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), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 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 of a Federal agency responsible for a Government contract referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or
(3)of subsection
(a)may not accept compensation from any division, affiliate, or subcontractor of the contractor during the 2-year period beginning on the last date on which the former official was employed by the Federal agency. . 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 redesignating section 2107 as section 2108; and by inserting after section 2106 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 striking the item relating to section 2107 and inserting the following: 2107. Prohibition on involvement by certain former contractor employees in procurements. 2108. Savings provisions. . The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, with respect to chapter 21 of title 41, United States Code, as amended by this section— not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and 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 that chapter; and in consultation with designated agency ethics officials (as defined in section 601 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as added by section 3 of this Act), monitor compliance with that chapter by individuals and agencies.