I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4690 
To amend section 207 of title 18, United States Code, to further restrict 
Federal officers and employees from representing or advising foreign 
entities after leaving Government service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2006 
Ms. KAPTUR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 207 of title 18, United States Code, to 
further restrict Federal officers and employees from rep-
resenting or advising foreign entities after leaving Gov-
ernment service. 
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 ‘‘Foreign Agents Com-
pulsory Ethics in Trade Act of 2006’’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON REPRESENTING OR ADVISING CER-
TAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES. 
Section 207(f) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN ENTI-
TIES.— 
‘‘(1) PERMANENT
RESTRICTION.—Any person 
who is an officer or employee described in paragraph 
(3) and who, after the termination of his or her 
service or employment as such officer or employee, 
knowingly acts as an agent or attorney for or other-
wise represents or advises, for compensation, a gov-
ernment of a foreign country or a foreign political 
party, if the representation or advice relates directly 
to a matter in which the United States is a party 
or has a direct and substantial interest, shall be 
punished as provided in section 216 of this title. 
‘‘(2) FIVE-YEAR
RESTRICTION.—Any person 
who is an officer or employee described in paragraph 
(3) and who, within 5 years after the termination of 
his or her service or employment as such officer or 
employee, knowingly acts as an agent or attorney for 
or otherwise represents or advises, for compensa-
tion— 
‘‘(A) a person outside of the United States, 
unless such person—
‘‘(i) if an individual, is a citizen of 
and domiciled within the United States, or 
‘‘(ii) if not an individual, is organized 
under or created by the laws of the United 
States or of any State or other place sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the United States 
and has its principal place of business 
within the United States, or 
‘‘(B) a partnership, association, corpora-
tion, organization, or other combination of per-
sons organized under the laws of or having its 
principal place of business in a foreign country, 
if the representation or advice relates directly to a 
matter in which the United States is a party or has 
a direct and substantial interest, shall be punished 
as provided in section 216 of this title. 
‘‘(3) 
PERSONS
TO
WHOM
RESTRICTIONS 
APPLY.—The officers and employees referred to in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) to whom the restrictions 
contained in such paragraphs apply are— 
‘‘(A) the President of the United States; 
and 
‘‘(B) any person subject to the restrictions 
contained in subsection (c), (d), or (e).
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘compensation’ means any 
payment, gift, benefit, reward, favor, or gra-
tuity which is provided, directly or indirectly, 
for services rendered; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘government of a foreign 
country’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 1(e) of the Foreign Agents Registration 
Act of 1938, as amended; 
‘‘(C) the term ‘foreign political party’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 1(f) of 
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 
as amended; 
‘‘(D) the term ‘United States’ means the 
several States, the District of Columbia, and 
any commonwealth, territory, or possession of 
the United States; and 
‘‘(E) the term ‘State’ includes the District 
of Columbia and any commonwealth, territory, 
or possession of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act take effect on 
January 1, 2007.
(b) EFFECT
ON EMPLOYMENT.—(1) The amend-
ments made by this Act do not, except as provided in para-
graph (2), apply to a person whose service as an officer 
or employee to which such amendments apply terminated 
before the effective date of such amendments. 
(2) Paragraph (1) does not preclude the application 
of the amendments made by this Act to a person with re-
spect to service as an officer or employee by that person 
on or after the effective date of such amendments. 
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