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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 161 

To prohibit immediate family members of heads of certain agencies and 

departments from soliciting or otherwise raising funds from certain foreign entities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2019 

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

Committee on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

To prohibit immediate family members of heads of certain 

agencies and departments from soliciting or otherwise 

raising funds from certain foreign entities. 

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 ‘‘Cabinet Service Integ5 rity Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) CLOSE ASSOCIATE.—The term ‘‘close asso9 ciate’’ means, with respect to a senior foreign politVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:30 Jan 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H161.IH H161

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1 ical figure, an individual who is widely and publicly 

2 known to maintain a close relationship with the sen3 ior foreign political figure, unless it is established 

4 that such individual is a citizen of and domiciled 

5 within the United States. 

6 (2) COVERED FOREIGN ENTITY.—The term 

7 ‘‘covered foreign entity’’ means— 

8 (A) a government of a foreign country; 

9 (B) a foreign political party; or 

10 (C) any entity that is owned or controlled 

11 by a government of a foreign country or a for12 eign political party. 

13 (3) FOREIGN POLITICAL PARTY; GOVERNMENT

14 OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The terms ‘‘foreign polit15 ical party’’ and ‘‘government of a foreign country’’ 

16 have the meanings given those terms in section 1 of 

17 the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 

18 U.S.C. 611). 

19 (4) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A HEAD

20 OF A RELEVANT AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT.—The 

21 term ‘‘immediate family member of a head of a rel22 evant agency or department’’ means, with respect to 

23 a head of a relevant agency or department, a sibling, 

24 spouse, or child of the head of a relevant agency or 

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1 (5) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A SENIOR

2 FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURE.—The term ‘‘immediate 

3 family member of a senior foreign political figure’’ 

4 means, with respect to a senior foreign political fig5 ure, a sibling, spouse, or child of the senior foreign 

6 political figure, unless it is established that such sib7 ling, spouse, or child is a citizen of and domiciled 

8 within the United States. 

9 (6) RELEVANT AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT.—The 

10 term ‘‘relevant agency or department’’ means— 

11 (A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

12 or 

13 (B) an ‘‘Executive department’’, as defined 

14 in section 101 of title 5, United States Code. 

15 (7) SENIOR FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURE.—The 

16 term ‘‘senior foreign political figure’’ means— 

17 (A) a senior official in any branch of the 

18 government of a foreign country; or 

19 (B) a senior official of a foreign political 

20 party. 

21 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION. 

22 During the period in which an individual is acting 

23 as the head of a relevant agency or department, an imme24 diate family member of that head of a relevant agency or 


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1 department may not solicit or otherwise raise funds for 

2 any purpose from any— 

3 (1) covered foreign entity; 

4 (2) senior foreign political figure; 

5 (3) immediate family member of a senior for6 eign political figure; 

7 (4) close associate of a senior foreign political 

8 figure; or 

9 (5) entity that is owned or controlled by an in10 dividual described in paragraph (2), (3), or (4). 

11 SEC. 4. PENALTIES. 

12 Whoever knowingly fails to comply with this Act shall 

13 be fined not more than $1,000,000, imprisoned not more 

14 than 5 years, or both. 

15 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

16 This Act shall take effect on the date that is 30 days 

17 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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