YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityBars people convicted of fraud crimes from federal contracts and grants for three years, extending the ban to companies they control.
Transparency & Accountability
- Congressional notification requirement — Agency heads must report in writing to Congress any waiver of the fraud-conviction contractor bar
- SAM Exclusions list update mandate — GSA required to promptly add covered felony convictions to the contractor exclusion database after AG notification
The details
People convicted of specific federal fraud crimes — including false claims on government contracts, identity theft, computer fraud, and money laundering — would be barred from receiving new federal contracts, grants, or other financial assistance for three years following their conviction. The ban extends to companies where a convicted person owns 25 percent or more of the business or exercises substantial control over it. Agency heads can waive the prohibition in individual cases, but must immediately notify Congress in writing with a full justification for the waiver. The Attorney General must report covered convictions to the General Services Administration, which is then required to promptly add those individuals to the government's official contractor exclusion database.
Congressional Summary
Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act of 2025This bill prohibits federal agencies, including the military, from awarding contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other types of financial assistance for three years to individuals who are convicted of specified fraud-related felonies related to the use of federal financial assistance.Specifically, the bill requires individuals who are convicted of specified felonies arising out of agency contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, loans, or other financial assistance to be included on the exclusion list for the government’s e-procurement and data and award management system (i.e., the System for Award Management). Federal agencies, including the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, may not award any form of financial assistance to these individuals for three years. The prohibition generally applies to fraud-related felonies, such as aggravated identity theft, mail or computer fraud, and embezzlement of funds. The Department of Justice (DOJ) must notify the General Services Administration (GSA) in a timely manner when individuals are convicted of such felonies so that GSA may add these individuals to the exclusion list.Agencies may exempt individuals from the prohibition but must notify Congress of any such exemptions.DOJ must issue guidance on the bill's implementation.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-12-19
- Date Added
- 2026-06-05
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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