Contracting America First Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7604 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7604 To prohibit certain Federal contracts with internationally owned software companies, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 20, 2026 Ms. Boebert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit certain Federal contracts with internationally owned software companies, 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 ``Contracting America First Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN FEDERAL CONTRACTS. (a) Prohibition.--The head of an agency may not enter into, renew, or extend a contract for a covered software system with an internationally owned software company. (b) Certification Requirements.--The head of an agency shall require any contract related to a covered software system to require an offeror to such contract to certify, under penalty of perjury, that the offeror is not an internationally owned software company. (c) Waiver Authority.--The head of an agency may waive the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) on a case-by-case basis if the head of the agency determines that the waiver is necessary in the interest of national security and submits a written justification for the waiver to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 30 days after granting the waiver. (d) Contract Termination.--Upon determination by the head of an agency that a contractor has violated subsection (a) or knowingly provided a false certification under subsection (b), the head of the agency may terminate the contract for default or for con