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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Special Government Employee Act of
1997''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF ''SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE''.

(a) Amendment to Section 202(a).--Subsection (a) of section 202 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
''(a) For the purpose of sections 203, 205, 207, 208, and 209 of
this title the term 'special Government employee' shall mean--
''(1) an officer or employee as defined in subsection (c)
who is retained, designated, appointed, or employed in the
legislative or executive branch of the United States
Government, in any independent agency of the United States, or
in the government of the District of Columbia, and who, at the
time of retention, designation, appointment or employment, is
expected to perform temporary duties on a full-time or
intermittent basis for not to exceed one hundred and thirty
days during any period of three hundred and sixty five
consecutive days;
''(2) a part-time United States commissioner;
''(3) a part-time United States magistrate;
''(4) an independent counsel appointed under chapter 40 of
title 28 and any person appointed by that independent counsel
under section 594(c) of title 28;
''(5) a person serving as a part-time local representative
of a Member of Congress in the Member's home district or State;
and
''(6) a Reserve officer of the Armed Forces, or an officer
of the National Guard of the United States, who is not
otherwise an officer or employee as defined in subsection (c)
who is--
''(A) on active duty solely for training
(notwithstanding section 2105(d) of title 5);
''(B) serving voluntarily for not to exceed one
hundred and thirty days during any period of three
hundred and sixty five consecutive days; or
''(C) serving involuntarily.''.
(b) Amendment to Section 202(c).--Subsection (c) of 202 of title
18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
''(c) The terms 'officer' and 'employee' in sections 203, 205, 207
through 209, and 218 of this title shall include--
''(1) an individual who is retained, designated, appointed
or employed in the United States Government or in the
government of the District of Columbia, to perform, with or
without compensation and subject to the supervision of the
President, the Vice President, a Member of Congress, a Federal
judge or an officer or employee of the United States or of the
government of the District of Columbia, a Federal or District
of Columbia function under authority of law or an Executive
act. As used in this section, a Federal or District of Columbia
function shall include, but not be limited to--
''(A) supervising, managing, directing or
overseeing a Federal or District of Columbia officer or
employee in the performance of such officer's or
employee's official duties;
''(B) providing regular advice, counsel, or
recommendations to the President, the Vice President, a
Member of Congress, or any Federal or District of
Columbia officer or employee, or conducting meetings
involving any of those individuals, as part of the
Federal or District of Columbia government's internal
deliberative process; or
''(C) obligating funds of the United States or the
District of Columbia;
''(2) a Reserve officer of the Armed Forces or an officer
of the National Guard of the United States who is serving
voluntarily in excess of one hundred and thirty days during any
period of three hundred and sixty-five consecutive days; and
''(3) the President, the Vice President, a Member of
Congress or a Federal judge only if specified in the
section.''.
(c) New Section 202(f).--Section 202 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(f) The terms 'officer or employee' and 'special Government
employee' as used in sections 203, 205, 207 through 209, and 218, shall
not include enlisted members of the Armed Forces, nor shall they
include an individual who is retained, designated or appointed without
compensation specifically to act as a representative of a non-Federal
(or non-District of Columbia) interest on an advisory committee
established pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act or any
similarly established committee whose meetings are generally open to
the public. The non-Federal interest to be represented must be
specifically set forth in the statute, charter, or Executive act
establishing the committee.''.
Special Government Employee Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal criminal code to include within the definition of "special Government employee" a reserve officer of the armed forces, or a National Guard officer, who is serving voluntarily for up to 130 days during any period of 365 consecutive days. (Such officers are currently considered officers of the United States.)
States that "officer and employee" and "special Government employee" shall not include enlisted military personnel or an individual retained, designated, or appointed without compensation specifically to act as a representative of a non-Federal interest on an advisory committee.