,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #e1         
#bjag,mr4 ,trott introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to prohibit the          
,president1 the ,vice ,president1       
,members of ,congress1 and other        
officers of the executive branch from   
lobbying on behalf of countries         
designated as countries of particular   
concern for religious freedom for #aj   
years after leaving office1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,stop ,foreign 
,influence ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on   
lobbying for countries of particular    
concern  7a7 ,prohibition on lobbying   
,section #bjg of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subsection3   
7m7 ,additional restrictions relating to
 countries of particular concern  7#a7  

,in general ,in addition to the         
restrictions contained in subsection    
7f71 any person who serves in a position
 described in paragraph 7#b7 and who1   
within #aj years after leaving that     
position1 knowingly--  7,a7 represents a
 country of particular concern before   
any ,member1 officer1 or employee of    
either ,house of ,congress1 or any      
officer or employee of a department or  
agency of the executive branch1 with the
 intent to influence a decision of such 
officer1 employee1 or ,member1 in his or
 her official capacity1 or  7,b7 aids or
 advises a country of particular concern
 with the intent to influence a decision
 of any ,member1 officer1 or employee of
 either ,house of ,congress1 or any     
officer or employee of a department or  
agency of the executive branch1 in his  
or her official capacity1  shall be     
punished as provided in section #baf of 
this title4  7#b7 ,positions subject to 
restriction  7,a7 ,in general ,the      
positions referred to in paragraph 7#a7 

are the following3 7i7 ,the ,president4 
7ii7 ,the ,vice ,president4  7iii7 ,a   
,member of ,congress4  7iv7 ,a covered  
appointee position4  7,b7 ,covered      
appointee position ,for purposes of this
 paragraph1 an individual serves in a   
covered appointee position if the       
individual serves--  7i7 except as      
provided in clause 7ii71 in a position  
in an ,executive agency to which the    
individual was appointed by the         
,president1 by and with the advice and  
consent of the ,senate2  7ii7 in a      
position that is held by an active duty 
commissioned officer of the uniformed   
services who is serving in a grade or   
rank for which the pay grade 7as        
specified in section #bja of title #cg7 
is pay grade ,o-#g or higher2 or  7iii7 
in any of the following positions3 7,i7 
,deputy ,director of ,national          
,intelligence4  7,,ii7 ,deputy ,director
 of the ,central ,intelligence ,agency4 
7,,iii7 ,associate ,deputy ,director of 
the ,central ,intelligence ,agency4     

7,,iv7 ,the ,director of the ,national  
,clandestine ,service4  7,v7 ,chief of  
,station for the ,central ,intelligence 
,agency at an embassy or consulate of   
the ,united ,states4  7#c7 ,definitions 
,as used in this subsection-- 7,a7 the  
term ,executive agency means an         
,executive agency as defined by section 
#aje of title #e1 including the         
,executive ,office of the ,president2   
7,b7 the term ,member of ,congress has  
the meaning given that term in          
subsection 7e77#i7 of this section2 and 
7,c7 the term country of particular     
concern means--  7i7 a country which1 at
 any time during the #e-year period     
ending on the date an individual who    
serves in a position described in       
paragraph 7#b7 represents1 aids1 or     
advises such country1 is designated as a
 country of particular concern for      
religious freedom under section #djb of 
the ,international ,religious ,freedom  
,act of #aiih 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fddb72 and
  7ii7 any entity owned or controlled1  

in whole or in part1 by the government  
of a country described in clause 7i74  4
  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment    
made by subsection 7a7 shall apply to   
any individual who1 on or after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 leaves a
 position to which section #bjg7m7 of   
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code 7as    
added by subsection 7a771 applies4  #c4 
,elimination of #bj-percent exemption   
for former ,presidents1 ,vice           
,presidents1 ,members of ,congress1 and 
other executive branch officers engaging
 in lobbying on behalf of countries of  
particular concern  7a7 ,elimination of 
exemption ,section #c7aj7 of the        
,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b 
,u4,s4,c4 #afjb7aj77 is amended to read 
as follows3  7#aj7 ,lobbyist  7,a7 ,in  
general ,except as provided in          
subparagraph 7,b71 term lobbyist means  
any individual who is employed or       
retained by a client for financial or   
other compensation for services that    
include more than one lobbying contact4 

7,b7 ,exception ,subparagraph 7,a7 does 
not apply to an individual with respect 
to a client if the individual's lobbying
 activities constitute less than #bj    
percent of the time engaged in the      
services provided by such individual to 
that client over a #c-month period4 ,the
 previous sentence does not apply to an 
individual with respect to a client if  
the client is a country of particular   
concern 7as defined in paragraph        
7#c77;,c7 of section #bjg7m7 of title   
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code7 and the     
individual held a position to which     
section #bjg7m7 of title #ah1 ,united   
,states ,code1 applies4  4  7b7         
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to lobbying contacts made on or after   
the date of the enactment of this ,act4