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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3434
To amend section 207 of title 18, United States Code, to further restrict
Federal officers and employees from representing or advising foreign
entities after leaving Government service, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 1996
Mr. CANADY of Florida (for himself, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. ZIM-
MER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. UPTON, and Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 207 of title 18, United States Code, to
further restrict Federal officers and employees from
representing or advising foreign entities after leaving
Government service, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Revolving Door Act
of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON REPRESENTING OR ADVISING CER-
TAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES.
(a) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18.—Section 207(f) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(f) RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN ENTI-
TIES.—
‘‘(1) TEN-YEAR
RESTRICTION.—Any person
who is an officer or employee described in paragraph
(3) and who, within 10 years after the termination
of the employee’s service or employment as such offi-
cer or employee, knowingly acts as an agent or at-
torney for or otherwise represents or advises, for
compensation, a government of a foreign country or
a foreign political party, if the representation or ad-
vice relates directly to a matter in which the United
States is a party or has a direct and substantial in-
terest, shall be punished as provided in section 216
of this title.
‘‘(2) FIVE-YEAR
RESTRICTION.—Any person
who is an officer or employee described in paragraph
(3) and who, within 5 years after the termination of
his or her service or employment as such officer or
employee, knowingly acts as an agent or attorney for
or otherwise represents or advises, for compensa-
tion—
‘‘(A) a person outside of the United States,
unless such person—
‘‘(i) if an individual, is a citizen of
and domiciled within the United States, or
‘‘(ii) if not an individual, is organized
under or created by the laws of the United
States or of any State or other place sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the United States
and has its principal place of business
within the United States, or
‘‘(B) a partnership, association, corpora-
tion, organization, or other combination of per-
sons organized under the laws of or having its
principal place of business in a foreign country,
if the representation or advice relates directly to a
matter in which the United States is a party or has
a direct and substantial interest, shall be punished
as provided in section 216 of this title.
‘‘(3) 
PERSONS
TO
WHOM
RESTRICTIONS
APPLY.—The officers and employees referred to in
paragraphs (1) and (2) to whom the restrictions
contained in such paragraphs apply are—
‘‘(A) the President of the United States;
and
‘‘(B) any person subject to the restrictions
contained in subsection (c), (d), or (e).
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section—
‘‘(A) the term ‘compensation’ means any
payment, gift, benefit, reward, favor, or gratu-
ity which is provided, directly or indirectly, for
services rendered;
‘‘(B) the term ‘government of a foreign
country’ has the meaning given that term in
section 1(e) of the Foreign Agents Registration
Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611(e));
‘‘(C) the term ‘foreign political party’ has
the meaning given that term in section 1(f) of
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938
(22 U.S.C 611(f));
‘‘(D) the term ‘United States’ means the
several States, the District of Columbia, and
any commonwealth, territory, or possession of
the United States; and
‘‘(E) the term ‘State’ includes the District
of Columbia and any commonwealth, territory,
or possession of the United States.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—