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HR 1231 100th Congress House

Foreign Agents Compulsory Ethics in Trade Act of 1987

Official title: A bill to amend chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the President, the Vice President, certain other former Federal civilian and military p… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the President, the Vice President, certain other former Federal civilian and military personnel, and Members of Congress from representing or advising foreign persons for a period of 4 years after leaving Government service, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 25, 1987 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Armed Forces and National SecurityCivil actions and liabilityCivil service employmentConflict of interests
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Congress and Members of CongressCourts and Civil ProcedureCrime preventionEx-Members of CongressEx-presidentsFederal employeesFederal employees and officialsFederal officialsFines (Penalties)Foreign agentsInjunctionsInternational AffairsLobbyingMembers of CongressMilitary personnelOfficer personnelPresidential compensationPresidents and Vice PresidentsRetired military personnelVice Presidents
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 6, 1987
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 3, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
Feb 25, 1987
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Feb 25, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 6, 1987

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Foreign Agents Compulsory Ethics in Trade Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the President, the Vice President, certain high-level Federal officials and employees, certain high-ranking active-duty members of the uniformed services, and Members of Congress from representing or advising foreign principals on matters of direct and substantial U.S. interest during the four-year period after cessation of Federal employment.

Authorizes the Attorney General to grant a waiver to such prohibition unless the proposed conduct could harm the national interests or create an undue appearance of conflict of interest.

Authorizes the Attorney General, upon reason to believe that a person is engaging or about to engage in conduct in violation of this Act, to petition the appropriate U.S. district court for an order prohibiting such conduct.

Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 127 Related bill Former Federal Officials Act of 1986
 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 6, 1987
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 25, 1987
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Feb 25, 1987
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1231: Foreign Agents Compulsory Ethics in Trade Act of 1987. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1231/
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"H.R. 1231: Foreign Agents Compulsory Ethics in Trade Act of 1987." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1231/.
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H.R. 1231, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1231/.
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