104 STAT. 150 PUBLIC LAW 101-280—MAY 4, 1990 or court of the District of Columbia on behalf of any other person (except the District of Columbia), and only with respect to a matter in which the District of Columbia is a party or has a direct and substantial interest.". (4) Subsection (b)(1) is amended— (A) by striking "a former officer or employee" and inserting "a former officer or employee of the executive branch of the United States (including any independent agency) and is"; (B) by striking "and any person described in subsection (e)(7)" and inserting "or any person who is a former officer or employee of the legislative branch or a former Member of Congress"; (C) by striking "and which is so designated by the appropriate department or agency, shall not, on the basis of that information, which the person knew or should have known was so designated, knowingly represent" and inserting "which is so designated by the appropriate department or agency, and which the person knew or should have known was so designated, shall not, on the basis of that information, knowingly represent"; (D) by inserting a period of before "1 year"; and (E) by striking "Government". (5) Subsection (c) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1) by striking "of the executive branch" and inserting "(including any special Government employee) of the executive branch of the United States"; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A)(i)— (I) by inserting "specified in or" after "pay" the first place it appears; and (II) by striking "or a comparable or greater rate of pay under other authority,"; (ii) in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking "basic rate of each place it appears and inserting "rate of basic"; and (iii) by striking subparagraph (C) and redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C). (6) Subsection (d) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)(B) by striking "paid" and inserting "in the executive branch of the United States (including any independent agency)"; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by amending the paragraph caption to read as follows: "PERSONS WHO MAY NOT BE CONTACTED"; and (ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking "other". (7) Subsection (e) is amended— (A) in paragraph (6) by striking "basic rate of each place it appears and inserting "rate of basic"; and (B) in paragraph (7) in subparagraphs (L) and (M) by inserting "on or before "after the effective date" each place it appears. (8) Subsection (fKD is amended— (A) by striking "subsection (c), (d), or (e), as the case may be" and inserting "such subsection"; (B) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking "the interests of; and (ii) by striking "of the Government"; and
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