SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING FOR FOREIGN GOV-
ERNMENTS. 
(a) PROHIBITION
ON LOBBYING.—Section 207 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(m) ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS
RELATING
TO 
FOREIGN ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the restric-
tions contained in subsection (f), any person who 
serves in a position described in paragraph (2) and 
who, within 10 years after leaving that position, 
knowingly— 
‘‘(A) represents a foreign entity before any 
Member, officer, or employee of either House of 
Congress, or any officer or employee of a de-
partment or agency of the executive branch, 
with the intent to influence a decision of such 
officer, employee, or Member, in his or her offi-
cial capacity, or 
‘‘(B) aids or advises a foreign entity with 
the intent to influence a decision of any Mem-
ber, officer, or employee of either House of 
Congress, or any officer or employee of a de-
partment or agency of the executive branch, in 
his or her official capacity, 
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shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this 
title. 
‘‘(2) POSITIONS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The positions referred 
to in paragraph (1) are the following: 
‘‘(i) The President. 
‘‘(ii) The Vice President. 
‘‘(iii) A Member of Congress. 
‘‘(iv) A covered appointee position. 
‘‘(B) COVERED
APPOINTEE
POSITION.— 
For purposes of this paragraph, an individual 
serves in a ‘covered appointee position’ if the 
individual serves— 
‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii), 
in a position in an Executive agency to 
which the individual was appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate; 
‘‘(ii) in a position that is held by an 
active duty commissioned officer of the 
uniformed services who is serving in a 
grade or rank for which the pay grade (as 
specified in section 201 of title 37) is pay 
grade O–7 or higher; or 
‘‘(iii) in any of the following positions: 
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‘‘(I) Deputy Director of National 
Intelligence. 
‘‘(II) Deputy Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency. 
‘‘(III) Associate Deputy Director 
of the Central Intelligence Agency. 
‘‘(IV) The Director of the Na-
tional Clandestine Service. 
‘‘(V) Chief of Station for the 
Central Intelligence Agency at an em-
bassy or consulate of the United 
States. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘Executive agency’ means an 
Executive agency as defined by section 105 of 
title 5, including the Executive Office of the 
President; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘Member of Congress’ has 
the meaning given that term in subsection 
(e)(9) of this section; and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘foreign entity’ means— 
‘‘(i) the government of a foreign coun-
try as defined in section 1(e) of the For-
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eign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended; and 
‘‘(ii) any entity owned or controlled, 
in whole or in part, by the government of 
a foreign country (as so defined).’’. 
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