[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5945-S5946]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6432. Mr. SASSE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

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     SEC. 10__. POST-EMPLOYMENT LIMITATIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL 
                   APPOINTEES WITH RESPECT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF 
                   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE CHINESE 
                   COMMUNIST PARTY, AND CHINESE MILITARY 
                   COMPANIES.

       Section 207 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(m) Restrictions on Presidential Appointees With Respect 
     to the Government of the People's Republic of China, the 
     Chinese Communist Party, and Chinese Military Companies.--
       ``(1) In general.--In addition to the other restrictions 
     set forth in this section, any person who serves in a 
     position pursuant to an appointment made by the President and 
     who knowingly, at any time after the termination of his or 
     her service in the position--
       ``(A) represents an entity described in paragraph (2) 
     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
       ``(B) aids or advises an entity described in paragraph (2) 
     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.
       ``(2) Entities.--An entity described in this paragraph is 
     any of the following:
       ``(A) The Government of the People's Republic of China.
       ``(B) The Chinese Communist Party.
       ``(C) Any entity identified under section 1260H of the 
     William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note).
       ``(D) An entity based in the People's Republic of China 
     that is included on the entity list maintained by the Bureau 
     of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and 
     set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code 
     of Federal Regulations.''.
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