US Congress House Bill 346 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-31 - 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]

Congressional Integrity Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase to five years the post-employment lobbying ban on a former member of the U.S. Senate (currently, two years) or a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (currently, one year). Additionally, the bill amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to revise the definition of "lobbyist." Currently, a lobbyist is an individual who: (1) is employed or retained by a client for compensation, (2) makes more than one lobbying contact, and (3) spends at least 20% of the time working for that client on lobbying activities. This bill broadens the term lobbyist to include an individual who spends less than 20% of the time working for a client on lobbying activities, if that individual is a former Member of Congress.

Congressional Integrity Act

Rep. David Trott [R-MI]

Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]

Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]

Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-01-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-01-05	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/346/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr346/BILLS-115hr346ih.pdf