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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1593

To amend the Government in the Sunshine Act to require the disclosure

of certain activities.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 1, 1993

Mr. CONYERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Government Operations

A BILL

To amend the Government in the Sunshine Act to require

the disclosure of certain activities.

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 ‘‘Revolving Door

5 Sunshine Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS.

7 (a) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT.—Section 552b of

8 title 5, United States Code, commonly referred to as the

9 ‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’, is amended by adding

10 at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(n)(1) Any person who is a senior member of the

2 Federal Government shall, for 5 years after the termi3 nation of his or her service or employment as a senior

4 member of the Federal Government, file with the Office

5 of Management and Budget, in accordance with para6 graph (2), a report containing the following information:

7 ‘‘(A) The name of any Member of Congress,

8 and the name and title of any congressional staff

9 member or of any officer or employee of any agency

10 to whom he or she makes an oral or written commu11 nication on behalf of anyone other than the United

12 States, during the reporting period described in

13 paragraph (2), regarding an official action of the

14 Congress or that agency.

15 ‘‘(B) The name, address, and telephone number

16 of any person on whose behalf he or she makes a

17 communication described in subparagraph (A).

18 ‘‘(C) A description of the legislation, regulation,

19 trade negotiation, or other matter that a commu20 nication described in subparagraph (A) concerns.

21 ‘‘(D) The name, address, and telephone number

22 of any foreign government, foreign political party, or

23 foreign business entity whom he or she represents,

24 aids, or advises, during the reporting period de-
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1 scribed in paragraph (2), regarding any official ac2 tion of the Congress or of an agency.

3 ‘‘(2) Each person who is required to file a report

4 under paragraph (1) shall file such report with the Office

5 of Management and Budget—

6 ‘‘(A) by July 30 of each year, containing infor7 mation relating to the period January 1 through

8 June 30 of that year; and

9 ‘‘(B) by January 31 of each year, containing in10 formation relating to the period July 1 through De11 cember 31 of the preceding year.

12 An individual shall file a report under paragraph (1)

13 whether or not the individual made any communication

14 described in paragraph (1)(A), or any representation, aid,

15 or advice described in subparagraph (D), during the

16 reporting period.

17 ‘‘(3) The Office of Management and Budget shall,

18 within 30 days after receiving a report filed pursuant to

19 paragraph (1), make such report available to the public

20 for inspection and copying during normal business hours.

21 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection—

22 ‘‘(A) the term ‘agency’ has the meaning given

23 that term in section 552(f) of this title;

24 ‘‘(B) the term ‘congressional staff member’

25 means an elected officer of either House of Con-
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1 gress, an employee whose pay is disbursed by the

2 Director of Nonlegislative and Financial Services of

3 the House of Representatives, and an employee

4 whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the

5 Senate;

6 ‘‘(C) the term ‘foreign business entity’ means a

7 partnership, association, corporation, organization,

8 or other combination of persons either organized

9 under the laws of or having its principal place of

10 business in a foreign country;

11 ‘‘(D) the term ‘foreign government’ means the

12 ‘government of a foreign country’, as defined in sec13 tion 1(e) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of

14 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611(e));

15 ‘‘(E) the term ‘foreign political party’ has the

16 meaning given that term in section 1(f) of the For17 eign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended

18 (22 U.S.C. 611(f));

19 ‘‘(F) the term ‘Member of Congress’ means a

20 Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resi21 dent Commissioner to, the Congress;

22 ‘‘(G) the term ‘senior appointee’ means any in23 dividual who is appointed on or after January 20,

24 1993, by the President, the Vice President, or the

25 head of an agency to a full-time, noncareer position
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1 in an agency and whose rate of basic pay is not less

2 than the rate of basic pay in effect for level V of the

3 Executive Schedule under section 5316 of this title;

4 ‘‘(H) the term ‘senior congressional staff mem5 ber’ means a person who is a congressional staff

6 member after January 4, 1993, and whose rate of

7 basic pay is not less than the rate of basic pay in

8 effect for level V of the Executive Schedule under

9 section 5316 of this title;

10 ‘‘(I) the term ‘senior member of the Federal

11 Government’ means a senior appointee, a Member of

12 Congress serving after January 4, 1993, or a senior

13 congressional staff member; and

14 ‘‘(J) the term ‘written communication’ includes

15 any communication, other than an oral communica16 tion, that is transmitted by any means, including

17 electronic device.’’.

18 (b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—

19 Section 552b(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is

20 amended—

21 (1) by inserting ‘‘, except as provided in sub22 section (n),’’ after ‘‘ ‘agency’ ’’; and

23 (2) by striking ‘‘section 552(e)’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘section 552(f)’’.

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