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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 965 
To hold accountable Members of Congress who advocate on behalf of a 
foreign person or commercial entity for the purpose of influencing or 
seeking a change in a law or regulation of the United States that 
would ease any restriction on a state sponsor of terrorism, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 17, 2005 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, and 
Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To hold accountable Members of Congress who advocate on 
behalf of a foreign person or commercial entity for the 
purpose of influencing or seeking a change in a law 
or regulation of the United States that would ease any 
restriction on a state sponsor of terrorism, 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. AMENDMENT TO FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRA-
TION ACT. 
Section 1(c) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act 
of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611(c)), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) any Senator or Member of the House of 
Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress) who enters into any 
written agreement with any foreign person to modify 
any law or regulation of the United States that 
would result in easing any restriction imposed on 
any country the government of which has been de-
termined by the Secretary of State, for purposes of 
section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 
1979, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, 
or other provision of law, is a government that has 
repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
terrorism.’’.
SEC. 2. TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT EN-
HANCEMENT ACT OF 2000. 
Section 908(a) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and 
Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any agreement or ac-
tion on behalf of a foreign person which is de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) shall be deemed to 
be United States export assistance prohibited 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) 
AGREEMENT
OR
ACTION
DE-
SCRIBED.—An agreement or action referred to 
in subparagraph (A) is a written agreement be-
tween any United States person, including a 
Senator or Member of the House of Represent-
atives (including a Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to the Congress), and a foreign per-
son or any business concern, or any agent or 
representative thereof, or action by any such 
United States person on behalf of such foreign 
person, concern, agent, or representative, for 
the purpose of influencing or seeking a change 
in any law or regulation of the United States 
that would result in—
‘‘(i) easing any restriction imposed on 
any country the government of which has 
been determined by the Secretary of State, 
for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, section 620A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, sec-
tion 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or 
other provision of law, is a government 
that has repeatedly provided support for 
acts of international terrorism; and 
‘‘(ii) a financial benefit accruing to 
the foreign person or business concern.’’. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ETHICS VIOLA-
TIONS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that any Senator or 
Member of the House of Representatives who enters into 
any agreement or takes any action on behalf of a foreign 
person which is described in paragraph (4)(B) of section 
908(a) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export En-
hancement Act of 2000 (as added by section 2 of this Act) 
should be sanctioned under the rules of the Senate or the 
House of Representatives, as the case may be. 
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