---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 U.S.C. § 6706"
title: "41"
title_heading: "Public Contracts"
number: "6706"
heading: "Three-year prohibition on new contracts in case of violation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/41/6706"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Other Advertising and Contract Provisions"
  - "Chapter 67 — Service Contract Labor Standards"
---

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

- (a) **Distribution of List.—** The Comptroller General shall distribute to each agency of the Federal Government a list containing the names of [persons](/usc/41/6501.md?p=2) or firms that a Federal agency or the [Secretary](/usc/41/6501.md?p=3) has found to have violated this chapter.
- (b) **Three-Year Prohibition.—** Unless the [Secretary](/usc/41/6501.md?p=3) recommends otherwise because of unusual circumstances, a Federal Government contract may not be awarded to a [person](/usc/41/6501.md?p=2) or firm named on the list under [subsection (a)](#a), or to an entity in which the [person](/usc/41/6501.md?p=2) or firm has a substantial interest, until 3 years have elapsed from the date of publication of the list. If the [Secretary](/usc/41/6501.md?p=3) does not recommend otherwise because of unusual circumstances, the [Secretary](/usc/41/6501.md?p=3) 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](/usc/41/6501.md?p=2) or firm found to have violated this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3814.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (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.