Sec. 302. Suspension, termination, or debarment of contractors for repeated violations of employment or reemployment rights of members of uniformed services

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Subchapter III of chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Payment under a contract awarded by a Federal executive agency may be suspended and the contract may be terminated, and the contractor who made the contract with the agency may be suspended or debarred in accordance with the requirements of this section, if the head of the agency determines that the contractor as an employer has repeatedly been convicted of failing or refusing to comply with one or more provisions of this chapter.

A contractor debarred by a final decision under this section is ineligible for award of a contract by a Federal executive agency, and for participation in a future procurement by a Federal executive agency, for a period specified in the decision, not to exceed 5 years. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 43 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4327 the following new item: 4328. Suspension, termination, or debarment of contractor. .

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to carry out section 4328 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). Section 4328 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to failures and refusals to comply with provisions of chapter 43 of such title occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Section 4332(a) of such title is amended— by redesignating paragraph

(10)as paragraph (11); and by inserting after paragraph

(9)the following new paragraph (10): The number of suspensions, terminations, and debarments under section 4328 of this title, disaggregated by the agency or department imposing the suspension or debarment. .