,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #caha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ah1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself and ,mr4 
,whitehouse7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to revoke security          
clearances for former personnel of the  
,department of ,defense who engage in   
lobbying activities on behalf of ,china1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,restricting ,ex-,vetted ,officials from
 ,knowledge ,exploitation ,act or the   
,,revoke ,act4  #b4 ,revocation of      
,security ,clearances for ,certain      
,persons  7a7 ,prohibition              
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall   
suspend or revoke a security clearance  
or eligibility for access to classified 
information for any retired or separated
 member of the ,armed ,forces or        
civilian employee of the ,department of 

,defense who engages in an activity     
described in subsection 7b74  7b7       
,activities described ,the activities   
described in this subsection are        
lobbying activities or lobbying contacts
 for or on behalf of any entity that    
is-- 7#a7 identified by the ,secretary  
of ,defense in the most recent report   
submitted under section #abfj;,h of the 
,william ,m4 7,mac7 ,thornberry         
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjba 7#aj ,u4,s4,c4  
#aac note7 as a ,chinese military       
company2 and  7#b7 included in the      
,non-,,sdn ,chinese                     
,military-,industrial ,complex          
,companies ,list published by the       
,department of the ,treasury4  7c7      
,waiver ,the ,secretary of ,defense may1
 for periods not to exceed #ahj days1   
waive the application of the prohibition
 in subsection 7a7 for an individual if 
the ,secretary certifies to the         
congressional defense committees that   
doing so is in the national security    

interest of the ,united ,states4  7d7   
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term congressional defense committees  
has the meaning given the term in       
section #aja7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united  
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,the term lobbying 
activities has the meaning given such   
term in section #c of the ,lobbying     
,disclosure ,act of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 
#afjb74  7#c7 ,the term lobbying contact
 has the meaning given such term in     
section #c of the ,lobbying ,disclosure 
,act of #aiie 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #afjb71     
except that clause 7iv7 of paragraph    
7#h77;,b77iv7 of such section shall not 
apply4