I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 346 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a uniform 5-year post- 
employment ban on lobbying by former Members of Congress, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2017 
Mr. TROTT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a uni-
form 5-year post-employment ban on lobbying by former 
Members of Congress, 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 ‘‘Congressional Integrity 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. 5-YEAR POST-EMPLOYMENT BAN ON LOBBYING BY 
FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FORMER SENATORS.—Subparagraph (A) of sec-
tion 207(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
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by striking ‘‘within 2 years after that person leaves office’’ 
and inserting ‘‘within 5 years after that person leaves of-
fice’’. 
(b) FORMER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—Paragraph (1) of section 207(e) of such 
title is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(B) MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—Any person who is a Member 
of the House of Representatives and who, with-
in 5 years after that person leaves office, know-
ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any 
communication to or appearance before any 
Member, officer, or employee of either House of 
Congress and any employee of any other legisla-
tive office of the Congress, on behalf of any 
other person (except the United States) in con-
nection with any matter on which such former 
Member seeks action by a Member, officer, or 
employee of either House of Congress, in his or 
her official capacity, shall be punished as pro-
vided in section 216 of this title. 
‘‘(C) OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—Any person who is an elected 
officer of the House of Representatives and 
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who, within 1 year after that person leaves of-
fice, knowingly makes, with the intent to influ-
ence, any communication to or appearance be-
fore any Member, officer, or employee of the 
House of Representatives, on behalf of any 
other person (except the United States) in con-
nection with any matter on which such former 
elected officer seeks action by a Member, offi-
cer, or employee of either House of Congress, in 
his or her official capacity, shall be punished as 
provided in section 216 of this title.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to any individual who, 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, leaves 
an office to which section 207(e)(1) of title 18, United 
States Code, applies. 
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF 20-PERCENT EXEMPTION FOR 
FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ENGAGING 
IN LOBBYING. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF EXEMPTION.—Section 3(10) of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602(10)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(10) LOBBYIST.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), term ‘lobbyist’ means any 
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individual who is employed or retained by a cli-
ent for financial or other compensation for serv-
ices that include more than one lobbying con-
tact. 
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph 
(A) 
does not apply to an individual with respect to 
a client if the individual’s lobbying activities 
constitute less than 20 percent of the time en-
gaged in the services provided by such indi-
vidual to that client over a 3-month period. The 
previous sentence does not apply to an indi-
vidual if the individual held an office to which 
subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) of sec-
tion 207(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code, 
applies.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to lobbying contacts 
made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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