[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2031 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2031

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain former high 
 level Government officials from representing foreign interests for 10 
                     years, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 1995

Mr. English of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
Lipinski, Mr. Poshard, Mr. Klug, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Taylor of 
 Mississippi, and Mr. Ensign) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain former high 
 level Government officials from representing foreign interests for 10 
                     years, and for other purposes.
    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 ``Trade Independence Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. POSTEMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN OFFICIALS.

    Section 207(f) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``Any person'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph (2), any person''; 
        and
            (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) Special rules for certain officials.--
                    ``(A) Any person who serves in the position of 
                United States Trade Representative, a commissioner of 
                the International Trade Commission, or the Secretary of 
                Commerce, and who, within 10 years after the 
                termination of that person's service in that position--
                            ``(i) represents a foreign principal before 
                        any officer or employee of any department or 
                        agency of the United States with the intent to 
                        influence a decision of such officer or 
                        employee in carrying out his or her official 
                        duties, or
                            ``(ii) aids or advises a foreign principal 
                        with the intent to influence a decision of any 
                        officer or employee of any department or agency 
                        of the United States in carrying out his or her 
                        official duties,
                shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this 
                title.
                    ``(B) Any person who is subject to the restrictions 
                contained in subsection (c) or (d) as an officer or 
                employee of the International Trade Commission, of the 
                Office of the United States Trade Representative, or of 
                the International Trade Administration or the Bureau of 
                Export Administration of the Department of Commerce and 
                who, within 5 years after that person's service as such 
                officer or employee terminates--
                            ``(i) represents a foreign principal before 
                        any officer or employee of any department or 
                        agency of the United States with the intent to 
                        influence a decision of such officer or 
                        employee in carrying out his or her official 
                        duties, or
                            ``(ii) aids or advises a foreign principal 
                        with the intent to influence a decision of any 
                        officer or employee of any department or agency 
                        of the United States in carrying out his or her 
                        official duties,
                shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this 
                title.
            ``(3) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `foreign entity' means the 
                government of a foreign country as defined in section 
                1(e) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
                amended, or a foreign political party as defined in 
                section 1(f) of that Act; and
                    ``(B) the term `foreign principal' has the meaning 
                given that term in section 1(b) of the Foreign Agents 
                Registration Act of 1938, as amended.''.
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