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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 53
To amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit the Federal Government
from entering into contracts with an entity that discriminates against
firearm or ammunition industries, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY9, 2023
Mr. B
ERGMAN(for himself, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. DAVIDSON,
Mr. C
RENSHAW, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. BISHOPof North Carolina, Mr.
N
EWHOUSE, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. LATURNER, Mr.
F
INSTAD, Mr. BUCK, Mr. PERRY, Mr. JOYCEof Pennsylvania, Mr. WITT-
MAN, Mr. VANDREW, Mr. PFLUGER, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr.
C
RAWFORD, Mr. GRAVESof Louisiana, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr.
J
ACKSONof Texas, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr.
F
EENSTRA, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. CARTERof Georgia, Mr. OWENS, Mr.
H
UIZENGA, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. GUEST, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. BOST, Mr. MOON-
EY, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. AUSTINSCOTTof Georgia, Mr. CLYDE,
Mr. K
ELLYof Pennsylvania, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. BABIN, Mr. FLEISCHMANN,
Mrs. B
ICE, Mr. KELLYof Mississippi, Mr. DUNNof Florida, Mr.
F
ALLON, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. ISSA, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mrs.
M
ILLERof West Virginia, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. GOODENof Texas, Mrs.
M
CCLAIN, Mr. MOOREof Utah, Mr. LATTA, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, and
Mr. C
OMER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Accountability
A BILL
To amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit the Fed-
eral Government from entering into contracts with an
entity that discriminates against firearm or ammunition
industries, and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Firearm Industry Non- 4
Discrimination Act’’ or the ‘‘FIND Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS 6
WITH ENTITIES DISCRIMINATING AGAINST 7
FIREARM OR AMMUNITION INDUSTRIES. 8
(a) P
ROHIBITION.—Chapter 47 of title 41, United 9
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-10
lowing: 11
‘‘§ 4715. Prohibition on entering into contracts with 12
entities discriminating against firearm or 13
ammunition industries. 14
‘‘(a) P
ROHIBITION.— 15
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—The head of an executive 16
agency shall include in each contract for the pro-17
curement of goods or services awarded by the execu-18
tive agency, a clause requiring the prime contractor 19
to certify that the contractor— 20
‘‘(A) has no policy, practice, guidance, or 21
directive that discriminates against a firearm 22
entity or firearm trade association; and 23
‘‘(B) will not adopt a policy, practice, guid-24
ance, or directive that discriminates against a 25
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firearm entity or firearm trade association dur-1
ing the term of the contract. 2
‘‘(2) S
UBCONTRACTS.—The head of an execu-3
tive agency shall include in each contract for the 4
procurement of goods or services awarded by the ex-5
ecutive agency, a clause that prohibits the prime 6
contractor on such contract from— 7
‘‘(A) awarding a first-tier subcontract with 8
a value greater than 10 percent of the total 9
value of the prime contract to an entity that 10
fails to certify in writing to the prime con-11
tractor that the entity— 12
‘‘(i) has no policy, practice, guidance, 13
or directive that discriminates against a 14
firearm entity or firearm trade association; 15
and 16
‘‘(ii) will not adopt a policy, practice, 17
guidance, or directive that discriminates 18
against a firearm entity or firearm trade 19
association during the term of the con-20
tract; and 21
‘‘(B) structuring subcontract tiers in a 22
manner designed to avoid violating subpara-23
graph (A) by enabling a subcontractor to per-24
form more than 10 percent of the total value of 25
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the prime contract as a lower-tier subcon-1
tractor. 2
‘‘(3) P
ENALTIES.—The clause included in con-3
tracts pursuant to paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) 4
shall provide that, in the event that the prime con-5
tractor violates the clause— 6
‘‘(A) the prime contract shall be termi-7
nated for default; and 8
‘‘(B) a suspension or debarment pro-9
ceeding will be initiated for the contractor on 10
the basis of the violation. 11
‘‘(b) E
XCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 12
a contract for the procurement of goods or services that 13
is a sole-source contract. 14
‘‘(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 15
‘‘(1) D
ISCRIMINATE.—The term ‘discriminate’ 16
means to— 17
‘‘(A) make a judgement about a policy, 18
practice, guidance, or directive on the basis 19
of— 20
‘‘(i) partial criteria or a category- 21
based assessment analysis, rather than— 22
‘‘(I) on a case-by-case basis; or 23
‘‘(II) using empirical data evalu-24
ated under quantifiable standards; or 25
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‘‘(ii) criteria other than criteria free 1
from— 2
‘‘(I) favoritism or prejudice 3
against or dislike for the firearm enti-4
ty or trade association or the products 5
or services sold by the firearm entity 6
or trade association; or 7
‘‘(II) favoritism for market alter-8
natives to the business of the firearm 9
entity or the trade association; 10
‘‘(B) refuse to provide services, or deny, 11
cancel, or limit services, to the firearm entity or 12
trade association on the basis of criteria other 13
than— 14
‘‘(i) criteria free from— 15
‘‘(I) favoritism or prejudice 16
against or dislike for the firearm enti-17
ty or trade association or the products 18
or services sold by the firearm entity 19
or trade association; or 20
‘‘(II) favoritism for market alter-21
natives to the business of the firearm 22
entity or the trade association; 23
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‘‘(ii) criteria related to credit history 1
and financial risk specific to a customer or 2
potential customer; or 3
‘‘(iii) criteria related to noncompliance 4
with Federal, State, or local law; or 5
‘‘(C) limit the operations of the firearm en-6
tity or trade association in manner not required 7
by— 8
‘‘(i) Federal, State, or local law; or 9
‘‘(ii) Federal, State, or local regula-10
tion. 11
‘‘(2) F
IREARM ENTITY.—The term ‘firearm en-12
tity’ means any— 13
‘‘(A) person who is licensed under section 14
923 of title 18 to import, manufacture, or deal 15
in firearms; 16
‘‘(B) seller of ammunition, as defined in 17
section 7903 of title 15; 18
‘‘(C) manufacturer or importer of, or deal-19
er in, a secure gun storage or safety device, as 20
defined in section 921(a) of title 18; and 21
‘‘(D) manufacturer or importer of, or deal-22
er in, a component part or accessory of a fire-23
arm or ammunition. 24
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‘‘(3) FIREARM TRADE ASSOCIATION .—The term 1
‘firearm trade association’ has the meaning in sec-2
tion 7903 of title 15. 3
‘‘(4) F
IRST-TIER SUBCONTRACT .—The term 4
‘first-tier subcontract’ means a subcontract entered 5
into by a subcontractor with the prime contractor 6
for the purposes of carrying out the prime contract. 7
‘‘(5) L
OWER-TIER SUBCONTRACTOR .—The term 8
‘lower-tier subcontractor’ means any person entering 9
into a contract with a subcontractor of a prime con-10
tractor for the purposes of carrying out the prime 11
contract. 12
‘‘(6) P
RIME CONTRACT; PRIME CONTRACTOR .— 13
The terms ‘prime contract’ and ‘prime contractor’ 14
have the meaning given those terms in section 8701 15
of title 41.’’. 16
(b) A
PPLICATION.—Section 4715 of title 41, United 17
States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with 18
respect to contracts awarded on or after the date of the 19
enactment of this Act. 20
(c) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 21
for chapter 47 of title 41, United States Code, is amended 22
by adding at the end the following: 23
‘‘4715. Prohibition on entering into contracts with entities discriminating
against firearm or ammunition industries.’’.
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