Amendment prevents the award of contracts of money allocated under the bill to offerors or principals of offerors who, within the 3-year period preceding the offer, have been convicted or had a civil judgement rendered against them for such action as fraud, theft, bribery, making false statements and tax evasion.

1. Inserts new text at the end of the bill

   Inserts

   Inserted: SEC.___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any of its principals:

   Inserted: (A) within a three-year period preceding this offer has been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against it for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; or

   Inserted: (B) are presently indicated for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of any of the offenses enumerated above in subsection (A); or

   Inserted: (C) within a three-year period preceding this officer, has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains unsatisfied.

   Original wording

   At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following new section:

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