ETHICAL Procurement Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6689 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6689 To prohibit the Secretary of Defense from awarding contracts to entities of which certain current Government employees are officers or owners, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2025 Mr. Horsford (for himself and Mr. Cisneros) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Defense from awarding contracts to entities of which certain current Government employees are officers or owners, 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 Transparency, Honesty, and Integrity for Contracting, Acquisition, and Lifecycle Procurement Act'' or the ``ETHICAL Procurement Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR DEFENSE CONTRACTS…