SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON REPRESENTING OR ADVISING CER-
TAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES.
Section 207(f) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(f) RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN ENTI-
TIES.—
‘‘(1) PERMANENT
RESTRICTION.—Any person
who is an officer or employee described in paragraph
(3) and who, after the termination of his or her
service or employment as such officer or employee,
knowingly acts as an agent or attorney for or other-
wise represents or advises, for compensation, a gov-
ernment of a foreign country or a foreign political
party, 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.
‘‘(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, as amended;
‘‘(C) the term ‘foreign political party’ has
the meaning given that term in section 1(f) of
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938,
as amended;
‘‘(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.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), this Act
and the amendments made by this Act take effect on
January 1, 1997.
(b) EFFECT
ON EMPLOYMENT.—(1) The amend-
ments made by this Act do not, except as provided in para-
graph (2), apply to a person whose service as an officer
or employee to which such amendments apply terminated
before the effective date of such amendments.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not preclude the application
of the amendments made by this Act to a person with re-
spect to service as an officer or employee by that person
on or after the effective date of such amendments.
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