# 119-hr-1036: Ensuring Accountability and Dignity in Government Contracting Act of 2025

119-hr-1036, Ensuring Accountability and Dignity in Government Contracting Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1036
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring Accountability and Dignity in Government Contracting Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Tighten anti-trafficking compliance in federal contracting.** This bill would make contractor certifications occur at the time other required certifications are made, add mandatory post-award incident reporting, and push Inspectors General and agencies to investigate and punish failures to remediate trafficking-related activity.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] (R-OH), 2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- OMB study on anti-trafficking oversight: benefit, low. If enacted, OMB would report to Congress within 18 months. The report would study requiring officials to check anti-trafficking plans in high-risk products, services, and locations. It would also study streamlining agency reporting. And it would study tracking anti-trafficking training for contract…
- Agencies could pause contractor payments: cost, low. If enacted, agencies could suspend or withhold payments under a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. This could happen when a recipient fails to take proper corrective action on trafficking-related activity. Payments could stay paused until the recipient takes appropriate remedial action. The…
- Stronger anti-trafficking reporting for federal contractors: cost, low. If enacted, federal contractors, grantees, and subrecipients would face tighter anti-trafficking reporting. They would need to provide a required certification at the same time as other filings, and still on request. A designated representative would have to promptly report any covered trafficking…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-1269: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-1036 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1036)

## Related
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1065)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-1269: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1269)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1036 (as of 2026-04-21).