,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dabh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ah1    
#bjbf,ms4 ,rosen introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit ,cabinet        
,members and senior executive political 
appointees from using taxpayer funds to 
hire political consulting1 advertising1 
and marketing firms1 from expediting    
competitive open bidding processes to   
contract for official advertisements1   
and from using official advertisements  
for self-promotion4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,no      
,self-,promotion with ,public ,dollars  
,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3  
7#a7 ,cabinet ,member ,the term ,cabinet
 ,member means-- 7,a7 an individual     
serving in a position at level ,i of the
 ,executive ,schedule under section     
#ecab of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code2 and  7,b7 any other individual   

who occupies a position designated by   
the ,president as a ,cabinet-level      
position4  7#b7 ,financial relationship 
,the term financial relationship means  
any relationship in which financial     
compensation is derived directly or     
indirectly from a pecuniary interest4   
7#c7 ,official advertisement ,the term  
official advertisement means an         
advertisement sponsored by the executive
 branch to communicate any policy       
priority of a ,government entity1       
including of a ,federal agency or       
department or a presidential            
administration4  7#d7 ,political        
advertising and marketing firm ,the term
 political advertising and marketing    
firm means a professional business that 
is eligible for a contract with the     
,government that is dedicated to the    
creation and execution of promotional   
materials and marketing for the clients 
of the business1 including the          
,government4  7#e7 ,political consulting
 firm ,the term political consulting    

firm means a professional services      
company that is eligible for a contract 
with the ,government to provide advice1 
feedback1 strategy1 and skills4  7#f7   
,senior executive political appointee   
,the term senior executive political    
appointee means an individual who is--  
7,a7 employed in a position described in
 sections #ecab through #ecaf of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code 7relating to  
the ,executive ,schedule72  7,b7 a      
limited term appointee1 limited         
emergency appointee1 or noncareer       
appointee in the ,senior ,executive     
,service1 as defined under paragraphs   
7#e71 7#f71 and 7#g71 respectively1 of  
section #cacb7;a7 of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code2 or  7,c7 employed in a   
position of a confidential or           
policy-determining character under      
schedule ,c of subpart ,c of part #bac  
of title #e1 ,code of ,federal          
,regulations1 or any successor          
regulation4  7#g7 ,special ,government  
employee ,the term special ,government  

employee means a special ,government    
employee1 as defined in section #bjb7;a7
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1   
who is employed in the executive branch4
  #c4 ,prohibition on taxpayer-funded   
political consulting firms and political
 advertising and marketing firms ,a     
,cabinet ,member may not use any funds  
authorized or appropriated by ,federal  
law to hire a political consulting firm 
or political advertising and marketing  
firm to develop and disseminate any     
official advertisement relating to the  
position of the ,cabinet ,member1 the   
agency or department of which the       
,cabinet ,member is the head1 or the    
official duties of the ,cabinet ,member 
if-- 7#a7 the ,cabinet ,member is an    
officer or employee of the political    
consulting firm or political advertising
 and marketing firm2  7#b7 the ,cabinet 
,member has a financial relationship    
with the political consulting firm or   
political advertising and marketing     
firm2 or  7#c7 any senior executive     

political appointee or special          
,government employee who reports to the 
,cabinet ,member or who is employed by  
the agency or department of which the   
,cabinet ,member is the head has a      
financial relationship with the         
political consulting firm or political  
advertising and marketing firm4  #d4    
,prohibition on expediting open bidding 
for official advertisements ,except as  
otherwise provided by existing ,federal 
law1 a ,cabinet ,member shall1 when     
entering into a contract for an official
 advertisement1 comply with all         
applicable requirements related to the  
full and open competitive procedures    
required under chapter #cc of title #da1
 ,united ,states ,code1 and part #f of  
the ,federal ,acquisition ,regulation4  
#e4 ,prohibition on self-promotion      
through official advertisements ,a      
,cabinet ,member may not use any        
official advertisement for the primary  
purpose of self-promotion4