I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 867 
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to prohibit any 
individual who served as the head of any element of the intelligence 
community from acting as the agent of a foreign principal, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2019 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
and Ms. WILSON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 
to prohibit any individual who served as the head of 
any element of the intelligence community from acting 
as the agent of a foreign principal, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Intelligence Directors 
Lobbying Prevention Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) President Donald J. Trump issued an Exec-
utive Order on January 28, 2017, entitled ‘‘Ethics 
Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees’’, 
paragraph (4) of which requires Executive Branch 
appointees to contractually commit to the following: 
‘‘I will not, at any time after the termination of my 
employment in the United States Government, en-
gage in any activity on behalf of any foreign govern-
ment or foreign political party which, were it under-
taken on January 20, 2017, would require me to 
register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act 
of 1938, as amended.’’. 
(2) To the extent that paragraph (4) of this 
Executive Order has no time restriction, the Execu-
tive Order amounts to a lifetime ban on lobbying on 
behalf of a foreign principal by employees of the ex-
ecutive branch. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United States intelligence community 
provides the backbone of security for the United 
States, and its members contribute daily to the safe-
ty, security, and well-being of Americans worldwide; 
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(2) leaders of the intelligence community, 
whether political or civilian appointees, should be 
held to the highest of ethical standards; and 
(3) given recent revelations regarding previous 
heads of elements of the intelligence community lob-
bying on behalf of foreign principals, Congress 
should codify and expand the Executive Order 
signed by President Trump on January 28, 2017, so 
that it applies to the heads of elements of the intel-
ligence community. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITING HEADS OF ELEMENTS OF INTEL-
LIGENCE 
COMMUNITY 
FROM 
ACTING 
AS 
AGENTS OF FOREIGN PRINCIPALS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Foreign Agents Registration 
Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 12. PROHIBITING REGISTRATION BY FORMER HEADS 
OF ELEMENTS OF INTELLIGENCE COMMU-
NITY. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—No individual may register 
under this Act or otherwise serve as the agent of a foreign 
principal, including by engaging in lobbying activity on be-
half of a foreign entity under the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), if the individual at any 
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