,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdf  ,,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 establish a uniform   
#e-year post-employment ban on lobbying 
by former ,members of ,congress1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,congressional
 ,integrity ,act4  #b4 #e-year          
post-employment ban on lobbying by      
former ,members of ,congress  7a7       
,former ,senators ,subparagraph 7,a7 of 
section #bjg7;e77#a7 of title #ah1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking within #b years after that     
person leaves office and inserting      
within #e years after that person leaves
 office4  7b7 ,former ,members of the   
,house of ,representatives ,paragraph   
7#a7 of section #bjg7;e7 of such title  
is amended by striking subparagraph 7,b7

 and inserting the following3  7,b7     
,members of the ,house of               
,representatives ,any person who is a   
,member of the ,house of                
,representatives and who1 within #e     
years after that person leaves office1  
knowingly makes1 with the intent to     
influence1 any communication to or      
appearance before any ,member1 officer1 
or employee of either ,house of         
,congress and any employee of any other 
legislative office of the ,congress1 on 
behalf of any other person 7except the  
,united ,states7 in connection with any 
matter on which such former ,member     
seeks action by a ,member1 officer1 or  
employee of either ,house of ,congress1 
in his or her official capacity1 shall  
be punished as provided in section #baf 
of this title4  7,c7 ,officers of the   
,house of ,representatives ,any person  
who is an elected officer of the ,house 
of ,representatives and who1 within #a  
year after that person leaves office1   
knowingly makes1 with the intent to     

influence1 any communication to or      
appearance before any ,member1 officer1 
or employee of the ,house of            
,representatives1 on behalf of any other
 person 7except the ,united ,states7 in 
connection with any matter on which such
 former elected officer seeks action by 
a ,member1 officer1 or employee of      
either ,house of ,congress1 in his or   
her official capacity1 shall be punished
 as provided in section #baf of this    
title4  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the     
amendments made by this section shall   
apply with respect to any individual    
who1 on or after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act1 leaves an office
 to which section #bjg7;e77#a7 of title 
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 applies4    
#c4 ,elimination of #bj-percent         
exemption for former ,members of        
,congress engaging in lobbying  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 if the  
individual held an office to which      
subparagraph 7,a7 or subparagraph 7,b7  
of section #bjg7;e77#a7 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