,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,fitzpatrick introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit immediate     
family members of heads of certain      
agencies and departments from soliciting
 or otherwise raising funds from certain
 foreign entities4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,cabinet 
,service ,integrity ,act4  #b4          
,definitions ,in this ,act3  7#a7 ,close
 associate ,the term close associate    
means1 with respect to a senior foreign 
political figure1 an individual who is  
widely and publicly known to maintain a 
close relationship with the senior      
foreign political figure1 unless it is  
established that such individual is a   
citizen of and domiciled within the     
,united ,states4  7#b7 ,covered foreign 
entity ,the term covered foreign entity 
means-- 7,a7 a government of a foreign  

country2  7,b7 a foreign political      
party2 or  7,c7 any entity that is owned
 or controlled by a government of a     
foreign country or a foreign political  
party4  7#c7 ,foreign political party2  
government of a foreign country ,the    
terms foreign political party and       
government of a foreign country have the
 meanings given those terms in section  
#a of the ,foreign ,agents ,registration
 ,act of #aich 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa74    
7#d7 ,immediate family member of a head 
of a relevant agency or department ,the 
term immediate family member of a head  
of a relevant agency or department      
means1 with respect to a head of a      
relevant agency or department1 a        
sibling1 spouse1 or child of the head of
 a relevant agency or department4  7#e7 
,immediate family member of a senior    
foreign political figure ,the term      
immediate family member of a senior     
foreign political figure means1 with    
respect to a senior foreign political   
figure1 a sibling1 spouse1 or child of  

the senior foreign political figure1    
unless it is established that such      
sibling1 spouse1 or child is a citizen  
of and domiciled within the ,united     
,states4  7#f7 ,relevant agency or      
department ,the term relevant agency or 
department means-- 7,a7 the             
,environmental ,protection ,agency2 or  
7,b7 an ,executive department1 as       
defined in section #aja of title #e1    
,united ,states ,code4  7#g7 ,senior    
foreign political figure ,the term      
senior foreign political figure means-- 
7,a7 a senior official in any branch of 
the government of a foreign country2 or 
7,b7 a senior official of a foreign     
political party4  #c4 ,prohibition      
,during the period in which an          
individual is acting as the head of a   
relevant agency or department1 an       
immediate family member of that head of 
a relevant agency or department may not 
solicit or otherwise raise funds for any
 purpose from any--  7#a7 covered       
foreign entity2  7#b7 senior foreign    

political figure2  7#c7 immediate family
 member of a senior foreign political   
figure2  7#d7 close associate of a      
senior foreign political figure2 or     
7#e7 entity that is owned or controlled 
by an individual described in paragraph 
7#b71 7#c71 or 7#d74  #d4 ,penalties    
,whoever knowingly fails to comply with 
this ,act shall be fined not more than  
#a1jjj1jjj1 imprisoned not more than #e 
years1 or both4  #e4 ,effective date    
,this ,act shall take effect on the date
 that is #cj days after the date of     
enactment of this ,act4