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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4343 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the President, the Vice 

President, Members of Congress, and other officers of the executive 

branch from lobbying on behalf of foreign governments or instrumentalities for 10 years after leaving office. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2012 

Mr. WOLF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the President, the Vice President, Members of Congress, and 

other officers of the executive branch from lobbying on 

behalf of foreign governments or instrumentalities for 

10 years after leaving office. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Lobbying Re5 form Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING FOR FOREIGN GOV2 ERNMENTS. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING.—Section 207 of 

4 title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

5 end the following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(m) ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO

7 FOREIGN ENTITIES.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the restric9 tions contained in subsection (f), any person who 

10 serves in a position described in paragraph (2) and 

11 who, within 10 years after leaving that position, 

12 knowingly— 

13 ‘‘(A) represents a foreign entity before any 

14 Member, officer, or employee of either House of 

15 Congress, or any officer or employee of a de16 partment or agency of the executive branch, 

17 with the intent to influence a decision of such 

18 officer, employee, or Member, in his or her offi19 cial capacity, or 

20 ‘‘(B) aids or advises a foreign entity with 

21 the intent to influence a decision of any Mem22 ber, officer, or employee of either House of 

23 Congress, or any officer or employee of a de24 partment or agency of the executive branch, in 

25 his or her official capacity, 


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1 shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this 

2 title. 

3 ‘‘(2) POSITIONS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTION.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The positions referred 

5 to in paragraph (1) are the following: 

6 ‘‘(i) The President. 

7 ‘‘(ii) The Vice President. 

8 ‘‘(iii) A Member of Congress. 

9 ‘‘(iv) A covered appointee position. 

10 ‘‘(B) COVERED APPOINTEE POSITION.— 

11 For purposes of this paragraph, an individual 

12 serves in a ‘covered appointee position’ if the 

13 individual serves— 

14 ‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii), 

15 in a position in an Executive agency to 

16 which the individual was appointed by the 

17 President, by and with the advice and con18 sent of the Senate; 

19 ‘‘(ii) in a position that is held by an 

20 active duty commissioned officer of the 

21 uniformed services who is serving in a 

22 grade or rank for which the pay grade (as 

23 specified in section 201 of title 37) is pay 

24 grade O–7 or higher; or 

25 ‘‘(iii) in any of the following positions: 


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1 ‘‘(I) Deputy Director of National 

2 Intelligence. 

3 ‘‘(II) Deputy Director of the 

4 Central Intelligence Agency. 

5 ‘‘(III) Associate Deputy Director 

6 of the Central Intelligence Agency. 

7 ‘‘(IV) The Director of the Na8 tional Clandestine Service. 

9 ‘‘(V) Chief of Station for the 

10 Central Intelligence Agency at an em11 bassy or consulate of the United 

12 States. 

13 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub14 section— 

15 ‘‘(A) the term ‘Executive agency’ means an 

16 Executive agency as defined by section 105 of 

17 title 5, including the Executive Office of the 

18 President; 

19 ‘‘(B) the term ‘Member of Congress’ has 

20 the meaning given that term in subsection 

21 (e)(9) of this section; and 

22 ‘‘(C) the term ‘foreign entity’ means— 

23 ‘‘(i) the government of a foreign coun24 try as defined in section 1(e) of the ForVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:40 Apr 06, 2012 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4343.IH H4343

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1 eign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 

2 amended; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) any entity owned or controlled, 

4 in whole or in part, by the government of 

5 a foreign country (as so defined).’’. 

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