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Oversight committee backs measure to bar certain fraud convicts from federal awards

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability · March 18, 2026

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Summary

The committee reported HR 6916, the Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act, which would require agencies to exclude individuals convicted of certain federal fraud-related felonies from receiving federal contracts or grants and to add them to the SAM exclusions list; the committee ordered the bill favorably reported by a 38–2 vote.

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability voted to report HR 6916, the Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act, after agreeing to a substitute and recording a committee vote of 38 ayes and 2 nays.

Chair (Chair) said the bill closes a loophole by prohibiting individuals convicted of certain felonies tied to agency contracts, grants or other assistance from receiving federal awards and would require those individuals be listed on the System for Award Management (SAM) exclusion list.

Ranking Member (Ranking Member) and other members described it as a bipartisan, common-sense measure to protect taxpayer dollars. Representative Bridial (Miss Bridal), who helped develop related legislation, said inspectors general face backlogs and that automatic ineligibility for some convicted fraudsters would ‘‘give back’’ investigative hours to IGs; she said the bill would deem convicted individuals ineligible for at least three years.

The committee agreed to the amendment in the nature of a substitute and later recorded the committee’s favorable report (38–2). The bill is now reported to the House.