YourVoice.Now Summary
Criminal Justice & Due ProcessCorporate BenefitsTransparency & AccountabilityFraud on a federal contract would bar a person, and their firm, from new federal money for three years.
Criminal Justice & Due Process
A guilty or no-contest plea would count. So would deals that end without a conviction, as long as the person admitted guilt — though a conviction later thrown out would not count.
The ban would start on the day of the conviction and run three years. It would cover about two dozen fraud crimes, but only when the crime grew out of a federal contract, grant, or loan.
Corporate Benefits
Any covered agency head could excuse a person or firm from the ban. The bill asks only that the head find the waiver justified, and never says what that means.
A conviction could cost the whole firm, not just the person. The ban would apply if that person owns a quarter of it or runs it — but not to plain employees, minor children, or lenders.
Transparency & Accountability
The Justice Department would have to report each covered conviction right away. The agency that runs the government's ban list would then add the person to it.
The notice would go out right after the decision, not in a yearly roundup. It would have to spell out why the agency head thought the waiver was justified.
More about this bill
Most people would see no change in daily life. The change hits people a federal court finds guilty of cheating the government out of money. About two dozen crimes are on the list. They include false claims, stolen identities, computer fraud, and money laundering. For three years after that, no federal agency could give the person a new contract, grant, or other federal aid. Deals already in place could not be renewed. The ban would reach across the executive branch, including the military. Businesses would be covered too. A firm could lose federal contracts if someone found guilty owns a quarter of it or runs it. An agency head could still lift the ban case by case. Each time, they would have to tell Congress in writing why. The Justice Department would report each conviction to the agency that runs the ban list for contractors. Only convictions that come after the law takes effect would count.
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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