PURE Executive Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1830 To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a 5-year post-employment ban on lobbying by former senior executive branch personnel and to prohibit such personnel from lobbying at any time on behalf of foreign clients, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 11, 2021 Mrs. HINSON (for herself, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. MAST, and Mr. FEENSTRA) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju- diciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a 5- year post-employment ban on lobbying by former senior executive branch personnel and to prohibit such per- sonnel from lobbying at any time on behalf of foreign clients, 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting the Unbi- 4 ased Role of Employees in the Executive Act’’ or the 5 ‘‘PURE Executive Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:28 May 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1830.IH H1830 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1830 IH SEC. 2. 5-YEAR POST-EMPLOYMENT BAN ON LOBBYING BY 1 FORMER SENIOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH PER- 2 SONNEL. 3 (a) 5-YEAR BAN.—Section 207 of title 18, United 4 States Code, is amended— 5 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘within 1 6 year after the termination’’ and inserting ‘‘within 5 7 years after the termination’’; and 8 (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘within 2 9 years after the termination’’ and inserting ‘‘within 5 10 years after the termination’’. 11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 12 this section shall apply with respect to any individual who, 13 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, leaves 14 a position to which subsection (c) or (d) of section 207 15 of title 18, United States Code, applies. 16 SEC. 3. PROHIBITING FORMER SENIOR EXECUTIVE 17 BRANCH PERSONNEL FROM LOBBYING AT 18 ANY TIME ON BEHALF OF ANY FOREIGN CLI- 19 ENTS. 20 (a) LIFETIME PROHIBITION.—Section 207(f) of title 21 18, United States Code, is amended— 22 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para- 23 graph (4); and 24 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol- 25 lowing new paragraph: 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:28 May 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1830.IH H1830 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1830 IH ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR SENIOR PERSONNEL 1 OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND INDEPENDENT 2 AGENCIES.—In the case of an individual who is sub- 3 ject to the restrictions of subsection (c) or (d), the 4 restrictions described in paragraph (1) shall apply to 5 representing, aiding, or advising foreign entities at 6 any time after the individual leaves a position to 7 which such subsection applies.’’. 8 (b) EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION TO ALL FOREIGN 9 CLIENTS.—Paragraph (4) of section 207(f) of such title, 10 as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by strik- 11 ing the period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, 12 except that in the case of an individual who is subject to 13 the restrictions of subsection (c) or (d), such term means 14 any foreign principal under such Act.’’. 15 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 16 this section shall apply with respect to any individual who, 17 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, leaves 18 a position to which subsection (c) or (d) of section 207 19 of title 18, United States Code, applies. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:28 May 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1830.IH H1830 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS