[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3582 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3582

 To amend section 207 of title 18 to prohibit former employees of the 
   State Department and the Department of Defense from lobbying the 
Federal Government on matters of foreign military sales, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2025

Mr. Davidson (for himself, Ms. Jacobs, and Ms. Jayapal) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 207 of title 18 to prohibit former employees of the 
   State Department and the Department of Defense from lobbying the 
Federal Government on matters of foreign military sales, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``No revolving doors in FMS Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. FOREIGN MILTARY SALES.

    Section 207(f) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by--
            (1) redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (2) inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) Foreign military sales.--Any person who--
                    ``(A) is a former State Department or Department of 
                Defense employee and who participated in any program, 
                project, or activity relating to foreign military sales 
                authorized under chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control 
                Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) at any time during the 3-
                year period ending on separation from Federal 
                employment; and
                    ``(B) knowingly makes, with the intent to influence 
                any Federal determination authorized pursuant to such 
                chapter, any communication to or appearance before any 
                officer or employee of any Federal department or agency 
                or Congress to influence such foreign military sales,
        shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title.''.
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