[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 5306 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5306

   To promote ethics and prevent corruption in Department of Defense 
       contracting and other activities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 29, 2023

Mr. Kim of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees 
on the Judiciary, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To promote ethics and prevent corruption in Department of Defense 
       contracting and other activities, 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. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Department of 
Defense Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2023''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
            TITLE I--REVOLVING DOOR AND CONTRACTOR INFLUENCE

Sec. 101. Heightened revolving door requirements.
Sec. 102. Requirements for defense contractors relating to certain 
                            former Department of Defense officials and 
                            lobbying activities.
Sec. 103. Ban on hiring contracting officials enforceable on certain 
                            contracts.
Sec. 104. Ban on hiring senior officials by giant defense contractors.
Sec. 105. Modification of prohibition on lobbying activities with 
                            respect to the Department of Defense by 
                            certain officers of the Armed Forces and 
                            civilian employees of the Department of 
                            Defense following separation from military 
                            service or employment with the Department.
Sec. 106. Enhancement of recusal for conflicts of personal interest 
                            requirements for Department of Defense 
                            officers and employees.
Sec. 107. Prohibition on ownership or trading of stocks in certain 
                            companies by Department of Defense officers 
                            and employees.
                  TITLE II--LIMITING FOREIGN INFLUENCE

Sec. 201. Ban on senior national security officials advising foreign 
                            governments.
Sec. 202. Ban on former military and civilian intelligence officers 
                            from foreign employment.
                        TITLE III--TRANSPARENCY

Sec. 301. Affirmative contractor record disclosures.
Sec. 302. Publication of contractor evaluation ratings.
Sec. 303. Ownership of information.
Sec. 304. Financial disclosure by large contractors.
Sec. 305. Availability on the internet of certain information about 
                            officers serving in general or flag officer 
                            grades.

            TITLE I--REVOLVING DOOR AND CONTRACTOR INFLUENCE

SEC. 101. HEIGHTENED REVOLVING DOOR REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 10 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``within two years of 
        leaving service'' and inserting ``within four years of leaving 
        service''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``Requirement.--Each request'' and 
                inserting the following: ``Requirement.--
            ``(1) Database.--Each request'';
                    (B) by striking ``retained by the Department of 
                Defense in a central database or repository maintained 
                by the General Counsel of the Department for not less 
                than five years'' and inserting ``retained by the 
                Department of Defense in a central database or 
                repository maintained by the Standards of Conduct 
                Office of the Department for not less than 10 years'';
                    (C) by inserting ``and shall be posted on a 
                publicly available internet website of the General 
                Counsel Standards of Conduct Office'' after ``opinion 
                was provided''; and
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(2) Inspector general review.--The Inspector General of 
        the Department of Defense shall conduct periodic reviews not 
        less than biannually to ensure that written opinions are being 
        requested, provided, and retained in accordance with the 
        requirements of this section, as well as any related 
        matters.''.

SEC. 102. REQUIREMENTS FOR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS RELATING TO CERTAIN 
              FORMER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND LOBBYING 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 365 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 4705. Defense contractors report: requirements concerning former 
              Department of Defense officials and lobbying activities
    ``(a) In General.--Each contract for the procurement of goods or 
services in excess of $10,000,000, other than a contract for the 
procurement of office supplies or food and beverage (vending) services, 
that is entered into by the Department of Defense shall include a 
provision under which the contractor agrees to submit to the Secretary 
of Defense, not later than April 1 of each year such contract is in 
effect, a written report setting forth the information required by 
subsection (b). The Secretary of Defense shall make these reports 
publicly available on a government website not later than July 1 of 
each year such contract is in effect.
    ``(b) Report Information.--Except as provided in subsection (c), a 
report by a contractor under subsection (a) shall--
            ``(1) list the name of each person who--
                    ``(A) is a former officer or employee of the 
                Department of Defense or a former or retired member of 
                the armed forces who served--
                            ``(i) in an Executive Schedule position 
                        under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5;
                            ``(ii) in a position in the Senior 
                        Executive Service under subchapter VIII of 
                        chapter 53 of title 5;
                            ``(iii) in a position compensated at a rate 
                        of pay for grade O-6 or above under section 201 
                        of title 37; or
                            ``(iv) as a program manager, deputy program 
                        manager, procuring contracting officer, 
                        administrative contracting officer, source 
                        selection authority, member of the source 
                        selection evaluation board, or chief of a 
                        financial or technical evaluation team for a 
                        contract with a value in excess of $10,000,000; 
                        and
                    ``(B) during the preceding calendar year was 
                provided compensation by the contractor, if such 
                compensation was first provided by the contractor not 
                more than four years after such officer, employee, or 
                member left service in the Department of Defense;
            ``(2) in the case of each person listed under subparagraph 
        (A)--
                    ``(A) identify the agency in which such person was 
                employed or served on active duty during the last two 
                years of such person's service with the Department of 
                Defense;
                    ``(B) state such person's job title and identify 
                each major defense system, contract, modification, 
                subcontract, task order, and delivery order in excess 
                of $10,000,000, if any, on which such person performed 
                any work with the Department of Defense during the last 
                two years of such person's service with the Department; 
                and
                    ``(C) state such person's current job title with 
                the contractor and identify each major defense system, 
                contract, modification, subcontract, task order, and 
                delivery order in excess of $10,000,000, on which such 
                person has performed any work on behalf of the 
                contractor; and
            ``(3) if the contractor is a client, include--
                    ``(A) a statement that--
                            ``(i) lists each specific issue for which 
                        the contractor, any employee of the contractor, 
                        or any lobbyist paid by the contractor engaged 
                        in lobbying activities with the Department of 
                        Defense;
                            ``(ii) specifies the Federal rule or 
                        regulation, Executive order, or other program, 
                        policy, contract, or position of the Department 
                        of Defense to which the lobbying activities 
                        described in clause (i) related;
                            ``(iii) lists each lobbying activity 
                        relating to the Department of Defense that the 
                        contractor, any employee of the contractor, or 
                        any lobbyist paid by the contractor has engaged 
                        in on behalf of the contractor, including--
                                    ``(I) each document prepared by the 
                                contractor, any employee of the 
                                contractor, or any lobbyist paid by the 
                                contractor that was submitted to an 
                                officer or employee of the Department 
                                of Defense by the lobbyist;
                                    ``(II) each meeting that was a 
                                lobbying contact with an officer or 
                                employee of the Department of Defense, 
                                including the subject of the meeting, 
                                the date of the meeting, and the name 
                                and position of each individual who 
                                attended the meeting;
                                    ``(III) each phone call made to an 
                                officer or employee of the Department 
                                of Defense that was a lobbying contact, 
                                including the subject of the phone 
                                call, the date of the phone call, and 
                                the name and position of each 
                                individual who was on the phone call; 
                                and
                                    ``(IV) each electronic 
                                communication (including emails, text 
                                messages, and other forms of electronic 
                                communication) sent to an officer or 
                                employee of the Department of Defense 
                                that was a lobbying contact, including 
                                the subject of the electronic 
                                communication, the date of the 
                                electronic communication, and the name 
                                and position of each individual who 
                                received the electronic communication;
                            ``(iv) lists the name of each employee of 
                        the contractor who--
                                    ``(I) did not participate in a 
                                lobbying contact with an officer or 
                                employee of the Department of Defense; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) engaged in lobbying 
                                activities in support of a lobbying 
                                contact with an officer or employee of 
                                the Department of Defense; and
                            ``(v) describes the lobbying activities 
                        referred to in clause (iv)(II); and
                    ``(B) a copy of any document transmitted to an 
                officer or employee of the Department of Defense in the 
                course of the lobbying activities described in 
                subparagraph (A)(iv)(II).
    ``(c) Definitions.--In subsection (b)(3), the terms `client', 
`lobbying activities', `lobbying contact', and `lobbyist' have the 
meanings given the terms in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to contracts entered into on or after 
that date.

SEC. 103. BAN ON HIRING CONTRACTING OFFICIALS ENFORCEABLE ON CERTAIN 
              CONTRACTS.

    (a) Prohibition.--
            (1) In general.--Any contract for the procurement of goods 
        or services, other than a contract for the procurement of 
        commercial products or services, with a value of excess of 
        $10,000,000 shall include a contract clause prohibiting the 
        contractor from providing compensation to a former Department 
        of Defense official described in paragraph (2) within four 
        years after such former official leaves service in the 
        Department of Defense.
            (2) Covered department of defense official.--An official or 
        former official of the Department of Defense is covered by the 
        requirements of this section if such official or former 
        official is a former officer or employee of the Department of 
        Defense or a former or retired member of the Armed Forces who 
        served as a program manager, deputy program manager, procuring 
        contracting officer, administrative contracting officer, source 
        selection authority, member of the source selection evaluation 
        board, or chief of a financial or technical evaluation team or 
        directly managed someone in these roles for a contract with a 
        value in excess of $10,000,000, and such person--
                    (A) participated in the contract or license 
                selection;
                    (B) determined or signed off on the technical 
                requirements of the contract or license; or
                    (C) granted the contract or license.
    (b) Administrative Actions.--In the event that an official or 
former official of the Department of Defense described in subsection 
(a)(2), or a Department of Defense contractor, knowingly fails to 
comply with the requirements of this subsection, the Secretary of 
Defense may take any of the administrative actions set forth in section 
2105 of title 41, United States Code, that the Secretary of Defense 
determines to be appropriate.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commercial product.--The term ``commercial product'' 
        means any of the following:
                    (A) A product, other than real property, that--
                            (i) is customarily used by the general 
                        public or by nongovernmental entities for 
                        purposes other than governmental purposes; and
                            (ii) has been sold, leased, or licensed to 
                        the general public.
                    (B) A product that--
                            (i) evolved from a product described in 
                        subparagraph (A) through advances in technology 
                        or performance; and
                            (ii) is not yet available in the commercial 
                        marketplace but will be available in the 
                        commercial marketplace in time to satisfy the 
                        delivery requirements under a Federal 
                        Government solicitation.
                    (C) A product that would satisfy the criteria in 
                subparagraph (A) or (B) were it not for--
                            (i) modifications customarily available in 
                        the commercial marketplace; or
                            (ii) minor modifications made to meet 
                        Federal Government requirements.
                    (D) Any combination of products meeting the 
                requirements of subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) that are 
                customarily combined and sold in combination to the 
                general public.
                    (E) A product, or combination of products, referred 
                to in subparagraphs (A) through (D), even though the 
                product, or combination of products, is transferred 
                between or among separate divisions, subsidiaries, or 
                affiliates of a contractor.
                    (F) A nondevelopmental item if the procuring agency 
                determines, in accordance with conditions in the 
                Federal Acquisition Regulation, that--
                            (i) the product was developed exclusively 
                        at private expense; and
                            (ii) has been sold in substantial 
                        quantities, on a competitive basis, to multiple 
                        State and local governments or to multiple 
                        foreign governments.
            (2) Commercial service.--The term ``commercial service'' 
        means any of the following:
                    (A) Installation services, maintenance services, 
                repair services, training services, and other services 
                if--
                            (i) those services are procured for support 
                        of a commercial product, regardless of whether 
                        the services are provided by the same source or 
                        at the same time as the commercial product; and
                            (ii) the source of the services provides 
                        similar services contemporaneously to the 
                        general public under terms and conditions 
                        similar to those offered to the Federal 
                        Government.
                    (B) Services of a type sold competitively, in 
                substantial quantities, in the commercial marketplace--
                            (i) based on established catalog or market 
                        prices;
                            (ii) for specific tasks performed or 
                        specific outcomes to be achieved; and
                            (iii) under standard commercial terms and 
                        conditions.
                    (C) A service described in subparagraph (A) or (B), 
                even though the service is transferred between or among 
                separate divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of a 
                contractor.

SEC. 104. BAN ON HIRING SENIOR OFFICIALS BY GIANT DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.

    (a) Prohibition.--
            (1) In general.--Any Department of Defense contract for the 
        procurement of goods or services with a giant defense 
        contractor shall include a contract clause prohibiting the 
        contractor from hiring or paying (including as a consultant, 
        lobbyist, or lawyer) any covered Department of Defense official 
        within four years after such former official leaves service in 
        the Department of Defense.
            (2) Definitions.--In this section:
                    (A) Covered department of defense official.--The 
                term ``covered Department of Defense official'' means a 
                former officer or employee of the Department of Defense 
                or a former or retired member of the Armed Forces who 
                served--
                            (i) in an Executive Schedule position under 
                        subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United 
                        States Code;
                            (ii) in a position in the Senior Executive 
                        Service under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of 
                        title 5, United States Code;
                            (iii) in a position compensated at a rate 
                        of pay for grade O-6 or above under section 201 
                        of title 37, United States Code; or
                            (iv) in a supervisory position compensated 
                        at a rate of pay for grade GS-15 of the General 
                        Schedule under section 5107 of title 5, United 
                        States Code, or higher.
                    (B) Giant defense contractor.--The term ``giant 
                defense contractor'' means a contractor (other than an 
                institution of higher education) that received an 
                average of more than $1,000,000,000 in annual revenue 
                from the Department of Defense or the Department of 
                Energy for contracted work related to the United States 
                nuclear program in the previous three fiscal years.
    (b) Administrative Actions.--In the event that a covered Department 
of Defense official, or a Department of Defense contractor, knowingly 
fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the Secretary of 
Defense may take any of the administrative actions set forth in section 
2105 of title 41, United States Code, that the Secretary of Defense 
determines to be appropriate.
    (c) Annual Report.--The Inspector General of the Department of 
Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives an 
annual report listing the officials or former officials of the 
Department of Defense described in subsection (a)(2)(A), or any 
Department of Defense contractor, subject to any of the administrative 
actions from the Secretary of Defense under the requirements of 
subsection (b) during the prior calendar year.

SEC. 105. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES WITH 
              RESPECT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BY CERTAIN OFFICERS 
              OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOLLOWING SEPARATION FROM MILITARY 
              SERVICE OR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

    Section 1045 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1555) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Two-
                year Prohibition'' and inserting ``Four-year 
                Prohibition'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``during the two-
                year period'' and inserting ``during the four-year 
                period''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``grade O-9 or 
                higher'' and inserting ``grade O-6 or higher'';
            (2) by striking subsection (b);
            (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b); and
            (4) in subsection (b)(1)(A), as redesignated by paragraph 
        (3), by inserting ``, including activities in support of 
        lobbying contact with an officer or employee of the Department 
        of Defense'' before the period at the end.

SEC. 106. ENHANCEMENT OF RECUSAL FOR CONFLICTS OF PERSONAL INTEREST 
              REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICERS AND 
              EMPLOYEES.

    Section 1117 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 971 note prec.) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``particular matter'' and inserting 
                ``covered matter'';
                    (B) by striking ``where any of the following 
                organizations is a party or represents a party to the 
                matter:'' and inserting ``where any of the following 
                organizations or entities is a party or represents a 
                party to the matter, or where the officer or employee 
                knows, or reasonably should know, the matter is likely 
                to have a direct and predictable effect on the 
                financial interests of any of the following 
                organizations or entities:'';
                    (C) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2 years'' and 
                inserting ``4 years''; and
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(3) A former direct competitor or client of any 
        organization for which the officer or employee has served as an 
        employee, officer, director, trustee, or general partner in the 
        past 4 years.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c) Covered Matter Defined.--In this section, the term `covered 
matter'--
            ``(1) means any matter that involves deliberation, 
        decision, or action that is focused upon the interests of a 
        specific person or a discrete and identifiable class of 
        persons; and
            ``(2) includes policy making that is narrowly focused on 
        the interests of a discrete and identifiable class of 
        persons.''.

SEC. 107. PROHIBITION ON OWNERSHIP OR TRADING OF STOCKS IN CERTAIN 
              COMPANIES BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICERS AND 
              EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Prohibition on Ownership and Trading Publicly Traded Stocks.--
Section 988(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``if that company is one of the 10 entities awarded the most amount of 
contract funds by the Department of Defense in a fiscal year during the 
five preceding fiscal years'' and inserting ``if, during the preceding 
calendar year, the company received more than $100,000,000 in revenue 
from the Department of Defense, including through 1 or more contracts 
with the Department''.
    (b) Definition of Covered Official.--Section 988 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1) of this section, by striking ``means any'' and 
        all that follows through the period at the end of subparagraph 
        (B) and inserting ``means any official described in section 
        847(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
        Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 1701 note).''.
    (c) Penalty.--Section 988 of title 10, United States Code, as 
amended by subsection (b), is further amended by inserting after 
subsection (b) the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Penalties.--Whoever violates subsection (a) shall be subject 
to the penalties set forth in section 216 of title 18, United States 
Code.''.

                  TITLE II--LIMITING FOREIGN INFLUENCE

SEC. 201. BAN ON SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS ADVISING FOREIGN 
              GOVERNMENTS.

    Section 207(f) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) Permanent restriction.--Any person who has been 
        employed as a senior official in the White House, the 
        Department of State, the Department of Defense, or the 
        Department of the Treasury who performs compensated work for 
        the benefit of a foreign entity that stands to benefit from the 
        knowledge obtained by the person as a result of such United 
        States Government employment, shall be punished as provided in 
        section 216 of this title.''.

SEC. 202. BAN ON FORMER MILITARY AND CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS 
              FROM FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT.

    All military and civilian intelligence personnel employed by a 
military intelligence organization possessing a security clearance, 
upon separation from service or resignation, are prohibited from 
obtaining employment with a foreign government or a private company 
doing work predominantly on behalf of a foreign government. Any 
intelligence personnel who performs compensated work for the benefit of 
a foreign entity that stands to benefit from the knowledge obtained by 
the person as a result of such United States Government employment, 
shall be punished as provided in section 216 of title 18, United States 
Code.

                        TITLE III--TRANSPARENCY

SEC. 301. AFFIRMATIVE CONTRACTOR RECORD DISCLOSURES.

    The Secretary of Defense shall publish on a publicly available 
internet website the following information to the extent such 
information is unclassified and non-confidential:
            (1) In the case of a contract with the Department of 
        Defense for goods or services above the simplified acquisition 
        threshold specified in section 134 of title 41, United States 
        Code, copies of all contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, 
        delivery orders, task orders, lease agreements, and assignments 
        entered into with the Department of Defense during the previous 
        3 fiscal years.
            (2) In the case of a contract with the Department of 
        Defense for goods or services in excess of $10,000,000, all 
        records related to lack of performance, failure to meet 
        contract requirements, and any resulting corrective action 
        plans, cure notices, show cause notices, and non-conformance 
        reports.
            (3) The contractor report required under section 4705 of 
        title 10, United States Code, as added by section 102 of this 
        Act.

SEC. 302. PUBLICATION OF CONTRACTOR EVALUATION RATINGS.

    Section 2313(c) of title 41, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(9) Contractor evaluation ratings as provided for at 
        paragraph (b)(4) of section 1503 of part 42 of title 48, Code 
        of Federal Regulations, as of the date of enactment of this 
        paragraph.''.

SEC. 303. OWNERSHIP OF INFORMATION.

    Any entity of the Department of Defense that enters into a contract 
or agreement with, or provides funding to, a nongovernmental entity for 
the purposes of procuring goods or services shall--
            (1) for the purposes of paragraph (3), be deemed to have 
        control over all information of the entity related to--
                    (A) any costs or the expenditure of any funds 
                related to the contract or agreement; and
                    (B) any other information related to the 
                performance of the contract or agreement;
            (2) provide access to the information described in 
        paragraph (1), which shall be considered an ``agency record'', 
        to any person upon request made pursuant to paragraph (3); and
            (3) include compliance with this subsection as a material 
        term in any contract, agreement, or renewal of a contract or 
        agreement with any nongovernmental entity for the purposes of 
        procuring goods or services.

SEC. 304. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY LARGE CONTRACTORS.

    (a) Disclosure Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall require a 
        covered contractor, as a condition for entering into a contract 
        with the Department of Defense, to make publicly available on 
        an annual basis the following information (excluding 
        information determined to be classified by the Secretary):
                    (A) Audited financial statements.
                    (B) A listing of the salaries of employees 
                performing work on the contract that receive 
                compensation from the contractor in excess of $250,000 
                per year.
                    (C) A description of all Federal political 
                spending, including lobbying, by the contractor.
            (2) Suspension and debarment.--The Secretary of Defense may 
        suspend or debar any covered contractor that fails to comply 
        with the disclosure requirements under paragraph (1).
            (3) Covered contractor defined.--The term ``covered 
        contractor'' means a contractor (other than an institute of 
        higher education) that--
                    (A) received more than $10,000,000 in annual 
                revenue from Federal Government contracts or licenses 
                in any of the previous three fiscal years; or
                    (B) earned more than 20 percent of its total annual 
                revenue from Federal Government contracts or licenses 
                in any of the previous three fiscal years.

SEC. 305. AVAILABILITY ON THE INTERNET OF CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT 
              OFFICERS SERVING IN GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICER GRADES.

    (a) Availability Required.--The Secretary of each military 
department shall make available on a publicly available internet 
website of such department the information specified in subsection (b) 
related to each officer in a general or flag officer grade under the 
jurisdiction of such Secretary, including any such officer on the 
reserve active-status list.
    (b) Information.--The information on an officer referred to in 
subsection (a) is as follows:
            (1) The officer's name.
            (2) The officer's current billet.
            (3) A biographical summary of the officer.
            (4) Any financial disclosures made by the officer to or for 
        Department of Defense purposes.
            (5) Any substantiated reports of an Inspector General in 
        the Department of Defense involving conduct of the officer.
            (6) Summaries of any command climate survey conducted with 
        respect to a command of the officer.
    (c) Redaction.--Information made available pursuant to subsection 
(a) may be redacted in a manner that accords with the provisions of 
section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as 
the ``Privacy Act'').
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