,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #g1 #bjba,mr4   
,johnson of ,louisiana 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,banks1 ,mr4 ,steube1 ,mr4 ,weber  
of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,roy1 and ,mrs4 ,hinson7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of #aiie to  
prohibit a former ,member of ,congress  
from making a lobbying contact under    
such ,act on behalf of a client which is
 a ,communist country1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,no ,communist      
,countries ,participating in ,lobbying  
,act4  #b4 ,prohibiting lobbying        
contacts by former ,members of ,congress
 on behalf of ,communist countries  7a7 
,prohibition ,the ,lobbying ,disclosure 
,act of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afja et    
seq47 is amended by inserting after     
section #e the following new section3   
#e;,a4 ,prohibiting lobbying contacts by

 former ,members of ,congress on behalf 
of ,communist countries  7a7            
,prohibition ,notwithstanding any other 
provision of this ,act1 a former ,member
 of ,congress may not make a lobbying   
contact under this ,act1 or any         
communication which would be a lobbying 
contact under this ,act if it were not  
disclosed under the ,foreign ,agents    
,registration ,act of #aich1 as amended 
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #faa et seq471 on behalf 
of a client which1 at the time of the   
lobbying contact or communication1 is a 
,communist country or an entity owned or
 controlled by a ,communist country4    
7b7 ,penalty ,in addition to any other  
penalty under this ,act1 any person who 
violates subsection 7a7 shall be subject
 to a fine of not more than #be1jjj for 
each such violation4  7c7 ,definition   
,in this section1 a ,communist country  
means a country which is treated as a   
,communist country under section        
#fbj7;f7 of the ,foreign ,assistance    
,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bcgj7;f774

  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments
 made by this section shall apply with  
respect to lobbying contacts under the  
,lobbying ,disclosure ,act of #aiie     
which are made on or after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4