[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5174 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5174

  To prohibit former Members of the House of Representatives and the 
    Senate who have been convicted of a felony from lobbying in the 
       legislative or executive branch of the Federal Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 1994

  Mr. Zimmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit former Members of the House of Representatives and the 
    Senate who have been convicted of a felony from lobbying in the 
       legislative or executive branch of the Federal Government.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LOBBYING PROHIBITION.

    Section 310 of the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act (2 U.S.C. 
269) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) No individual who is a former Member of the House of 
Representatives or the Senate and who has been convicted under Federal 
or State law of a felony may engage in any lobbying activity with any 
Member of the House of Representatives or the Senate or officer or 
employee in the executive or legislative branch of the Federal 
Government. Any individual who violates this subsection shall, upon 
conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties prescribed by 
subsection (b).
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