,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ba1 #bjai ,ms4
 ,craig introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration1 and in addition 
to the ,committees on ,rules1 ,ethics1  
and the ,judiciary1 for a period to be  
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to prohibit former       
,members and elected officers of        
,congress from lobbying ,congress at any
 time after leaving office1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,halt          
,unchecked ,member ,benefits with       
,lobbying ,elimination ,act or the      
,,humble ,act4  #b4 ,prohibiting former 
,members and officers of ,congress from 
lobbying ,congress  7a7 ,prohibition    
,section #bjg7;e77#a7 of title #ah1     

,united ,states ,code1 is amended to    
read as follows3  7#a7 ,members and     
elected officers of ,congress ,any      
person who is a ,senator1 a ,member of  
the ,house of ,representatives1 or an   
elected officer of the ,senate or the   
,house of ,representatives and who1     
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 or 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 ,senator1   
,member1 or elected official 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  7b7 ,conforming      
amendments ,section #bjg7;e77#b7 of such
 title is amended--  7#a7 in the        

heading1 by striking ,officers and staff
 and inserting ,staff2  7#b7 by striking
 an elected officer of the ,senate1 or2 
7#c7 by striking leaves office or       
employment and inserting leaves         
employment2 and  7#d7 by striking former
 elected officer or4  7c7 ,effective    
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall apply with respect to an  
individual who leaves office on or after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act4
  #c4 ,prohibiting use of funds for     
official travel expenses of ,members of 
,congress and legislative branch        
employees for airline accommodations    
other than coach-class  7a7 ,prohibition
 ,except as provided in subsection 7b71 
no funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available for the official travel       
expenses of a ,member of ,congress or   
other officer or employee of any office 
in the legislative branch may be used   
for airline accommodations which are not
 coach-class accommodations4  7b7       
,exceptions ,funds described in         

subsection 7a7 may be used for airline  
accommodations which are not coach-class
 accommodations for an individual       
described in subsection 7a7 if the use  
of the funds for such accommodations    
would be permitted under sections       
#cja-aj4aba through #cja-aj4abe of title
 #da of the ,code of ,federal           
,regulations if the individual were an  
employee of an agency which is subject  
to chapter #cja of such title4  7c7     
,rule of ,construction ,nothing in this 
,act may be construed to affect any     
officer or employee of an office of the 
legislative branch which1 as of the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 is      
subject to chapter #cja of title #da of 
the ,code of ,federal ,regulations4  7d7
 ,definitions  7#a7 ,coach-class        
accommodations ,in this ,act1 the term  
coach-class accommodations means the    
basic class of accommodation by airlines
 that is normally the lowest fare       
offered regardless of airline           
terminology used1 and 7as referred to by

 airlines7 may include tourist class or 
economy class1 as well as single class  
when the airline offers only one class  
of accommodations to all travelers4     
7#b7 ,member of ,congress ,in this ,act1
 the term ,member of ,congress means a  
,senator or a ,representative in1 or    
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1
 the ,congress4  7e7 ,effective date    
,this section shall apply with respect  
to fiscal year #bjbj and each succeeding
 fiscal year4  #d4 ,benefits and        
services provided to former ,members of 
the ,house of ,representatives  7a7     
,benefits and services described ,the   
,house of ,representatives may not make 
any of the following benefits and       
services available to an individual who 
becomes a former ,member of the ,house  
7except to the extent such benefits and 
services are made available to members  
of the public73  7#a7 ,access to the    
,hall of the ,house4  7#b7 ,access to   
athletic facilities and other facilities
 available for the use of ,members of   

the ,house4  7#c7 ,access to the        
,members' ,dining ,room located in the  
,house of ,representatives wing of the  
,united ,states ,capitol4  7#d7 ,access 
to parking spaces4  7#e7 ,access to     
material from the ,house document room4 
7#f7 ,use of the collections in the     
,house ,legislative ,resource ,center   
without borrowing privileges4  7b7      
,waiver authority  7#a7 ,authority to   
waive elimination of benefit or service 
,the ,speaker and the ,minority ,leader 
of the ,house of ,representatives may   
jointly1 on a case-by-case basis1 grant 
a waiver of subsection 7a7 with respect 
to a former ,member of the ,house and a 
benefit or service described in such    
subsection4  7#b7 ,publication in       
,congressional ,record ,if the ,speaker 
and the ,minority ,leader jointly grant 
a waiver under paragraph 7#a7 to make a 
benefit or service available to a former
 ,member1 the ,speaker and ,minority    
,leader shall1 not later than #bd hours 
after the waiver is granted1 cause to   

have published in the ,congressional    
,record a statement identifying the     
former ,member and the benefit or       
service involved4  #e4 ,prohibiting     
,members of ,house of ,representatives  
from owning individual stocks  7a7 ,in  
general ,rule ,,xxiii of the ,rules of  
the ,house of ,representatives 7known as
 the ,code of ,official ,conduct7 is    
amended by designating clause #ai as    
clause #bj and inserting after clause   
#ah the following3 #ai4 ,a ,member1     
,delegate1 or ,resident ,commissioner   
may not own the common stock of any     
individual corporation4 4  7b7          
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall take effect        
immediately before noon on ,january #c1 
#bjba4