I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1934 
To establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule 
positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at 
the Federal level. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2017 
Mr. GALLAGHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Execu-
tive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engag-
ing in lobbying activities at the Federal level. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. 5-YEAR BAN ON LOBBYING BY INDIVIDUALS AP-
POINTED TO EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE POSI-
TIONS AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 
(a) INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED TO EXECUTIVE SCHED-
ULE POSITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 207(d) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(d) RESTRICTIONS ON VERY SENIOR PERSONNEL 
OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND INDEPENDENT AGEN-
CIES.— 
‘‘(1) VICE PRESIDENT.— 
‘‘(A) RESTRICTIONS.—In addition to the 
restrictions set forth in subsections (a) and (b), 
any person who serves in the position of Vice 
President of the United States and who, within 
2 years after the termination of that person’s 
service in that position, knowingly makes, with 
the intent to influence, any communication to 
or appearance before any person described in 
subparagraph (B), on behalf of any other per-
son (except the United States), in connection 
with any matter on which such person seeks of-
ficial action by any officer or employee of the 
executive branch of the United States, shall be 
punished as provided in section 216 of this title. 
‘‘(B) PERSONS
WHO
MAY
NOT
BE
CON-
TACTED.—A person described in this subpara-
graph is— 
‘‘(i) any officer or employee of any de-
partment or agency in which the Vice 
President served within a period of 1 year 
before the Vice President’s service or em-
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ployment with the United States Govern-
ment terminated; and 
‘‘(ii) any person appointed to a posi-
tion in the executive branch which is listed 
in section 5312, 5313, 5314, 5315, or 
5316 of title 5. 
‘‘(2) FIVE-YEAR RESTRICTION ON INDIVIDUALS 
IN EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE AND EQUIVALENT POSI-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraphs (B) and (C), and in addition to 
the restrictions set forth in subsections (a) and 
(b), any individual employed in a position in the 
executive branch for which the rate of pay is 
the rate of pay payable for any level of the Ex-
ecutive Schedule under subchapter II of chapter 
53 of title 5 who, within 5 years after the ter-
mination of his or her service or employment in 
such position, knowingly makes, with the intent 
to influence, any communication to or appear-
ance before any officer or employee of any de-
partment or agency in the executive branch, on 
behalf of any other person (except the United 
States), in connection with any matter on which 
such person seeks official action by any officer 
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or employee of such department or agency, shall 
be punished as provided in section 216 of this 
title. 
‘‘(B) 
SPECIAL
GOVERNMENT
EMPLOY-
EES.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a 
special Government employee who serves less 
than 60 days in the 1-year period before his or 
her service or employment as such employee 
terminates. 
‘‘(C) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(i) AUTHORITY.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), at the request of a depart-
ment or agency, the Director of the Office 
of Government Ethics may waive the re-
strictions under subparagraph (A) with re-
spect to a position, or a category of posi-
tions, if the Director determines that— 
‘‘(I) the imposition of the restric-
tions with respect to the position, or 
category of positions, would create an 
undue hardship on the department or 
agency in obtaining qualified per-
sonnel to fill the position, or category 
of positions; and 
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(II) by redesignating clauses (ii), 
(iv), and (v) as clauses (i), (ii), and 
(iii), respectively; and 
(III) in clause (i), as so redesig-
nated— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘which is 
not referred to in clause (i)’’ the 
first place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘for which the rate of pay is 
not specified in or fixed accord-
ing to subchapter II of chapter 
53 of title 5’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘, or, for a 
period of 2 years’’ and all that 
follows through the end of clause 
(i) and inserting a comma; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), in the mat-
ter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘clause 
(ii) or (iv)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i) or 
(ii)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (h)(2), by striking the 
second sentence. 
(b) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—Section 207(e)(1) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘5 years’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘Any 
person who is a Member of the House of Represent-
atives or an elected officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives and who, within 1 year after that per-
son leaves office,’’ and inserting ‘‘Any person who is 
a Member of the House of Representatives and who, 
within 5 years after that person leaves office, or any 
person who is an elected officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives and who, within 1 year after that per-
son leaves office,’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall apply with respect to any individual who, 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, leaves 
a position to which section 207 of title 18, United States 
Code, applies (as amended by this Act). 
Æ 
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