Deterring Attempts at Dirty Deals by Youngsters Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5836 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5836

To prohibit immediate family members of executive branch officials from 
using their family's influence to benefit in foreign business dealings, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2023

  Mr. Gallagher (for himself, Mr. Alford, and Mr. Green of Tennessee) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit immediate family members of executive branch officials from 
using their family's influence to benefit in foreign business dealings, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Deterring Attempts at Dirty Deals by 
Youngsters Act'' or the ``DADDY Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMIT ON FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT OF IMMEDIATELY FAMILY OF CERTAIN 
              OFFICIALS.

    (a) In General.--An immediate family member of a covered person may 
not be employed by a foreign company.
    (b) Penalty.--Any individual who willfully violates subsection (a) 
shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 
years, or both.
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on the date that is 
two weeks after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Covered foreign country.--The term ``covered foreign 
        country'' means any country other than--
                    (A) the United States;
                    (B) a country that is a member of--
                            (i) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 
                        or
                            (ii) the Five Eyes Alliance;
                    (C) Japan;
                    (D) the Republic of Korea; or
                    (E) Israel.
            (2) Covered person.--The term ``covered person'' means 
        the--
                    (A) President;
                    (B) Vice President;
                    (C) Secretary of State;
                    (D) Secretary of the Treasury;
                    (E) Secretary of Defense;
                    (F) Attorney General;
                    (G) Secretary of the Interior;
                    (H) Secretary of Agriculture;
                    (I) Secretary of Commerce;
                    (J) Secretary of Labor;
                    (K) Secretary of Health and Human Services;
                    (L) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
                    (M) Secretary of Transportation;
                    (N) Secretary of Energy;
                    (O) Secretary of Education;
                    (P) Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
                    (Q) Secretary of Homeland Security; and
                    (R) Director of National Intelligence.
            (3) Five eyes alliance.--The term ``Five Eyes Alliance'' 
        means the group consisting of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, 
        the United Kingdom, and the United States.
            (4) Foreign company.--The term ``foreign company'' means a 
        company that is organized under the laws of or has its 
        principal place of business in a covered foreign country.
            (5) Immediate family member.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``immediate family 
                member'' means a spouse, child, mother, father, 
                sibling, grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, 
                sister-in-law, and brother-in-law.
                    (B) Adopted and step-relatives.--For the purposes 
                of subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) the term ``child'' includes any 
                        stepchild, foster child, and adoptive child 
                        with whom the individual has a regular parent-
                        child relationship; and
                            (ii) the term ``sibling'' includes any 
                        step-sibling and adopted sibling.
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