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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 88 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members and |
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| 6 | 6 | | elected officers of Congress from lobbying Congress at any time after |
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| 7 | 7 | | leaving office. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY25, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | RAUN(for himself and Mr. SCOTTof Florida) introduced the following |
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| 12 | 12 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former |
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| 15 | 15 | | Members and elected officers of Congress from lobbying |
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| 16 | 16 | | Congress at any time after leaving office. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Banning Lobbying And 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Safeguarding Trust Act’’ or the ‘‘BLAST Act’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •S 88 IS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITING FORMER MEMBERS AND OFFICERS 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | OF CONGRESS FROM LOBBYING CONGRESS. 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) P |
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| 28 | 28 | | ROHIBITION.—Section 207(e) of title 18, United 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (1) and 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | inserting the following: 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(1) M |
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| 32 | 32 | | EMBERS AND ELECTED OFFICERS OF 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | CONGRESS.—Any person who is a Senator, a Mem-7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ber of the House of Representatives, or an elected 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | officer of the Senate or the House of Representa-9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tives and who, after that person leaves office, know-10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any com-11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | munication to or appearance before any Member, of-12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ficer, or employee of either House of Congress or 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | any employee of any other legislative office of Con-14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | gress, on behalf of any other person (except the 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | United States) in connection with any matter on 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | which the former Senator, Member, or elected offi-17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | cial seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of either House of Congress, in his or her official ca-19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | pacity, shall be punished as provided in section 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 216.’’. 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (b) T |
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| 49 | 49 | | ECHNICAL ANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Section 207(e)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | amended— 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘O |
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| 53 | 53 | | FFICERS AND 25 |
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| 54 | 54 | | STAFF’’ and inserting ‘‘STAFF’’; 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •S 88 IS |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) by striking ‘‘an elected officer of the Senate, 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | or’’; 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (3) by striking ‘‘office or’’; and 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (4) by striking ‘‘former elected officer or’’. 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (c) A |
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| 63 | 63 | | PPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | section shall apply with respect to an individual who leaves 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | office on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Æ |
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