Sponsor
Cory Mills
Representative · R-FL
Representative · R-FL
The bill prioritizes reliable access to essential services for federal personnel and enforces non-discrimination in federal contracting, at the cost of narrower vendor pools, higher procurement and compliance burdens, and potential legal challenges from excluded providers.
Federal personnel on duty (e.g., law-enforcement and other federal employees) are less likely to be denied lodging, transportation, food, or other essential services while performing official duties, improving mission continuity and public safety.
Agencies can exclude vendors that adopt discriminatory refusal policies, promoting consistent access to services for federal operations and aligning procurement with non-discrimination principles.
A waiver for lack of nearby providers preserves agencies' ability to obtain necessary services in remote or underserved areas, preventing operational gaps where alternative vendors are unavailable.
Taxpayers and agencies may face higher procurement costs or reduced vendor choices if many local providers are barred, increasing expenses and potentially reducing value for money.
Religious or conscience-based providers and other businesses could be excluded from federal contracts, prompting legal challenges over religious freedom or conscience rights and creating litigation risk for the government.
Controlled-group or corporate-structure rules could disqualify businesses that are technically connected to disallowed providers, complicating compliance and raising administrative and legal burdens for small and multi-location businesses.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Bars federal agencies from contracting with entities that recently refused covered services to Federal law enforcement officers, with narrow waiver exceptions.
Official title: To prohibit the head of a Federal agency from entering into an agreement with an entity that discriminates against Federal law enforcement, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 12, 2026 by Cory Mills · Last progress February 12, 2026
Prohibits federal agencies from entering into contracts for certain services with companies that, within the prior year, refused to provide those services to a Federal law enforcement officer because of the officer’s official duties or that maintain a policy allowing such refusals. Agencies may waive the prohibition if no comparable provider exists within 50 miles for a necessary service or if a parent company of the refusing entity takes adequate remedial action. The rule treats related corporate entities under common control as a single entity for enforcement and covers lodging, transportation, food and beverage, healthcare, vehicle rental, property rental, and storage.