Summary

Prohibits federal agencies from contracting for certain services with businesses that, in the prior year, refused to provide specified services to federal law enforcement officers because of the officer’s official duties or had a policy allowing such refusals. Covered services include lodging, transportation, food and beverage, healthcare, vehicle and property rental, and storage. Agency heads can issue narrow waivers if no comparable provider exists within 50 miles or if a parent company takes adequate remedial action. Entities in the same controlled group are treated as one for enforcement.

• Federal agencies may not contract with entities that refused covered services to federal law enforcement officers within the prior year or that maintain policies allowing such refusals.
• Covered services include lodging, transportation, food/beverage, healthcare, vehicle rental, property rental, and storage.
• Agencies can waive the prohibition if no comparable provider exists within 50 miles or if a parent company takes sufficient remedial action.
• Entities under common control are treated as one entity for determining ineligibility.
• Applies to federal contracts and requires a one-year lookback to identify refusals or permissive policies.
• Creates a new vendor-screening requirement for contracting officers and potential compliance exposure for service providers.
• Allows a remedial path for parent companies to cure ineligibility for their subsidiaries.
• Includes a geographic exception intended to avoid service gaps in remote or unique market areas.
• Focuses narrowly on interactions between vendors and federal law enforcement officers, not broader discrimination categories.