[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2061 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2061

  To prevent conflicts of interest relating to contractors providing 
 background investigation fieldwork services and investigative support 
                               services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 27, 2014

Mr. Tester (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. Begich) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
               Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prevent conflicts of interest relating to contractors providing 
 background investigation fieldwork services and investigative support 
                               services.

    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 ``Preventing Conflicts of Interest 
with Contractors Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``agency'' means--
                    (A) an Executive agency (as defined in section 105 
                of title 5, United States Code);
                    (B) a military department (as defined in section 
                102 of title 5, United States Code);
                    (C) an element of the intelligence community (as 
                that term is defined in section 3 of the National 
                Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003));
                    (D) the United States Postal Service; and
                    (E) the Postal Regulatory Commission;
            (2) the term ``background investigation fieldwork 
        services'' means the investigatory fieldwork conducted to 
        determine the eligibility of an individual for a security 
        clearance or suitability for Federal employment, including--
                    (A) interviews of the individual or friends, 
                family, or other sources who might have relevant 
                knowledge of the individual; and
                    (B) reviews of--
                            (i) educational and employment records;
                            (ii) criminal and other legal records; and
                            (iii) credit history;
            (3) the term ``background investigation support services'' 
        means the clerical, administrative, and technical support 
        services provided to various functions critical to the 
        background investigation process, including--
                    (A) initial processing and scheduling of 
                investigative requests;
                    (B) information technology and information 
                technology support;
                    (C) file maintenance;
                    (D) imaging or copying of investigation documents; 
                and
                    (E) mail processing; and
            (4) the term ``quality review process'' means performing 
        the final quality review of a background investigation, or 
        assisting or facilitating the quality review or another quality 
        assurance process, to ensure investigative, administrative, and 
        other required standards have been met before the completed 
        background investigation is delivered to the adjudicating 
        agency.

SEC. 3. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

    After the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management may not award a contract to an entity under 
which the entity will conduct quality review processes for background 
investigation fieldwork services or background investigation support 
services that, as of the date of the award of the contract, are being 
conducted by that entity.
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