US HB1145 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

US Congress House Bill 1145 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Revises the post-employment lobbying ban on former Members and elected officers of Congress. Specifically, it imposes a permanent ban on lobbying contacts by a former Member of the U.S. Senate (currently, a two-year ban), a former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (currently, a one-year ban), or a former elected officer of the House or Senate (currently, a one-year ban).

Title

BLAST Act Banning Lobbying and Safeguarding Trust Act

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-02-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-02-11	House	Introduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB601 (Same As) 2019-02-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB3419 (Related) 2019-06-21 - Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Ethics, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
HB8305 (Related) 2020-09-17 - Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.