Sec. 131. Written opinion on certain employment restrictions after terminating employment with the Department of Veterans Affairs
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Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subtitles A, B, and C, is further amended by inserting after section 718, as added by section 124, the following new section: Before terminating employment with the Department, any official of the Department who has participated personally and substantially during the one-year period ending on the date of the termination in an acquisition by the Department that exceeds $10,000,000 shall obtain a written opinion from an appropriate ethics counselor at the Department regarding any restrictions on activities that the official may undertake on behalf of a covered contractor during the two-year period beginning on the date on which the official terminates such employment.
In this section, the term covered contractor means a contractor carrying out a contract entered into with the Department, including pursuant to a subcontract. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 718, as added by section 124, the following new item: 719. Written opinion on certain employment restrictions after leaving the Department. .