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[CITE: 42USC3216]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
            CHAPTER 38--PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 
                      SUBCHAPTER VI--MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec. 3216. Employment of expediters and administrative employees

    Assistance shall not be provided by the Secretary under this chapter 
to any business unless the owners, partners, or officers of the 
business--
        (1) certify to the Secretary the names of any attorneys, agents, 
    and other persons engaged by or on behalf of the business for the 
    purpose of expediting applications made to the Secretary for 
    assistance of any kind, under this chapter, and the fees paid or to 
    be paid to the person for expediting the applications; and
        (2) execute an agreement binding the business, for the 2-year 
    period beginning on the date on which the assistance is provided by 
    the Secretary to the business, to refrain from employing, offering 
    any office or employment to, or retaining for professional services, 
    any person who, on the date on which the assistance or any part of 
    the assistance was provided, or within the 1-year period ending on 
    that date--
            (A) served as an officer, attorney, agent, or employee of 
        the Department; and
            (B) occupied a position or engaged in activities that the 
        Secretary determines involved discretion with respect to the 
        granting of assistance under this chapter.

(Pub. L. 89-136, title VI, Sec. 606, as added Pub. L. 105-393, title I, 
Sec. 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3615.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3216, Pub. L. 89-136, title VII, Sec. 706, Aug. 26, 
1965, 79 Stat. 573, defined terms as used in this chapter, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 105-393, Sec. 102(b)(3).
