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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6971 
To prohibit immediate family members of heads of certain agencies and 
departments from soliciting or otherwise raising funds from certain for-
eign entities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 
Mr. FITZPATRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To prohibit immediate family members of heads of certain 
agencies and departments from soliciting or otherwise 
raising funds from certain foreign entities. 
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 ‘‘Cabinet Service Integ-
rity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CLOSE ASSOCIATE.—The term ‘‘close asso-
ciate’’ means, with respect to a senior foreign polit-
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ical figure, an individual who is widely and publicly 
known to maintain a close relationship with the sen-
ior foreign political figure, unless it is established 
that such individual is a citizen of and domiciled 
within the United States. 
(2) COVERED
FOREIGN
ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘covered foreign entity’’ means— 
(A) a government of a foreign country; 
(B) a foreign political party; or 
(C) any entity that is owned or controlled 
by a government of a foreign country or a for-
eign political party. 
(3) FOREIGN POLITICAL PARTY; GOVERNMENT 
OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The terms ‘‘foreign polit-
ical party’’ and ‘‘government of a foreign country’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 1 of 
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 
U.S.C. 611). 
(4) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A HEAD 
OF
A
RELEVANT
AGENCY
OR
DEPARTMENT.—The 
term ‘‘immediate family member of a head of a rel-
evant agency or department’’ means, with respect to 
a head of a relevant agency or department, a sibling, 
spouse, or child of the head of a relevant agency or 
department. 
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(5) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A SENIOR 
FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURE.—The term ‘‘immediate 
family member of a senior foreign political figure’’ 
means, with respect to a senior foreign political fig-
ure, a sibling, spouse, or child of the senior foreign 
political figure, unless it is established that such sib-
ling, spouse, or child is a citizen of and domiciled 
within the United States. 
(6) RELEVANT AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT.—The 
term ‘‘relevant agency or department’’ means— 
(A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 
or 
(B) an ‘‘Executive department’’, as defined 
in section 101 of title 5, United States Code. 
(7) SENIOR FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURE.—The 
term ‘‘senior foreign political figure’’ means— 
(A) a senior official in any branch of the 
government of a foreign country; or 
(B) a senior official of a foreign political 
party. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION. 
During the period in which an individual is acting 
as the head of a relevant agency or department, an imme-
diate family member of that head of a relevant agency or 
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department may not solicit or otherwise raise funds for 
any purpose from any— 
(1) covered foreign entity; 
(2) senior foreign political figure; 
(3) immediate family member of a senior for-
eign political figure; 
(4) close associate of a senior foreign political 
figure; or 
(5) entity that is owned or controlled by an in-
dividual described in paragraph (2), (3), or (4). 
SEC. 4. PENALTIES. 
Whoever knowingly fails to comply with this Act shall 
be fined not more than $1,000,000, imprisoned not more 
than 5 years, or both. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the date that is 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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