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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 10 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. VAN ORDEN:H.R. 351.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States[Page H235]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Ban Congressmen Lobbyists Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits Members of Congress from lobbying Congress or federal agencies at any point after leaving office. </p> <p>Currently, Senators are prohibited from lobbying Congress for two years after leaving office. Members of the House of Representatives are prohibited from lobbying Congress for one year after leaving office. </p>  <p>The bill applies to any person who is a Member of Congress during the 118th Congress or any succeeding Congress. </p>]]></text>
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