[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2061 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2061
To prevent conflicts of interest relating to contractors providing
background investigation fieldwork services and investigative support
services.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2014
Mr. Tester (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. Begich) 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 prevent conflicts of interest relating to contractors providing
background investigation fieldwork services and investigative support
services.
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 ``Preventing Conflicts of Interest
with Contractors Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) the term ``agency'' means--
(A) an Executive agency (as defined in section 105
of title 5, United States Code);
(B) a military department (as defined in section
102 of title 5, United States Code);
(C) an element of the intelligence community (as
that term is defined in section 3 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003));
(D) the United States Postal Service; and
(E) the Postal Regulatory Commission;
(2) the term ``background investigation fieldwork
services'' means the investigatory fieldwork conducted to
determine the eligibility of an individual for a security
clearance or suitability for Federal employment, including--
(A) interviews of the individual or friends,
family, or other sources who might have relevant
knowledge of the individual; and
(B) reviews of--
(i) educational and employment records;
(ii) criminal and other legal records; and
(iii) credit history;
(3) the term ``background investigation support services''
means the clerical, administrative, and technical support
services provided to various functions critical to the
background investigation process, including--
(A) initial processing and scheduling of
investigative requests;
(B) information technology and information
technology support;
(C) file maintenance;
(D) imaging or copying of investigation documents;
and
(E) mail processing; and
(4) the term ``quality review process'' means performing
the final quality review of a background investigation, or
assisting or facilitating the quality review or another quality
assurance process, to ensure investigative, administrative, and
other required standards have been met before the completed
background investigation is delivered to the adjudicating
agency.
SEC. 3. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
After the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office
of Personnel Management may not award a contract to an entity under
which the entity will conduct quality review processes for background
investigation fieldwork services or background investigation support
services that, as of the date of the award of the contract, are being
conducted by that entity.
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