H.R. 3582

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3582 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3582

To amend section 207 of title 18 to prohibit former employees of the 
State Department and the Department of Defense from lobbying the 
Federal Government on matters of foreign military sales, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 23, 2025

Mr. Davidson (for himself, Ms. Jacobs, and Ms. Jayapal) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend section 207 of title 18 to prohibit former employees of the 
State Department and the Department of Defense from lobbying the 
Federal Government on matters of foreign military sales, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``No revolving doors in FMS Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. FOREIGN MILTARY SALES.

Section 207(f) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by--
(1) redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
(2) inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
paragraph:
``(3) Foreign military sales.--Any person who--
``(A) is a former State Department or Department of 
Defense employee and who participated in any program, 
project, or activity relating to foreign military sales 
authorized under chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) at any time during the 3-
year period ending on separation from Federal 
employment; and
``(B) knowingly makes, with the intent to influence 
any Federal determination authorized pursuant to such 
chapter, any communication to or appearance before any 
officer or employee of any Federal department or agency 
or Congress to influence such foreign military sales,
shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title.''.
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