Public Service Integrity Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 414 To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a uniform 5-year post- employment ban on all lobbying by former Members of Congress, to establish a uniform 2-year post-employment ban on all lobbying by former officers and employees of Congress, to lower the income threshold for applying such ban to former officers and employees of Congress, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 21, 2021 Mr. POSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a uni- form 5-year post-employment ban on all lobbying by former Members of Congress, to establish a uniform 2-year post-employment ban on all lobbying by former officers and employees of Congress, to lower the income threshold for applying such ban to former officers and employees of Congress, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H414.IH H414 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 414 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Service Integ- 2 rity Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING BY FORMER MEM- 4 BERS OF CONGRESS. 5 (a) 5-YEAR POST-EMPLOYMENT BAN ON ALL LOB- 6 BYING.— 7 (1) FORMER SENATORS.—Subparagraph (A) of 8 section 207(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 9 amended by striking ‘‘within 2 years after that per- 10 son leaves office’’ and inserting ‘‘within 5 years after 11 that person leaves office’’. 12 (2) FORMER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REP- 13 RESENTATIVES.—Paragraph (1) of section 207(e) of 14 such title is amended by striking subparagraph (B) 15 and inserting the following: 16 ‘‘(B) MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REP- 17 RESENTATIVES.—Any person who is a Member 18 of the House of Representatives and who, with- 19 in 5 years after that person leaves office, know- 20 ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any 21 communication to or appearance before any 22 Member, officer, or employee of either House of 23 Congress and any employee of any other legisla- 24 tive office of the Congress, on behalf of any 25 other person (except the United States) in con- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H414.IH H414 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 414 IH nection with any matter on which such former 1 Member seeks action by a Member, officer, or 2 employee of either House of Congress, in his or 3 her official capacity, shall be punished as pro- 4 vided in section 216 of this title. 5 ‘‘(C) OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REP- 6 RESENTATIVES.—Any person who is an elected 7 officer of the House of Representatives and 8 who, within 1 year after that person leaves of- 9 fice, knowingly makes, with the intent to influ- 10 ence, any communication to or appearance be- 11 fore any Member, officer, or employee of the 12 House of Representatives, on behalf of any 13 other person (except the United States) in con- 14 nection with any matter on which such former 15 elected officer seeks action by a Member, offi- 16 cer, or employee of either House of Congress, in 17 his or her official capacity, shall be punished as 18 provided in section 216 of this title.’’. 19 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 20 this section shall apply with respect to any individual who, 21 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, leaves 22 an office to which section 207(e)(1) of title 18, United 23 States Code, applies. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H414.IH H414 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 414 IH SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING BY FORMER OFFI- 1 CERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CONGRESS. 2 (a) 2-YEAR POST-EMPLOYMENT BAN ON ALL LOB- 3 BYING.— 4 (1) FORMER OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REP- 5 RESENTATIVES.—Subparagraph (C) of section 6 207(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code, as amend- 7 ed by section 2(a)(2), is amended by striking ‘‘with- 8 in 1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘within 2 years’’. 9 (2) FORMER OFFICERS AND STAFF OF THE 10 SENATE.—Paragraph (2) of section 207(e) of such 11 title is amended by striking ‘‘within 1 year’’ and in- 12 serting ‘‘within 2 years’’. 13 (3) FORMER PERSONAL STAFF OF MEMBERS OF 14 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Paragraph 15 (3)(A) of section 207(e) of such title is amended by 16 striking ‘‘within 1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘within 2 17 years’’. 18 (4) FORMER COMMITTEE STAFF OF HOUSE OF 19 REPRESENTATIVES.—Paragraph (4) of section 20 207(e) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘within 21 1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘within 2 years’’. 22 (5) FORMER LEADERSHIP STAFF OF HOUSE OF 23 REPRESENTATIVES.—Paragraph (5)(A) of section 24 207(e) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘within 25 1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘within 2 years’’. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H414.IH H414 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 414 IH (6) FORMER STAFF OF OTHER LEGISLATIVE 1 OFFICES OF CONGRESS.—Paragraph (6)(A) of sec- 2 tion 207(e) of such title is amended by striking 3 ‘‘within 1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘within 2 years’’. 4 (b) LOWERING INCOME THRESHOLD FOR APPLICA- 5 TION OF RESTRICTIONS.—Subparagraph (A) of section 6 207(e)(7) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘75 percent 7 of the rate of basic pay’’ and inserting ‘‘50 percent of the 8 rate of basic pay’’. 9 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 10 this section shall apply with respect to any individual who, 11 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, leaves 12 a position to which section 207(e) of title 18, United 13 States Code, applies. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:31 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H414.IH H414 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS