Executive Order on the Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees | |
Type | Executive order |
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Executive Order number | 13770 |
Signed by | Donald Trump on January 28, 2017 |
Federal Register details | |
Federal Register document number | 2017-02450 |
Publication date | February 3, 2017 |
Document citation | 9333 |
Summary | |
Directs executive branch employees on a ban on lobbying any government official for two years and the agency they worked in for five years. It also prevents them from ever lobbying the US on behalf of a foreign government or foreign political parties. |
Executive Order 13770, entitled "Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees," was an executive order issued by US President Donald Trump on January 28, 2017, that directs executive branch employees on a ban from becoming a lobbyist for five years.[1][2] The order, which reflected an increasingly standard practice of issuing such ethics rules by executive order early in a new administration, borrowed language from similar orders issued by past administrations.[3]
Trump revoked the order on the final day of his presidency, allowing his administration's officials to immediately begin working as lobbyists.[4][5][6]
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