[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 130 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 130

 To prohibit authorized committees and leadership PACs from employing 
  the spouse or immediate family members of any candidate or Federal 
               office holder connected to the committee.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 25 (legislative day, January 5), 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit authorized committees and leadership PACs from employing 
  the spouse or immediate family members of any candidate or Federal 
               office holder connected to the committee.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON EMPLOYMENT OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF A CANDIDATE 
              OR FEDERAL OFFICE HOLDER BY CERTAIN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 324 
the following new section:

``SEC. 325. PROHIBITION ON EMPLOYMENT OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF A CANDIDATE 
              OR FEDERAL OFFICE HOLDER BY CERTAIN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

    ``(a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any authorized 
committee of a candidate or any other political committee established, 
maintained, or controlled by a candidate or a person who holds a 
Federal office to employ--
            ``(1) the spouse of such candidate or Federal office 
        holder; or
            ``(2) any immediate family member of such candidate or 
        Federal office holder.
    ``(b) Immediate Family Member.--For purposes of subsection (a), the 
term `immediate family member' means a son, daughter, stepson, 
stepdaughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother, father, stepmother, 
stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, sister, stepbrother, 
or stepsister of the Member.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. SPOUSE LOBBYING MEMBER.

    Section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) 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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