Sec. 4. Prohibition of procurement officers accepting employment from Government contractors
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Section 2104 of title 41, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by striking or consultant and inserting consultant, lawyer, or lobbyist ; and by striking one year and inserting 2 years ; and in paragraph (3), by striking personally made for the Federal agency and inserting participated personally and substantially in ; and by striking subsection
(b)and inserting the following: A former official responsible for a Government contract referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or
(3)of subsection
(a)may not accept compensation for 2 years after awarding the contract from any division, affiliate, or subcontractor of the contractor. . Section 2103(a) of title 41, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)by inserting after that official the following: , or for a relative (as defined in section 3110 of title 5) of that official, . Chapter 21 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: An employee of the Federal Government may not be personally and substantially involved with any award of a contract to, or the administration of a contract awarded to, a contractor that is a former employer of the employee during the 2-year period beginning on the date on which the employee leaves the employment of the contractor. . The table of sections for chapter 21 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 2108. Prohibition on involvement by certain former contractor employees in procurements. . The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall— in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Counsel to the President, promulgate regulations to carry out and ensure the enforcement of chapter 21 of title 41, United States Code, as amended by this section; and in consultation with designated agency ethics officials (as defined under section 601 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as added by section 3), monitor compliance with that chapter by individuals and agencies.