To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts.
Summary
This bill revises post-employment lobbying restrictions on former Members of Congress. Specifically, it makes permanent the post-employment lobbying ban on a former Member of the Senate (currently, two years) or a former Member of the House of Representatives (currently, one year).
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Aug 6, 2021
Last action Nov 1, 2022
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4
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Committee
3
Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
lower
Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
lower
Aug 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Aug 6, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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