S. 3905: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act

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S. 3905: Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-03-23 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Became Public Law No: 117-324.

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Official title

Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act

Plain summary

Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act This act addresses conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions. Specifically, the act directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide and update definitions related to specific types of organizational conflicts of interest; definitions, guidance, and illustrative examples related to relationships of contractors with public, private, domestic, and foreign entities that may cause contract support to be subject to potential organizational conflicts; and illustrative examples of situations related to the potential organizational conflicts identified. Further, the council must revise the FAR to provide executive agencies with solicitation provisions and contract clauses to avoid or mitigate organizational conflicts, for agency use as needed, that require contractors to disclose information relevant to potential organizational conflicts and limit future contracting with respect to potential conflicts with the work to be performed under awarded contracts; allow agencies to tailor such solicitation provisions and contract clauses as necessary to address risks associated with conflicts of interest and other considerations that may be unique to the agency; require agencies to establish or update agency conflict of interest procedures to implement the revisions to the FAR made under this act and periodically assess and update such procedures as needed to address agency-specific conflict issues; and update FAR procedures to permit contracting officers to take into consideration professional standards and procedures to prevent organizational conflicts of interest to which an offeror or contractor is subject.

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Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 3905, Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act (2022-07-29)

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Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Joni Ernst (R-IA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] reported raising $303,094 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

• House roll call 524 (2022): On Passage, S3905 (2022-12-14): Passed

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s3905.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s3905 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117