United States · Bill · S
S. 522 (115th)
A bill to establish a 5-year ban on individuals appointed to Executive Schedule positions and Members of Congress engaging in lobbying activities at the Federal level.
Introduced
2 March 2017
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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10 August 2026
Summary
This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase to five years the ban on individuals appointed to executive schedule positions (except special government employees who serve less than 60 days in a 1-year period) from engaging in lobbying activities in the executive branch. The Office of Government Ethics may waive lobbying restrictions for certain executive schedule employees if it determines that the restrictions would create an undue hardship in obtaining qualified personnel for agency positions and granting such waiver would not create the potential for use of undue influence or unfair advantage. The bill increases to five years the ban on lobbying activities by Senators or Members of the House of Representatives.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 March 2017
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 March 2017
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 2 March 2017
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/522
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/522