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Title 41 — Public ContractsRelease 119-73

§6706 Three-year prohibition on new contracts in case of violation

Title 41 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Other Advertising and Contract Provisions › Chapter CHAPTER 67— - SERVICE CONTRACT LABOR STANDARDS › § 6706

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Stops federal agencies from giving new contracts to people or firms found to have broken this law for 3 years after their name is published. The Comptroller General must give each agency a list of those names. The ban also covers companies in which those people or firms have a major stake. The Secretary can allow an exception only for unusual reasons. If the Secretary does not allow an exception, they must send the name to the Comptroller General within 90 days after a hearing examiner finds a violation.

Full Legal Text

Title 41, §6706

Public Contracts — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Comptroller General shall distribute to each agency of the Federal Government a list containing the names of persons or firms that a Federal agency or the Secretary has found to have violated this chapter.
(b)Unless the Secretary recommends otherwise because of unusual circumstances, a Federal Government contract may not be awarded to a person or firm named on the list under subsection (a), or to an entity in which the person or firm has a substantial interest, until 3 years have elapsed from the date of publication of the list. If the Secretary does not recommend otherwise because of unusual circumstances, the Secretary shall, not later than 90 days after a hearing examiner has made a finding of a violation of this chapter, forward to the Comptroller General the name of the person or firm found to have violated this chapter.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6706(a)41:354(a) (1st sentence).Pub. L. 89–286, § 5(a) (1st sentence), Oct. 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 1035. 6706(b)41:354(a) (2d–last sentences).Pub. L. 89–286, § 5(a) (2d–last sentences), Oct. 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 1035; Pub. L. 92–473, § 4, Oct. 9, 1972, 86 Stat. 790. In subsection (b), the word “entity” is substituted for “firm, corporation, partnership, or association” to use a single broad term clarifying that the prohibition applies to any kind of organization in which the person or firm has a substantial interest. The words “containing the name of such persons or firms” are omitted as unnecessary. The word “person” is substituted for “individual” for consistency in the subsection.

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Citation

41 U.S.C. § 6706

Title 41 — Public Contracts

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73