No Government Contracts for Known Leakers Act of 2022

No Government Contracts for Known Leakers Act of 2022

This bill prohibits the U.S. government from knowingly contracting with persons who have previously disclosed nonpublic government information to unauthorized persons.

The bill sets penalties for violations.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3885 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3885

To prohibit contracts with persons who have disclosed non-public United 
         States Government information to unauthorized persons.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 21, 2022

 Mr. Hagerty (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Kennedy) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
             on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit contracts with persons who have disclosed non-public United 
         States Government information to unauthorized persons.

    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 ``No Government Contracts for Known 
Leakers Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS WHO HAVE DISCLOSED NON-
              PUBLIC UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT INFORMATION TO 
              UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS.

    (a) Prohibition.--No officer, employee, department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government shall knowingly enter a 
contract or other agreement for goods or services with--
            (1) a person who has previously disclosed non-public United 
        States Government information to an unauthorized person; or
            (2) an entity for whom a person who has previously 
        disclosed non-public United States Government information to an 
        unauthorized person serves as an employee or agent.
    (b) Penalty.--Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be fined 
not more than $50,000, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Entity.--The term ``entity'' means a group of 
        individuals, partnership, corporation, association, 
        cooperative, or other similar entity.
            (2) Person.--The term ``person'' means a natural person.
            (3) Unauthorized person.--The term ``unauthorized person'' 
        means any person or entity that is not authorized by law or 
        contract or otherwise authorized to receive the non-public 
        United States Government information at issue.
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