To provide a 1-year prohibition against lobbying for senior career staff of executive branch agencies.

SA 2936. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2349, to provide greater transparency in the legislative process; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 40, after line 2, insert the following:

(c) Senior Executive Personnel Generally.--Section 207(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(4) One-year restrictions on certain employees of the executive branch and independent agencies.--Any person who is an officer or employee in the Senior Executive Service, is employed in a position subject to section 5108 of title 5, is employed in a position subject to section 3104 of title 5, or is employed in a position equivalent to a level 14 position in the General Schedule (GS-14) (including any special Government employee) of the executive branch of the United States (including an independent agency) and who, within 1 year after the termination of his or her service or employment as such officer or employee, knowingly makes, with the intent to influence, any communication to or appearance before any officer or employee of the department or agency in which such person served within 1 year before such termination, on behalf of any other person (except the United States), in connection with any matter on which such person seeks official action by any officer or employee of such department or agency, shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title.”.