[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 105 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 105

To prohibit the spouse of a Member of Congress previously employed as a 
     lobbyist from lobbying the Member after the Member is elected.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 2007

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the spouse of a Member of Congress previously employed as a 
     lobbyist from lobbying the Member after the Member is elected.

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

SECTION 1. SPOUSE LOBBYING MEMBER.

    Section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Spouses.--Any person who is the spouse of a Member of 
        Congress and who was not serving as a registered lobbyist at 
        least 1 year prior to the election of that Member of Congress 
        to office and who, after the election of such Member, knowingly 
        lobbies on behalf of a client for compensation any Member of 
        Congress or is associated with any such lobbying activity by an 
        employer of that spouse shall be punished as provided in 
        section 216 of this title.''.
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