[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7969 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7969

   To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that the period 
 during which a former Member of Congress is prohibited from lobbying 
 shall begin upon the expiration of the term for which the Member was 
                                elected.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 11, 2024

  Ms. Tenney 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 provide that the period 
 during which a former Member of Congress is prohibited from lobbying 
 shall begin upon the expiration of the term for which the Member was 
                                elected.

    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 ``Don't Quit to Lobby Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMENCEMENT OF PERIOD DURING WHICH FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
              ARE PROHIBITED FROM LOBBYING.

    (a) Commencement Upon Expiration of Term.--
            (1) Senators.--Section 207(e)(1)(A) of title 18, United 
        States Code, is amended by striking ``within 2 years after that 
        person leaves office'' and inserting ``within 2 years after the 
        expiration of the term for which the person was elected or 
        appointed''.
            (2) Members of the house.--Section 207(e)(1)(B) of such 
        title is amended by striking ``within 1 year after that person 
        leaves office'' and inserting ``within 1 year after that person 
        leaves office or, in the case of a Member, within 1 year after 
        the expiration of the term for which the Member was elected''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to an individual who leaves the office of Senator or 
Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
Congress on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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