A bill filed in the Utah State Legislature would require elected officeholders to declare if they take trips paid for by foreign governments.
House Bill 366, sponsored by Rep. Candice Pierucci, R-Herriman, would require a disclosure if the trip is paid for by someone else like a foreign government or nonprofit.
Rep. Pierucci said her bill was in the works long before two Utah political leaders took trips to the World Cup paid for by the Qatari government. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes defended the trip saying he was consulting the country on human trafficking issues. Senate President J. Stuart Adams, R-Layton, also took a trip to the World Cup and said it was related to trade mission outreach. Neither trip is illegal, but the gifts were criticized.
"If it comes, I think it’s something we’ll discuss and maybe it will have some merit. So we’ll see how it moves," he said Monday. "We would prohibit countries who are the restricted foreign entities list by the federal government from making any land purchases in Utah. If they currently own land, they have to get rid of it within five years or the state takes it," she said.
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