HILTON Act

The head of a Federal agency may not enter into an agreement for a covered service if such covered service is provided by an entity that, during the preceding 1-year period—

(1) refused a Federal law enforcement officer a covered service and stated that such refusal was due to an official duty of such officer; or

(2) had in place a policy that expressly permitted refusal of a covered service to a Federal law enforcement officer due to an official duty of such officer.

Notwithstanding subsection (a), the head of a Federal agency may waive the application of such subsection to an entity if, in the determination of such head—

(1) with respect to a necessary covered service, there is no other entity available to provide a comparable service within a 50-mile radius; or

(2) such entity is a parent company of an entity that refused covered services under subsection (a), and such parent company takes sufficient remedial action against such entity.

All entities which are members of the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of section 52(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and all entities under common control (within the meaning of section 52(b) of such Code) shall be treated as 1 entity for purposes of this section.

In this section:

The term covered service means each of the following services:

(A) Lodging.

(B) Transportation.

(C) Food and beverage.

(D) Healthcare.

(E) Vehicle rental.

(F) Property rental.

(G) Storage.

The term Federal agency has the meaning given the term executive agency in section 133 of the title 41, United States Code.