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# Contractor Conflict-of Interest Bill Passes Congress
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/contractor-conflict-of-interest-bill-passes-congress/
- Published: 2022-12-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T18:10:01.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5153423

The House 12/14 passed S 3905 [Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2617/text?ref=fdaweb.com) that aims to curb government contractors from having conflicted relationships with agencies like FDA and private-sector companies, like pharmaceutical or device companies. The Senate passed the bill in the summer and it now heads to President Biden’s desk for signing. The bill was co-authored by U.S. Senators **Gary Peters** (D-MI), **Chuck Grassley** (R-IA), **Maggie Hassan** (D-NH), and **Joni Ernst** (R-IA)

The legislation, they say, was crafted to help prevent conflicts of interest, such as the one Congress had been investigating — FDA’s consulting contracts with McKinsey & Co. on regulatory actions involving opioids while the company was also advising opioid maker Purdue Pharma ([see earlier story](https://www.fdaweb.com/senators-want-info-on-fda-relationship-with-mckinsey-in-opioid-crisis/)).

The measure would require agencies to identify potential conflicts for specific contracts early in the process. “Federal contractors would be required to disclose other business relationships with entities that conflict with the specific work that an agency has hired them to do,” the lawmakers said in a [release](https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/majority-media/peters-grassley-hassan-and-ernst-bipartisan-legislation-to-prevent-conflicts-of-interest-in-federal-contracting-heads-to-president-to-be-signed-into-law?ref=fdaweb.com). “Private companies under contract with the U.S. government would also have to disclose new potential business that opposes ongoing services they are providing to the American people.”