[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5124 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5124

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the length of the 
  post-employment ban on lobbying by certain former senior executive 
               branch personnel from one year to 2 years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2023

  Ms. Porter 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 increase the length of the 
  post-employment ban on lobbying by certain former senior executive 
               branch personnel from one year to 2 years.

    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 ``Restrict Conflicted Lobbying Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN LENGTH OF POST-EMPLOYMENT BAN ON LOBBYING BY 
              CERTAIN FORMER SENIOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH PERSONNEL.

    (a) Increase in Length of Ban.--Section 207(c) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``One-year'' and inserting 
        ``Two-year''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``within 1 year after the 
        termination'' and inserting ``within 2 years after the 
        termination''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to any individual who, on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, leaves a position to which subsection (c) of 
section 207 of title 18, United States Code, applies.
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