1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Combating Obstructive National Security Underreporting of Legitimate Threats Act of 2023 or the CONSULT Act of 2023 . 2. Organizational conflict of interests relating to national security and foreign policy (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The reliance by the Department of Defense on consultants for mission support services can create potential organizational conflicts of interest related to national security matters due to competing interests as a result of business relationships with foreign adversarial nations and entities. (2) It is imperative for consultants providing mission support services to the Department of Defense related to national security matters and foreign policy interests to not be providing mission support services to foreign adversaries regarding efforts counter to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States. (3) Protecting against organizational conflicts of interest related to foreign adversarial nations and entities providing Federal mission support services is essential to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States. (b) Prohibition related to certain contracts or grants (1) In general The Secretary may not after the date of the enactment of this Act enter into, renew, or extend a contract with, or award a grant to, a covered consultancy. (2) Disclosure Any individual or entity that submits an offer or bid for a contract to provide consulting services to the Department of Defense shall disclose in such offer or bid any information relevant to the individual or entity with respect to the prohibition under paragraph (1), including— (A) whether the individual or entity has entered into a contract with, or received grants or other financial awards from, a covered entity in the five years prior to submitting the offer or bid