I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5836 
To prohibit immediate family members of executive branch officials from 
using their family’s influence to benefit in foreign business dealings, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 
Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself, Mr. ALFORD, and Mr. GREEN of Tennessee) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit immediate family members of executive branch 
officials from using their family’s influence to benefit 
in foreign business dealings, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deterring Attempts 
at Dirty Deals by Youngsters Act’’ or the ‘‘DADDY Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMIT ON FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT OF IMME-
DIATELY FAMILY OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An immediate family member of 
a covered person may not be employed by a foreign com-
pany. 
(b) PENALTY.—Any individual who willfully violates 
subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $250,000 or 
imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect on 
the date that is two weeks after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The term 
‘‘covered foreign country’’ means any country other 
than— 
(A) the United States; 
(B) a country that is a member of— 
(i) the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation; or 
(ii) the Five Eyes Alliance; 
(C) Japan; 
(D) the Republic of Korea; or 
(E) Israel. 
(2) COVERED
PERSON.—The term ‘‘covered 
person’’ means the— 
(A) President; 
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(B) Vice President; 
(C) Secretary of State; 
(D) Secretary of the Treasury; 
(E) Secretary of Defense; 
(F) Attorney General; 
(G) Secretary of the Interior; 
(H) Secretary of Agriculture; 
(I) Secretary of Commerce; 
(J) Secretary of Labor; 
(K) Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices; 
(L) Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment; 
(M) Secretary of Transportation; 
(N) Secretary of Energy; 
(O) Secretary of Education; 
(P) Secretary of Veterans Affairs; 
(Q) Secretary of Homeland Security; and 
(R) Director of National Intelligence. 
(3) FIVE
EYES
ALLIANCE.—The term ‘‘Five 
Eyes Alliance’’ means the group consisting of Aus-
tralia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, 
and the United States. 
(4) FOREIGN
COMPANY.—The term ‘‘foreign 
company’’ means a company that is organized under 
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the laws of or has its principal place of business in 
a covered foreign country. 
(5) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘immediate 
family member’’ means a spouse, child, mother, 
father, sibling, grandchild, son-in-law, daughter- 
in-law, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law. 
(B) ADOPTED AND STEP-RELATIVES.—For 
the purposes of subparagraph (A)— 
(i) the term ‘‘child’’ includes any step-
child, foster child, and adoptive child with 
whom the individual has a regular parent- 
child relationship; and 
(ii) the term ‘‘sibling’’ includes any 
step-sibling and adopted sibling. 
Æ 
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