US Congress House Bill 1934 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on April 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level. This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase to five years the ban on individuals appointed to executive schedule positions (except special government employees who serve less than 60 days in a 1-year period) from engaging in lobbying activities in the executive branch. The Office of Government Ethics may waive lobbying restriction for certain executive schedule employees if it determines that the restrictions would create an undue hardship in obtaining qualified personnel for agency positions and granting such waiver would not create the potential for use of undue influence or unfair advantage. The bill increases to five years the ban on lobbying activities by Senators or Members of the House of Representatives.

To establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level.

Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-04-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-04-05	House	Introduced in House

SB522 (Related) 2017-03-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1934/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1934/BILLS-115hr1934ih.pdf