Title: No Communist Countries Participating in Lobbying Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
No Communist Countries Participating in Lobbying Act
This bill prohibits former Members of Congress from lobbying the federal government on behalf of communist countries (or entities that are owned or controlled by such countries) and establishes specific monetary penalties for violations.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3049 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3049

   To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to prohibit a former 
  Member of Congress from making a lobbying contact under such Act on 
    behalf of a client which is a Communist country, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2021

Mr. Johnson of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Banks, Mr. Steube, Mr. Weber 
  of Texas, Mr. Roy, and Mrs. Hinson) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to prohibit a former 
  Member of Congress from making a lobbying contact under such Act on 
    behalf of a client which is a Communist country, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``No Communist Countries Participating 
in Lobbying Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING LOBBYING CONTACTS BY FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON 
              BEHALF OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES.

    (a) Prohibition.--The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 5 the following new 
section:

``SEC. 5A. PROHIBITING LOBBYING CONTACTS BY FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
              ON BEHALF OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES.

    ``(a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, a former Member of Congress may not make a lobbying contact under 
this Act, or any communication which would be a lobbying contact under 
this Act if it were not disclosed under the Foreign Agents Registration 
Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.), on behalf of a client 
which, at the time of the lobbying contact or communication, is a 
Communist country or an entity owned or controlled by a Communist 
country.
    ``(b) Penalty.--In addition to any other penalty under this Act, 
any person who violates subsection (a) shall be subject to a fine of 
not more than $25,000 for each such violation.
    ``(c) Definition.--In this section, a `Communist country' means a 
country which is treated as a Communist country under section 620(f) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(f)).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to lobbying contacts under the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995 which are made on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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