[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5337 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5337

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit members of Congress 
    from entering into any agreement with any foreign person or any 
commercial entity for the purpose of influencing or seeking a change in 
     a law or regulation of the United States that would ease any 
  restriction on a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2004

 Ms. Ros-Lehtinen introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
  the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit members of Congress 
    from entering into any agreement with any foreign person or any 
commercial entity for the purpose of influencing or seeking a change in 
     a law or regulation of the United States that would ease any 
  restriction on a state sponsor of terrorism, 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. AMENDMENT TO FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT.

    Section 1(c) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 611(c)), is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(iv), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) any Senator or Member of the House of Representatives 
        (as defined in section 205(j)(2) of title 18, United States 
        Code) who enters into any written agreement with any foreign 
        person to modify any law or regulation of the United States 
        that would result in easing any restriction imposed on any 
        country the government of which has been determined by the 
        Secretary of State, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export 
        Administration Act of 1979, section 620A of the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control 
        Act, or other provision of law, is a government that has 
        repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
        terrorism.''.

SEC. 2. TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2000.

    Section 908(a) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Certain agreements.--Any agreement or action on 
        behalf of a foreign person or a business concern which is 
        prohibited under section 205(j) of title 18, United States 
        Code, shall be deemed to be United States export assistance 
        prohibited under paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ETHICS VIOLATIONS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that any Senator or Member of the 
House of Representatives who violates section 205(j) of title 18, 
United States Code, should be sanctioned under the rules of the Senate 
or the House of Representatives, as the case may be.
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