Cabinet Service Integrity Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 161 To prohibit immediate family members of heads of certain agencies and departments from soliciting or otherwise raising funds from certain for- eign entities. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 3, 2019 Mr. FITZPATRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To prohibit immediate family members of heads of certain agencies and departments from soliciting or otherwise raising funds from certain foreign entities. 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 ‘‘Cabinet Service Integ- 4 rity Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 In this Act: 7 (1) CLOSE ASSOCIATE.—The term ‘‘close asso- 8 ciate’’ means, with respect to a senior foreign polit- 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:30 Jan 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H161.IH H161 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 161 IH ical figure, an individual who is widely and publicly 1 known to maintain a close relationship with the sen- 2 ior foreign political figure, unless it is established 3 that such individual is a citizen of and domiciled 4 within the United States. 5 (2) COVERED FOREIGN ENTITY.—The term 6 ‘‘covered foreign entity’’ means— 7 (A) a government of a foreign country; 8 (B) a foreign political party; or 9 (C) any entity that is owned or controlled 10 by a government of a foreign country or a for- 11 eign political party. 12 (3) FOREIGN POLITICAL PARTY; GOVERNMENT 13 OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The terms ‘‘foreign polit- 14 ical party’’ and ‘‘government of a foreign country’’ 15 have the meanings given those terms in section 1 of 16 the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 17 U.S.C. 611). 18 (4) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A HEAD 19 OF A RELEVANT AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT.—The 20 term ‘‘immediate family member of a head of a rel- 21 evant agency or department’’ means, with respect to 22 a head of a relevant agency or department, a sibling, 23 spouse, or child of the head of a relevant agency or 24 department. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:30 Jan 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H161.IH H161 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 161 IH (5) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A SENIOR 1 FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURE.—The term ‘‘immediate 2 family member of a senior foreign political figure’’ 3 means, with respect to a senior foreign political fig- 4 ure, a sibling, spouse, or child of the senior foreign 5 political figure, unless it is established that such sib- 6 ling, spouse, or child is a citizen of and domiciled 7 within the United States. 8 (6) RELEVANT AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT.—The 9 term ‘‘relevant agency or department’’ means— 10 (A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 11 or 12 (B) an ‘‘Executive department’’, as defined 13 in section 101 of title 5, United States Code. 14 (7) SENIOR FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURE.—The 15 term ‘‘senior foreign political figure’’ means— 16 (A) a senior official in any branch of the 17 government of a foreign country; or 18 (B) a senior official of a foreign political 19 party. 20 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION. 21 During the period in which an individual is acting 22 as the head of a relevant agency or department, an imme- 23 diate family member of that head of a relevant agency or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:30 Jan 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H161.IH H161 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 161 IH department may not solicit or otherwise raise funds for 1 any purpose from any— 2 (1) covered foreign entity; 3 (2) senior foreign political figure; 4 (3) immediate family member of a senior for- 5 eign political figure; 6 (4) close associate of a senior foreign political 7 figure; or 8 (5) entity that is owned or controlled by an in- 9 dividual described in paragraph (2), (3), or (4). 10 SEC. 4. PENALTIES. 11 Whoever knowingly fails to comply with this Act shall 12 be fined not more than $1,000,000, imprisoned not more 13 than 5 years, or both. 14 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 15 This Act shall take effect on the date that is 30 days 16 after the date of enactment of this Act. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:30 Jan 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H161.IH H161 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS