,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ab1        
#bjag,mr4 ,de,fazio 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,slaughter7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend the ,lobbying         
,disclosure ,act of #aiie and the       
,foreign ,agents ,registration ,act of  
#aich to restrict the lobbying          
activities of former political          
appointees1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,deter ,revolving-door             
,appointments ,in our ,nation2 ,stop    
,washington ,appointees from becoming   
,manipulative ,petitioners ,act or the  
,,drain the ,,swamp ,act4  #b4          
,restrictions on lobbying activities of 
former political appointees  7a7        
#e-,year post-,employment ban on serving
 as registered lobbyist  7#a7 ,in       
general ,section #bjg of title #ah1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    

striking subsections 7c7 and 7d7 and    
inserting the following3  7c7           
,restrictions on senior personnel of the
 executive branch and independent       
agencies  7#a7 ,restrictions ,in        
addition to the restrictions set forth  
in subsections 7a7 and 7b71 any person  
who is a political appointee of the     
executive branch of the ,united ,states 
7including an independent agency71 and  
who1 within #e years after the          
termination of his or her service or    
employment as such a political          
appointee1 knowingly makes1 with the    
intent to influence1 any communication  
to or appearance before any officer or  
employee of the department or agency in 
which such person served1 on behalf of  
any other person 7except the ,united    
,states71 in connection with any matter 
on which such person seeks official     
action by any officer or employee of    
such department or agency1 shall be     
punished as provided in section #baf of 
this title4  7#b7 ,political appointee  

,the term political appointee means an  
individual who is-- 7,a7 employed in a  
position described under sections #ecab 
through #ecaf of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code 7relating to the          
,executive ,schedule72  7,b7 a limited  
term appointee1 limited emergency       
appointee1 or noncareer appointee in the
 ,senior ,executive ,service1 as defined
 under paragraphs 7#e71 7#f71 and 7#g71 
respectively1 of section #cacb7;a7 of   
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2 or     
7,c7 employed in a position of a        
confidential or policy-determining      
character under schedule ,c of subpart  
,c of part #bac of title #e of the ,code
 of ,federal ,regulations4  7#c7 ,waiver
 ,at the request of a department or     
agency1 the ,director of the ,office of 
,government ,ethics may waive the       
restrictions contained in paragraph 7#a7
 with respect to any position1 or       
category of positions1 referred to in   
paragraph 7#b7 in such department or    
agency if the ,director determines      

that--  7,a7 the imposition of the      
restrictions with respect to such       
position or positions would create an   
undue hardship on the department or     
agency in obtaining qualified personnel 
to fill such position or positions2 and 
7,b7 granting the waiver would not      
create the potential for use of undue   
influence or unfair advantage4  4  7#b7 
,conforming amendments ,section #bjg of 
such title is amended--  7,a7 in        
subsection 7f77#a71 by striking         
subsection 7c71 7d71 or 7e7 and         
inserting subsection 7c7 or 7e72  7,b7  
in subsection 7h77#b71 by striking      
subsection 7c77#b77;,a77i7 or 7iii7 and 
inserting subsection 7c77#b77;,a7 or    
7,c72 and  7,c7 in subsection           
7i77#a77;,a71 by striking subsections   
7a71 7c71 and 7d7 and inserting         
subsections 7a7 and 7c74  7b7 ,lifetime 
ban on serving as agent of foreign      
government  7#a7 ,registration as agent 
,the ,foreign ,agents ,registration ,act
 of #aich 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa et seq47  

is amended by adding at the end the     
following new section3  #ab4            
,prohibiting registration by former     
political appointees  7a7 ,prohibition  
,no individual may register under this  
,act or otherwise serve as the agent of 
a foreign principal if the individual at
 any time served as a political         
appointee 7as defined in subsection     
7b774  7b7 ,political appointee ,the    
term political appointee means an       
individual who is-- 7#a7 employed in a  
position described under sections #ecab 
through #ecaf of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code 7relating to the          
,executive ,schedule72  7#b7 a limited  
term appointee1 limited emergency       
appointee1 or noncareer appointee in the
 ,senior ,executive ,service1 as defined
 under paragraphs 7#e71 7#f71 and 7#g71 
respectively1 of section #cacb7;a7 of   
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2 or     
7#c7 employed in a position of a        
confidential or policy-determining      
character under schedule ,c of subpart  

,c of part #bac of title #e of the ,code
 of ,federal ,regulations4  4  7#b7     
,other representation as foreign entity 
,section #bjg7;f77#a77;,a7 of title #ah1
 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by   
inserting after within #a year the      
following3 7or1 in the case of a person 
who is subject to the restrictions      
contained in subsection 7c71 at any     
time74  7c7 ,effective date  7#a7 ,in   
general ,the amendments made by this    
section shall apply with respect to any 
individual whose service as a political 
appointee terminates on or after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act4     
7#b7 ,definition ,in paragraph 7#a71 the
 term political appointee has the       
meaning given such term in section      
#bjg7;c77#b7 of title #ah1 ,united      
,states ,code 7as amended by subsection 
7a77#a771 and section #ab7;b7 of the    
,foreign ,agents ,registration ,act of  
#aich 7as added by subsection 7b77#a774