3.0.0 383 2023-01-11T13:34:29Z 2023-01-11T13:34:29Z House HR 2017-01-09 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)][Pages H235-H236]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. POSEY:H.R. 383.[[Page H236]]Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 5, Clause 2Article I, Section 8, Clause 18]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-06T22:27:28Z Referred to 2017-01-09T17:03:30Z 2017-02-06 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2017-01-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000599 Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] Bill Posey R FL 8 N Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional officers and employees Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Members of Congress Public participation and lobbying Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-01-09 Introduced in House 2017-06-02T14:49:41Z Stop the Revolving Door in Washington Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase to five years the post-employment lobbying ban on a former member of the U.S. Senate (currently, two years) or a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (currently, one year).

Additionally, the bill increases from one year to two years the post-employment lobbying restrictions on elected officers and certain senior employees of the Senate and House and on other senior legislative branch employees.

]]> Stop the Revolving Door in Washington Act Display Title Stop the Revolving Door in Washington Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 18, United States Code, to extend the post-employment restrictions on lobbying by Members of Congress and officers and employees of the legislative branch. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Stop the Revolving Door in Washington Act Introduced in House 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr383ih/xml/BILLS-115hr383ih.xml 2017-02-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.