119-hr1036

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1036 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1036

 To provide for modifications to ending trafficking in government 
 contracting, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 5, 2025

 Mr. Valadao (for himself, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, and 
Mr. Magaziner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs

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 A BILL

 To provide for modifications to ending trafficking in government 
 contracting, 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 ``Ensuring Accountability and Dignity 
in Government Contracting Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO ENDING TRAFFICKING IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING.

    (a) Compliance Plan and Certification Requirement.--

Section 1703 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 
7104a) is amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (c) , by striking ``upon request'' and 
 inserting ``at the time each certification required under 
 subsection

    (a) is made and upon request''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
 ``

    (e) Incident Reporting.--If, after a grant, contract, or 
cooperative agreement is provided or entered into, the duly designated 
representative of the recipient determines that the recipient, 
subcontractor or subgrantee, or agent of the recipient or of a 
subcontractor or subgrantee has engaged in any of the activities 
described in 

section 106

    (g) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104

    (g) ) during the term of the grant, contract, or 
cooperative agreement, the representative shall promptly submit to the 
relevant contracting or grant officer a report that describes the 
circumstances relating to such activities and the remedial actions 
taken to address such activities.''.

    (b) Monitoring and Investigation of Trafficking in Persons.--

Section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2013 (22 U.S.C. 7104b) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a)

    (2) , by inserting after the first 
 sentence the following: ``In the event that a duly designated 
 representative of the recipient submits a report described in 
 

section 1703

    (e) , the Inspector General shall conduct an 
 investigation of the activities and remedial actions described 
 in the report.'';

    (2) in subsection

    (b) , by adding at the end the following: 
 ``If the rationale for not completing an investigation includes 
 that a recipient acknowledged the activity occurred and has, 
 according to the Inspector General, taken appropriate 
 corrective action to remediate it, the Inspector General shall 
 notify the head of the executive agency that awarded the 
 contract, grant, or cooperative agreement and the relevant 
 agency suspension and debarment official.''; and

    (3) in subsection
            (c) (1) --
        (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) --
            (i) by striking ``, as amended by 

section 1702,'' and inserting ``or failed to take 
 appropriate corrective action to address such 
 activities,''; and
            (ii) by inserting ``, suspend payments 
 under the grant, contract, or cooperative 
 agreement until the recipient has taken 
 appropriate remedial action,'' after 
 ``debarment official'';
        (B) by striking subparagraph
            (C) ; and
            (C) by redesignating subparagraphs
            (D) ,
        (E) , and
        (F) as subparagraphs
            (C) ,
            (D) , and
        (E) , respectively.

SEC. 3. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET REPORT.

 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit 
to Congress a report on the feasibility of--

    (1) amending 

section 1703 of the National Defense 
 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (22 U.S.C. 7104a), as 
 amended by 

section 2

    (a) of this Act, to require contracting 
 officials, including those at the Department of Homeland 
 Security, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, 
 and the United States Agency for International Development, to 
 assess compliance of contractor anti-trafficking plans for 
 product and service categories and geographic locations that 
 Federal agencies identify as higher risk for human trafficking;

    (2) streamlining agency reporting required by Federal 
 trafficking victims protection laws to promote efficiency while 
 meeting congressional information needs; and

    (3) requiring Federal agencies, such as the Department of 
 Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Department of 
 State, and the United States Agency for International 
 Development, to track and report whether contracting personnel 
 have taken anti-trafficking acquisition training explaining 
 their responsibilities to combat human trafficking.
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