Title: Clean Up Congress Act
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Clean Up Congress Act
This bill (1) revises the post-employment lobbying ban on former Members of Congress, (2) prohibits the use of federal funds for certain official travel expenses of Members, and (3) prohibits automatic pay adjustments for Members during any year following a budget deficit.
Specifically, this bill imposes a permanent ban on lobbying contacts by a former Member of the Senate (currently, a two-year ban), or a former Member of the House of Representatives (currently, a one-year ban). The bill maintains the current one-year ban on elected officers of the House.
In addition, the bill (1) prohibits the use of federal funds for official travel expenses of a Member for airline accommodations that are not coach-class accommodations, and (2) prohibits an automatic adjustment to the pay of Members if the Congressional Budget Office determines that there was a federal budget deficit in the last fiscal year.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3118 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3118

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of 
Congress from lobbying Congress, to prohibit the use of official funds 
for airline accommodations for Members of Congress which are not coach-
 class accommodations, and to prohibit a cost-of-living adjustment in 
   the pay rates for Members of Congress during any year following a 
                        Federal budget deficit.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2019

  Mrs. Axne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on 
      the Judiciary, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of 
Congress from lobbying Congress, to prohibit the use of official funds 
for airline accommodations for Members of Congress which are not coach-
 class accommodations, and to prohibit a cost-of-living adjustment in 
   the pay rates for Members of Congress during any year following a 
                        Federal budget deficit.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Up Congress Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM LOBBYING CONGRESS.

    (a) Prohibition.--
            (1) Former senators.--Subparagraph (A) of section 207(e)(1) 
        of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
        ``within 2 years after that person leaves office'' and 
        inserting ``at any time after that person leaves office''.
            (2) Former members of the house of representatives.--
        Paragraph (1) of section 207(e) of such title is amended by 
        striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Members of the house of representatives.--Any 
                person who is a Member of the House of Representatives 
                and who, at any time after that person leaves office, 
                knowingly 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 legislative office of the 
                Congress, on behalf of any other person (except the 
                United States) in connection 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 provided in 
                section 216 of this title.
                    ``(C) Officers of the house of representatives.--
                Any person who is an elected officer of the House of 
                Representatives and who, within 1 year after that 
                person leaves office, knowingly makes, with the intent 
                to influence, any communication to or appearance before 
                any Member, officer, or employee of the House of 
                Representatives, on behalf of any other person (except 
                the United States) in connection with any matter on 
                which such former elected officer seeks action by a 
                Member, officer, or employee of either House of 
                Congress, in his or her official capacity, shall be 
                punished as provided in section 216 of this title.''.
    (b) 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. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL TRAVEL EXPENSES OF 
              MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FOR AIRLINE ACCOMMODATIONS OTHER THAN 
              COACH-CLASS.

    (a) Prohibition.--
            (1) Prohibition.--No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
        available during a fiscal year for the official travel expenses 
        of a Member of Congress may be used for airline accommodations 
        which are not coach-class accommodations.
            (2) Coach-class accommodations defined.--In this section, 
        the term ``coach-class accommodations'' means the basic class 
        of accommodation by airlines that is normally the lowest fare 
        offered regardless of airline terminology used, and (as 
        referred to by airlines) may include tourist class or economy 
        class, as well as single class when the airline offers only one 
        class of accommodations to all travelers.
    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives (with respect to Representatives in, and 
Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to, the Congress) and the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate (with respect to 
Senators) shall each promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to 
carry out this section.
    (c) Member of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term ``Member 
of Congress'' means a Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
expenses incurred on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITING ADJUSTMENT IN PAY RATES FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN 
              YEAR FOLLOWING BUDGET DEFICIT.

    (a) In General.--Section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501(2)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(C) An adjustment in rates of pay may be made under this 
paragraph in a year only if the aggregate outlays of the United States 
during the last completed fiscal year did not exceed the aggregate 
receipts of the United States during such fiscal year, as determined by 
the Congressional Budget Office.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 601(a)(2)(A) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 4501(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``Subject to subparagraph 
(B),'' and inserting ``Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C),''.
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