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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 196 (Friday, December 1, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BLUM:H.R. 4511.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 5, Clause 2;Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H9598]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>No Golden Parachutes for Public Service Act</b></p> <p>This bill 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, including former elected House officers, 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.</p>]]></text>
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