[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1593 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1593

 To amend the Government in the Sunshine Act to require the disclosure 
                         of certain activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1993

 Mr. Conyers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Government Operations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Government in the Sunshine Act to require the disclosure 
                         of certain activities.

    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 ``Revolving Door Sunshine Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS.

    (a) Disclosure Requirement.--Section 552b of title 5, United States 
Code, commonly referred to as the ``Government in the Sunshine Act'', 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n)(1) Any person who is a senior member of the Federal 
Government shall, for 5 years after the termination of his or her 
service or employment as a senior member of the Federal Government, 
file with the Office of Management and Budget, in accordance with 
paragraph (2), a report containing the following information:
            ``(A) The name of any Member of Congress, and the name and 
        title of any congressional staff member or of any officer or 
        employee of any agency to whom he or she makes an oral or 
        written communication on behalf of anyone other than the United 
        States, during the reporting period described in paragraph (2), 
        regarding an official action of the Congress or that agency.
            ``(B) The name, address, and telephone number of any person 
        on whose behalf he or she makes a communication described in 
        subparagraph (A).
            ``(C) A description of the legislation, regulation, trade 
        negotiation, or other matter that a communication described in 
        subparagraph (A) concerns.
            ``(D) The name, address, and telephone number of any 
        foreign government, foreign political party, or foreign 
        business entity whom he or she represents, aids, or advises, 
        during the reporting period described in paragraph (2), 
        regarding any official action of the Congress or of an agency.
    ``(2) Each person who is required to file a report under paragraph 
(1) shall file such report with the Office of Management and Budget--
            ``(A) by July 30 of each year, containing information 
        relating to the period January 1 through June 30 of that year; 
        and
            ``(B) by January 31 of each year, containing information 
        relating to the period July 1 through December 31 of the 
        preceding year.
An individual shall file a report under paragraph (1) whether or not 
the individual made any communication described in paragraph (1)(A), or 
any representation, aid, or advice described in subparagraph (D), 
during the reporting period.
    ``(3) The Office of Management and Budget shall, within 30 days 
after receiving a report filed pursuant to paragraph (1), make such 
report available to the public for inspection and copying during normal 
business hours.
    ``(4) For purposes of this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `agency' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 552(f) of this title;
            ``(B) the term `congressional staff member' means an 
        elected officer of either House of Congress, an employee whose 
        pay is disbursed by the Director of Nonlegislative and 
        Financial Services of the House of Representatives, and an 
        employee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate;
            ``(C) the term `foreign business entity' means a 
        partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other 
        combination of persons either organized under the laws of or 
        having its principal place of business in a foreign country;
            ``(D) the term `foreign government' means the `government 
        of a foreign country', as defined in section 1(e) of the 
        Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
        611(e));
            ``(E) the term `foreign political party' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 1(f) of the Foreign Agents 
        Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611(f));
            ``(F) the term `Member of Congress' means a Senator or a 
        Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
        Congress;
            ``(G) the term `senior appointee' means any individual who 
        is appointed on or after January 20, 1993, by the President, 
        the Vice President, or the head of an agency to a full-time, 
        noncareer position in an agency and whose rate of basic pay is 
        not less than the rate of basic pay in effect for level V of 
        the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of this title;
            ``(H) the term `senior congressional staff member' means a 
        person who is a congressional staff member after January 4, 
        1993, and whose rate of basic pay is not less than the rate of 
        basic pay in effect for level V of the Executive Schedule under 
        section 5316 of this title;
            ``(I) the term `senior member of the Federal Government' 
        means a senior appointee, a Member of Congress serving after 
        January 4, 1993, or a senior congressional staff member; and
            ``(J) the term `written communication' includes any 
        communication, other than an oral communication, that is 
        transmitted by any means, including electronic device.''.
    (b) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--Section 552b(a)(1) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``, except as provided in subsection 
        (n),'' after `` `agency' ''; and
            (2) by striking ``section 552(e)'' and inserting ``section 
        552(f)''.

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