People convicted of federal fraud cannot get federal money for three years.
H.R. 6916 — Federal Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act of 2026 · Filed by Keith Self (R-TX) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Dec 19, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill stops federal agencies from giving contracts and grants to people convicted of specific federal fraud crimes. The ban lasts three years after conviction. It also blocks companies where such people own 25% or more. Agencies can skip the ban if they write to Congress to explain why.
Who it affects
People convicted of federal fraud crimes and companies they own. Federal agencies that give out contracts and grants. Taxpayers whose money goes to these programs.
One thing to notice
Agencies can waive the ban by notifying Congress in writing, without getting Congress approval first. The ban covers only certain federal fraud crimes listed in the law, not state fraud convictions.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Dec 19, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Dec 19, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
- Mar 18, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Mar 18, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 2”
- Jun 8, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3923-3924)”
- Jun 8, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Gill (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $150,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 17 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Keith Self, who sponsored the bill, received $195,631 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Rsm Us Llp (formerly Known As Mcgladrey Llp) — $150,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- convicted — found guilty of a crime in court.
- federal fraud — lying or cheating to get money or benefits from the U.S. government.
- contracts — agreements where the government pays a person or company to do work.
- grants — money the government gives to people or groups for a specific purpose.
- waive — to skip or not enforce a rule in a specific case.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (5,875 characters) on Jul 10, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,938 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 19, 2026 · page rendered 2026-11-05.
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