S.Amdt. 1926

SA 1926. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. REVOLVING DOOR RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYEES MOVING INTO
THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

(a) In General.--Section 207 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)--
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``One-Year'' and
inserting ``Two-Year'';
(B) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``1 year'' each place it appears and
inserting ``2 years''; and
(ii) by inserting ``, or conducts any lobbying activity (as
defined in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
(2 U.S.C. 1602)) to facilitate any communication to or
appearance before,'' after ``any communication to or
appearance before''; and
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``1-year'' and
inserting ``2-year''; and
(2) by striking subsection (h).
(b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply to any individual covered by subsection (c) of
section 207 of title 18, United States Code, separating from
service on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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