S.Amdt. 2894Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)
S.Amdt. 2894
Sponsored by
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Submitted July 11, 2024
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July 11, 2024
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SA 2894. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 end of subtitle H of title X, add the following: SEC. 1095. RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN ENTITIES. Section 207 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following: ``(f) Restrictions Relating to Foreign Entities.-- ``(1) Restrictions.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any person who is subject to the restrictions under subsection (c), (d), or (e) and who knowingly, within 5 years after leaving the position, office, or employment referred to in such subsection-- ``(A) represents a foreign entity before any officer or employee of any department or agency of the United States with the intent to influence a decision of such officer or employee in carrying out his or her official duties, or [[Page S5126]] ``(B) aids or advises a foreign entity with the intent to influence a decision of any officer or employee of any department or agency of the United States, in carrying out his or her official duties, shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title. ``(2) Special rule for members of congress and presidentially appointed senate-confirmed personnel.--With respect to a Member of either House of Congress and to any presidentially appointed Senate-confirmed officers and employees of the executive branch, the restrictions described in paragraph (1) shall apply to representing, aiding, or advising foreign entities at any time after the termination of the service of that individual in such position. ``(3) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the term `foreign entity' means the government of a foreign country as defined in section 1(e) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, or a foreign political party as defined in section 1(f) of that Act.''. ______