BASIC Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6658 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6658 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit covered Federal awards for certain special Government employees, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2025 Mr. Min (for himself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Carson, and Mr. Horsford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit covered Federal awards for certain special Government employees, 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 ``Ban on Self-Interested Contracting Act'' or the ``BASIC Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON COVERED FEDERAL AWARDS FOR SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. (a) Prohibition.--Chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 220 the following (and conforming the table of sections of such chapter accordingly): ``Sec. 221. Prohibition on covered Federal awards for special Government employees ``(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), any special Government employee who knowingly demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or accept, directly or indirectly, any covered Federal award offered or issued by their employing agency shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 216 of this