[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 550 Introduced in House (IH)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 550 To amend section 207 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit Members of Congress after leaving office from representing foreign governments before the United States Government. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 1993 Mr. Upton 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 prohibit Members of Congress after leaving office from representing foreign governments before the United States Government. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESTRICTION ON REPRESENTING FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. (a) Restriction.--Section 207(f) of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``Any'' and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (2), any''; (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: ``(2) Additional restrictions for members of congress.--Any person who is a Member of Congress and who, after that person leaves office as such Member-- ``(A) represents a foreign government before any officer or employee of any department or agency of the United States with the intent to influence a decision of such officer or employee in carrying out his or her official duties; or ``(B) aids or advises a foreign government with the intent to influence a decision of any officer or employee of the United States in carrying out his or her official duties; shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title.''. (b) Definitions.--Section 207(f)(3) of title 18, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a)(2) of this section, is amended to read as follows: ``(3) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection-- ``(A) the term `foreign entity' means the government of a foreign country as defined in section 1(e) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, or a foreign political party as defined in section 1(f) of that Act; and ``(B) the term `foreign government' means the government of a foreign country as defined in section 1(e) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended. SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) In General.--The amendments made by this Act take effect ____________ days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by this Act apply to any person whose service as a Member of Congress (as defined in section 202(d) of title 18, United States Code) terminates before, on, or after the effective date set forth in subsection (a), but shall not apply to activities prohibited by such amendments which are conducted before such effective date. <all>