3.0.0 546 2023-01-11T13:47:50Z 2023-01-11T13:47:50Z Senate S 2021-03-02 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-02T22:02:36Z BLAST Act 117 1412 HR 2021-04-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS HUMBLE Act 117 459 HR 2021-03-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS Roadmap to Congressional Reform Act 117 470 HR 2021-03-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS Closing the Congressional Revolving Door Act 117 7782 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2021-03-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-03-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN N S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2021-03-02 True Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional officers and employees Members of Congress Public participation and lobbying Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2021-03-02 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-14T11:03:42Z Banning Lobbying and Safeguarding Trust Act or the BLAST Act

This bill revises the post-employment lobbying ban on former Members and elected officers of Congress.

Specifically, it imposes a permanent ban on lobbying contacts by a former Senator (currently, a two-year ban), a former Member of the House of Representatives (currently, a one-year ban), or a former elected officer of the House or Senate (currently, a one-year ban).

]]> BLAST Act Display Title BLAST Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members and elected officers of Congress from lobbying Congress at any time after leaving office. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced BLAST Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Banning Lobbying And Safeguarding Trust Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s546is/xml/BILLS-117s546is.xml 2021-03-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.