,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjai,mr4 ,castro of ,texas 7for        
himself1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 
,mc,govern1 and ,ms4 ,wilson of         
,florida7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the 
,permanent ,select ,committee on        
,intelligence 7,permanent ,select71 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 the ,foreign ,agents ,registration
 ,act of #aich to prohibit any          
individual who served as the head of any
 element of the intelligence community  
from acting as the agent of a foreign   
principal1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,intelligence ,directors ,lobbying  
,prevention ,act of #bjai4  #b4         

,findings2 sense of ,congress  7a7      
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump    
issued an ,executive ,order on ,january 
#bh1 #bjag1 entitled ,ethics            
,commitments by ,executive ,branch      
,appointees1 paragraph 7#d7 of which    
requires ,executive ,branch appointees  
to contractually commit to the          
following3 ,i will not1 at any time     
after the termination of my employment  
in the ,united ,states ,government1     
engage in any activity on behalf of any 
foreign government or foreign political 
party which1 were it undertaken on      
,january #bj1 #bjag1 would require me to
 register under the ,foreign ,agents    
,registration ,act of #aich1 as         
amended44  7#b7 ,to the extent that     
paragraph 7#d7 of this ,executive ,order
 has no time restriction1 the ,executive
 ,order amounts to a lifetime ban on    
lobbying on behalf of a foreign         
principal by employees of the executive 
branch4  7b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is 

the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 the  
,united ,states intelligence community  
provides the backbone of security for   
the ,united ,states1 and its members    
contribute daily to the safety1         
security1 and well-being of ,americans  
worldwide2  7#b7 leaders of the         
intelligence community1 whether         
political or civilian appointees1 should
 be held to the highest of ethical      
standards2 and  7#c7 given recent       
revelations regarding previous heads of 
elements of the intelligence community  
lobbying on behalf of foreign           
principals1 ,congress should codify and 
expand the ,executive ,order signed by  
,president ,trump on ,january #bh1      
#bjag1 so that it applies to the heads  
of elements of the intelligence         
community4  #c4 ,prohibiting heads of   
elements of intelligence community from 
acting as agents of foreign principals  
7a7 ,prohibition ,the ,foreign ,agents  
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa et seq47 is amended 

by adding at the end the following new  
section3  #ab4 ,prohibiting registration
 by former heads of elements of         
intelligence community  7a7 ,prohibition
 ,no individual may register under this 
,act or otherwise serve as the agent of 
a foreign principal1 including by       
engaging in lobbying activity on behalf 
of a foreign entity under the ,lobbying 
,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 
#afja et seq471 if the individual at any
 time served as the head of an element  
of the intelligence community4  7b7     
,annual report ,on an annual basis1 the 
,director of ,national ,intelligence1 in
 coordination with the head of each     
element of the intelligence community1  
shall submit to ,congress a report on   
the compliance of former heads of such  
elements with respect to the prohibition
 under subsection 7a74  7c7 ,definition 
,in this section1 the term element of   
the intelligence community means each   
agency included in paragraph 7#d7 of    
section #c of the ,national ,security   

,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc7d771 
and includes the ,national              
,counterterrorism ,center and the       
,national ,counterproliferation ,center4
  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment 
made by subsection 7a7 shall apply with 
respect to any individual who1 on or    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 serves as the head of an element  
of the intelligence community as        
described in section #ab of the ,foreign
 ,agents ,registration ,act of #aich1 as
 amended1 as added by subsection 7a74