,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ddb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ae1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,barrasso 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,lummis1 ,mr4 ,braun1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1 and
 ,mrs4 ,britt7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to prohibit former       
,presidential appointees from acting on 
behalf of the ,government of the        
,people's ,republic of ,china1 the      
,chinese ,communist ,party1 and ,chinese
 military companies4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,cutting 
,off ,communist ,profiteers ,act4  #b4  
,post-employment limitations on         
,presidential appointees with respect to
 ,china ,section #bjg of title #ah1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 by redesignating subsections 7g7       
through 7l7 as subsection 7h7 through   
7m71 respectively2 and  7#b7 by         
inserting after subsection 7f7 the      

following3  7g7 ,post-,employment       
limitations on ,presidential appointees 
with respect to ,china  7#a7            
,definitions ,in this subsection3 7,a7  
,chinese entity ,the term ,chinese      
entity means-- 7i7 the ,government of   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china2  7ii7
 the ,chinese ,communist ,party2  7iii7 
an entity listed in accordance with     
section #abcg7;b7 of the ,strom         
,thurmond ,national ,defense            
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#aiii 7,public ,law #aje-bfa2 #ej       
,u4,s4,c4 #agja note72  7iv7 an entity  
identified under section #abfj;,h of the
 ,william ,m4 7,mac7 ,thornberry        
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjba 7,public ,law   
#aaf-bhc2 #acd ,stat4 #cife72 and  7v7  
an entity based in the ,people's        
,republic of ,china that is included on 
the entity list maintained by the       
,bureau of ,industry and ,security of   
the ,department of ,commerce and set    
forth in ,supplement ,no4 #d to part    

#gdd of title #ae1 ,code of ,federal    
,regulations404  7,b7 ,former           
presidential appointee ,the term ,former
 presidential appointee means an        
individual who formerly served in a     
position in any department or agency of 
the ,united ,states pursuant to an      
appointment made by the ,president4     
7#b7 ,prohibition ,a former             
,presidential appointee who-- 7,a7      
knowingly represents a ,chinese entity  
before any officer or employee of a     
department or agency of the ,united     
,states with the intent to influence a  
decision of the officer or employee in  
carrying out the official duties of the 
officer or employee2 or  7,b7 knowingly 
aids or advises a ,chinese entity with  
the intent to influence a decision of   
any officer or employee of a department 
or agency of the ,united ,states in     
carrying out the official duties of the 
officer or employee1  shall be punished 
as provided in section #baf4  4