H.R. 6658

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[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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