,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aebb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjai,mr4 
,gallagher introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend the ,foreign ,agents          
,registration ,act of #aich to prohibit 
certain individuals from service as an  
agent of a foreign principal1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,congressional 
and ,executive ,foreign ,lobbying ,ban  
,act4  #b4 ,prohibiting certain         
individuals from acting as agents of    
foreign principals  7a7 ,former ,members
 of ,congress2 general or flag officers 
of armed forces  7#a7 ,prohibiting      
registration as agent ,the ,foreign     
,agents ,registration ,act of #aich1 as 
amended 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa et seq47 is 
amended--  7,a7 by redesignating        
sections #ab through #ad as sections #ac
 through #ae2 and  7,b7 by inserting    
after section #aa the following new     

section3  #ab4 ,prohibiting registration
 of certain individuals  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      
,member of ,congress1 as a senior       
political appointee1 or as a general or 
flag officer of the armed forces4  7b7  
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term ,member of ,congress means a      
,senator or ,representative in1 or      
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1
 the ,congress2 and  7#b7 the term      
senior political appointee-- 7,a7       
means--  7i7 any individual occupying a 
full-time senior position and who is    
appointed by the ,president or the ,vice
 ,president2  7ii7 any noncareer        
appointee in the ,senior ,executive     
,service 7or other ,,ses-type system72  
and  7iii7 any appointee to a position1 
at or above the level of a noncareer    
member of the ,senior ,executive        
,service1 that has been excepted from   

the competitive service by reason of    
being of a confidential or policymaking 
character 7schedule ,c and other        
positions excepted under comparable     
criteria7 in an executive agency2 and   
7,b7 does not include any individual    
appointed as a member of the ,senior    
,foreign ,service or1 except for a      
general or flag officer of the armed    
forces1 solely as a uniformed service   
commissioned officer4  4  7#b7 ,other   
representation of foreign entities      
,section #bjg7;f77#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 any of such           
restrictions and who is a ,member of    
,congress1 a senior political appointee 
7as that term is defined in section #ab 
of the ,foreign ,agents ,registration   
,act of #aich1 as amended 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #faa et seq4771 or a general or flag   
officer of the armed forces1 at any     
time74  7b7 ,effective date ,the        

amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply with respect to any individual    
whose service as a ,member of ,congress 
or as a general or flag officer of the  
armed forces terminates on or after the 
date of the enactment of this ,act4