Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress makes the following findings: The Department of Defense and other agencies in the United States Government regularly award contracts to firms that are simultaneously providing consulting services to foreign governments and proxies or affiliates thereof. The provision of such consulting services to covered foreign entities may support efforts by certain foreign governments to generate economic and military power that they can then use to undermine the economic and national security of the American people.
It is a conflict of interest for consulting firms to simultaneously aid in the efforts of certain foreign governments to undermine the economic and national security of the United States while they are simultaneously contracting with Federal agencies responsible for protecting and defending the United States from foreign threats. Firms should be prevented from engaging in such a conflict of interest and should instead be required to choose between aiding the efforts of certain foreign governments or helping the United States Government to support and defend its citizens.