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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 318 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to extend the post-employment restrictions on lobbying by Members of Congress and officers and employees 

of the legislative branch. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2015 

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

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to extend the postemployment restrictions on lobbying by Members of Congress and officers and employees of the legislative 

branch. 

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 ‘‘Stop the Revolving 

5 Door in Washington Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS. 

7 (a) EXTENSION OF RESTRICTIONS.—Section 207(e) 

8 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(1) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—Any person 

4 who is a Senator or a Member of the House of Rep5 resentatives and who, within 5 years after that per6 son leaves office, knowingly makes, with the intent 

7 to influence, any communication to or appearance 

8 before any Member, officer, or employee of either 

9 House of Congress or any employee of any other leg10 islative office of the Congress, on behalf of any other 

11 person (except the United States) in connection with 

12 any matter on which such former Senator or Mem13 ber seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee 

14 of either House of Congress, in his or her official ca15 pacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216 

16 of this title.’’; 

17 (2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), 

18 and (6) and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(2) OFFICERS OF THE CONGRESS.—Any per20 son who is an elected officer of the Senate or of the 

21 House of Representatives and who, within 2 years 

22 after that person leaves office, knowingly makes, 

23 with the intent to influence, any communication to 

24 or appearance before any Member, officer, or em25 ployee of either House of Congress or any employee 


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1 of any other legislative office of the Congress, on be2 half of any other person (except the United States) 

3 in connection with any matter on which such former 

4 elected officer seeks action by a Member, officer, or 

5 employee of either House of Congress, in his or her 

6 official capacity, shall be punished as provided in 

7 section 216 of this title. 

8 ‘‘(3) EMPLOYEES OF THE CONGRESS.—Any 

9 person who is an employee of the Senate, or an em10 ployee of the House of Representatives, to whom 

11 paragraph (5)(A) applies and who, within 2 years 

12 after the termination of that employment, knowingly 

13 makes, with the intent to influence, any communica14 tion to or appearance before any Member, officer, or 

15 employee of either House of Congress or any em16 ployee of any other legislative office of the Congress, 

17 on behalf of any other person (except the United 

18 States) in connection with any matter on which such 

19 former employee seeks action by a Member, officer, 

20 or employee of either House of Congress, in his or 

21 her official capacity, shall be punished as provided in 

22 section 216 of this title. 

23 ‘‘(4) EMPLOYEES OF OTHER LEGISLATIVE OF24 FICES.—Any person who is an employee of any other 

25 legislative office of the Congress to whom paragraph 


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1 (5)(B) applies and who, within 2 years after the ter2 mination of that employment, knowingly makes, with 

3 the intent to influence, any communication to or ap4 pearance before any Member, officer, or employee of 

5 either House of Congress or any employee of any 

6 other legislative office of the Congress, on behalf of 

7 any other person (except the United States) in con8 nection with any matter on which such former em9 ployee seeks action by a Member, officer, or em10 ployee of either House of Congress, in his or her of11 ficial capacity, shall be punished as provided in sec12 tion 216 of this title.’’; 

13 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), and 

14 (9), as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; 

15 (4) in paragraph (5), as redesignated— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

17 ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5)’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 

19 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

20 ‘‘paragraph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

21 (4)’’; and 

22 (5) in paragraph (7)(G), as redesignated, by 

23 striking ‘‘(3), (4), or (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (3)’’. 

24 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 103(a) of 

25 the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 


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1 (2 U.S.C. 4702(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 

2 (2), (3), (4), or (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’. 

3 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

4 The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to 

5 individuals who leave office or employment to which such 

6 amendments apply on or after the date of the enactment 

7 of this Act. 

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