43 U.S.C. § 1355 — Restrictions on employment of former officers or employees of Department of the Interior

A full-time Interior officer or employee who performed duties under this subchapter and, during the last 12 months of employment, was under the Executive Schedule or paid at least the GS-16 basic-pay rate may not: (1) for two years after leaving, knowingly act as another person’s agent or attorney, otherwise represent another person^*, communicate to influence, or knowingly help represent another person in a Federal department, agency, court, or officer or employee about a proceeding, application, ruling, regulation, order, lease^*, permit, rulemaking, or other particular matter involving specific parties in which the United States is a party or has a direct and substantial interest, if it was pending under the employee's official responsibility within the prior year or the employee participated personally and substantially; or (2) for one year, knowingly represent another person or communicate to influence the Interior Department or its officer or employee about a judicial, rulemaking, regulation, order, lease, permit, or other particular matter pending before the Department or in which it has a direct and substantial interest. The exceptions in both paragraphs for the United States apply as stated.