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 103 STAT. 1720 PUBLIC LAW 101-194—NOV. 30, 1989 nation of that person's employment on such committee, know- ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any communication to or appearance before any person who is a Member or an em- ployee of that committee or who was a Member of the commit- tee in the year immediately prior to the termination of such person's employment by the committee, on behalf of any other person (except the United States) in connection with any matter on which such former employee seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee of either House of Congress, in his or her oflicial capacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title. "(4) LEADERSHIP STAFF.—(A) Any person who is an employee on the leadership staff of the House of Representatives or an employee on the leadership staff of the Senate and who, within 1 year after the termination of that person's employment on such staff, knowingly makes, with the intent to influence, any communication to or appearance before any of the persons described in subparagraph (B), on behalf of any other person (except the United States) in connection with any matter on which such former employee seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee of either House of Congress, in his or her official capacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title. V "(B) The persons referred to in subparagraph (A) with respect to appearances or communications by a former employee are the following: "(i) in the case of a former employee on the leadership staff of the House of Representatives, those persons are any Member of the leadership of the House of Representatives and any employee on the leadership staff of the House of Representatives; and ' (ii) in the case of a former employee on the leadership staff of the Senate, those persons are any Member of the leadership of the Senate and any employee on the leader- ship staff of the Senate. "(5) OTHER LEGISLATIVE OFFICES.— (A) Any person who is an employee of any other legislative office of the Congress and who, ^ within 1 year after the termination of that person s employment in such office, knowingly makes, with the intent to influence, any communication to or appearance before any of the persons described in subparagraph (B), on behalf of any other person (except the United States) in connection with any matter on which such former employee seeks action by any officer or employee of such office, in his or her official capacity, shall be punished sis provided in section 216 of this title. "(B) The persons referred to in subparagraph (A) with respect to appearances or communications by a former employee are the employees and officers of the former legislative office of the Congress of the former employee. "(6) LIMITATION ON RESTRICTIONS. —The restrictions contained in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) apply only to acts by a former employee who, for at least 60 days, in the aggregate, during the 1-year period before that former employee s service as such employee terminated, was paid for such service at a basic rate of pay equal to or greater than the basic rate of pay payable for GS-17 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5. "(7) DEFINITIONS. — As used in this subsection—

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