Restriction on communications with agencies

(a) Definition In this section, the term large company means— (1) any for-profit company that has greater than an average of $1,000,000,000 in market capitalization or revenue for the previous 3-year period; (2) any Federal contractor that received greater than $100,000,000 in annual revenue from the Federal Government during the previous 3-year period; and (3) any for-profit company that exerts monopolistic or monopsonistic control over a significant share of the market in its particular industry, as defined by regulation by the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, in consultation with the Attorney General. (b) Restriction No special Government employee, as defined in section 202 of title 18, United States Code, who is not on an advisory committee or a chair or vice chair on an advisory committee may have direct or indirect communications in their official capacity with an agency or office that contracts with, regulates, or has a pending enforcement action against a large company— (1) that the special Government employee owns; or (2) for which the special Government employee serves as a senior executive or director. (c) Regulations The Office of Government Ethics shall promulgate regulations carrying out this section, including to define ownership of a large company.