Amends the federal criminal code to replace the current two-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Senators and one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Members of the House of Representatives with any Member, officer, or employee of either chamber with an outright ban at any time on such contacts, subject to fines and/or imprisonment.
Specifies a one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former elected officers of the House with any House Member, officer, or employee.
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 929 Introduced in House (IH)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 929
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of
Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 12, 2015
Mr. Cicilline (for himself and Mr. Loebsack) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of
Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING CONTACTS BY FORMER MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS.
(a) In General.--Section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended as follows:
(1) Paragraph (1) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) Members of congress.--
``(A) In general.--Any person who is a Senator or a
Member of the House of Representatives and who, after
that person leaves office, knowingly makes any lobbying
contact to a covered executive branch official, or to
any Member, officer, or employee of either House of
Congress, shall be punished as provided in section 216
of this title.
``(B) Definitions.--In this paragraph, the terms
`lobbying contact' and `covered executive branch
official' have the meanings given those terms in
section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2
U.S.C. 1602).''.
(2) Paragraph (2) is amended--
(A) by striking ``(2) Any person'' and inserting
the following:
``(2) Officers and certain staff.--
``(A) Officers and staff of the senate.--Any
person''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Officers of the house of representatives.--
(i) Any person who is an elected officer of the House
of Representatives and who, within 1 year after that
person leaves office, knowingly makes, with the intent
to influence, any communication to or appearance before
any of the persons described in clause (ii), on behalf
of any other person (except the United States) in
connection with any matter on which such elected
officer seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee
of either House of Congress, in his or her official
capacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216
of this title.
``(ii) The persons referred to in clause (i) with
respect to appearances or communications by a former
elected officer are any Member, officer, or employee of
the House of Representatives.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to individuals who leave office or employment to which such
amendments apply on or after the date of adjournment of the first
session of the 114th Congress sine die or December 31, 2015, whichever
date is earlier.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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