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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 6658 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6658
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit covered Federal
awards for certain special Government employees, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 11, 2025
Mr. Min (for himself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Garcia of California,
Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Carson, and Mr. Horsford)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on
the Judiciary, 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 amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit covered Federal
awards for certain special Government employees, 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.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ban on Self-Interested Contracting
Act'' or the ``BASIC Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON COVERED FEDERAL AWARDS FOR SPECIAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES.
(a) Prohibition.--Chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 220 the following (and conforming
the table of sections of such chapter accordingly):
``Sec. 221. Prohibition on covered Federal awards for special
Government employees
``(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), any special Government
employee who knowingly demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to
receive or accept, directly or indirectly, any covered Federal award
offered or issued by their employing agency shall be subject to the
penalties set forth in section 216 of this title.
``(b) For purposes of subsection (a), a special Government employee
indirectly demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or
accept a covered Federal award if--
``(1) such award is given, with the employee's knowledge
and acquiescence to the employee's parent, sibling, spouse,
child, dependent relative, or a member of the employee's
household because of that person's relationship to the employee
or the employee's spouse, minor child, or general partner; or
``(2) such award is given to any organization with whom the
employee is an officer, director, trustee, general partner, or
employee, or is negotiating for, or otherwise has an
arrangement for employment, if--
``(A) the employee will aid or assist the
organization in seeking, negotiating, or performing any
part of the work under the covered Federal award; or
``(B) the employee will receive any compensation
traceable to the covered Federal award.
``(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a special Government
employee who--
``(1) only serves as a member of an advisory committee;
``(2) has duties comparable to the duties of an individual
in a position at GS-10 of the General Schedule or lower; or
``(3) has a position designated exclusively for students.
``(d) In this section:
``(1) The term `advisory committee' has the meaning given
that term in section 1001 of title 5.
``(2) The term `covered Federal award' means a contract,
grant, cooperative agreement, or other contract-like
instrument, including an agreement entered into pursuant to
other transaction authority, that awards to the recipient on an
annual basis an amount that is more than $1,000,000.''.
(b) Revisions Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, part 3 of the Federal Acquisition
Regulation and part 200, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be revised
to prohibit any officer or employee of an executive branch agency or
department from awarding a covered Federal award if to do so would
violate section 2(a) of this Act in accordance with this section.
(c) Guidance.--The Office of Government Ethics shall issue
regulatory guidance on this section and the amendment made by this
section.
SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO SPECIAL
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
(a) Position Data.--Section 3330f(a)(5) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
(2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B)
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) includes any special Government employee (as
that term is defined in section 202(a) of title 18),
but not including any such employee who--
``(i) only serves as a member of an
advisory committee;
``(ii) has duties comparable to the duties
of an individual in a position at GS-10 of the
General Schedule or lower; or
``(iii) has a position designated
exclusively for students.''.
(b) Financial Disclosure Reports.--Notwithstanding chapter 131 of
title 5, United States Code, including section 13109, each Executive
agency shall make publicly available any financial disclosure report
filed by a special Government employee with the Executive agency after
the date of the enactment of this Act, using the procedures established
under section 13107 of such title, except that this subsection shall
not apply to any financial disclosure report that is filed by--
(1) an individual described in paragraph (1) or (2) of
section 13107(a) of such title; or
(2) a special Government employee described in subsection
(c) of section 221 of title 18, United States Code (as added by
section 2(a) of this Act).
SEC. 4. DATABASE OF SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
Section 1103 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(d)(1) In this subsection, the term `covered individual'--
``(A) means an individual who is a special
Government employee who is not serving on an advisory
committee; and
``(B) does not include an individual described in
paragraph (1) or (2) of section 13107(a).
``(2) The Director, in coordination with the Office of Government
Ethics, shall maintain to the extent technically practicable, keep
current, and make available to the public over the internet, without a
fee or other access charge, in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable
manner, an electronic database that contains the name of each covered
individual, a rolling tally of the number of days the person has served
as a special Government employee, and a description of why the
individual was designated as a special Government employee rather than
a regular employee.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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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