becomes final.
    (b) Waiver.--The head of a Federal agency may waive this Act for a 
Federal contract or grant. Any such waiver shall be reported to 
Congress by the head of the agency concerned within 30 days from the 
date of the waiver, along with an accompanying justification.
    (c) Exemption for Self-Reported Violations.--Upon a determination 
by the head of a Federal agency that a person has reported a violation 
of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 voluntarily to the Federal 
Government, the head of the agency may exempt the person from the 
applicability of this Act.
    (d) Final Judgment.--For purposes of this Act, a judgment becomes 
final when all appeals of the judgment have been finally determined, or 
all time for filing such appeals has expired.
    (e) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Contract.--The term ``contract'' means a binding 
        agreement entered into by a Federal agency for the purpose of 
        obtaining property or services.
            (2) Foreign corrupt practices act of 1977.--The term 
        ``Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977'' means--
                    (A) section 30A of the Securities Exchange Act of 
                1934 (15 U.S.C. 78dd-1); and
                    (B) sections 104 and 104A of the Foreign Corrupt 
                Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 78dd-2 and 78dd-3).

SEC. 3. GOVERNMENTAL POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States Government that no Government 
contracts or grants should be awarded to individuals or companies who 
violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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