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109TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 109–441 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4975, LOBBYING ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 

2006 

APRIL 27 (legislative day, APRIL 26), 2006.—Referred to the House Calendar and 

ordered to be printed 

Mr. DREIER, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 783] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 783, by a record vote of 9 to 2, reports the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4975, the Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, under a structured rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate, equally 

divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the Minority 

Leader, or their designees. The rule waives all points of order 

against consideration of the bill. 

The rule provides that in lieu of the amendments recommended 

by the Committees on the Judiciary, Rules, and Government Reform now printed in the bill, the amendment in the nature of a 

substitute consisting of the text of the Rules Committee Print 

dated April 21, 2006, modified by the amendment printed in part 

A of this report, shall be considered as adopted in the House and 

in the Committee of the Whole. The rule provides that the bill, as 

amended, shall be considered as an original bill for purpose of further amendment and shall be considered as read. 

The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in part 

B of this report, which may be offered only in the order printed in 

this report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and 


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shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 

House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points 

of order against the amendments printed in part B of this report. 

The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

The rule provides that in the engrossment of H.R. 4975, the 

Clerk shall add the text of H.R. 513, as passed by the House, as 

new matter at the end of H.R. 4975 and shall make appropriate 

conforming changes. 

The rule further provides that after the passage of H.R. 4975, it 

shall be in order to take from the Speaker’s table S. 2349 and to 

consider the Senate bill in the House. The rule waives all points 

of order against consideration of the Senate bill. The rule provides 

that it shall be in order to strike all after the enacting clause of 

the Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 

4975 as passed by the House. The rule waives all points of order 

against that motion. Finally, the rule provides that if that motion 

is adopted and the Senate bill, as amended, is passed, it then shall 

be in order to move that the House insist on its amendment to the 

Senate bill and request a conference thereon. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill 

includes a waiver of 4(a) of Rules XIII, requiring a three-day layover of a committee report, because the Committees on the Judiciary, Rules, House Administration, and Government Reform, did not 

file their reports on the bill (H. Rept. 109–439, Parts 1–4) until 

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 and the House may consider the bill as 

early as Thursday, April 27, 2006. The Committee is not aware of 

any points of order against the bill or amendments made in order 

under the rule. All other waivers of all points of order provided in 

the rule are prophylactic in nature. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House rule XIII the results of each 

record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together with 

the names of those voting for and against, are printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 183 

Date: April 26, 2006. 

Measure: H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency 

Act of 2006. 

Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter. 

Summary of motion: To report an open rule. 

Results: Defeated 2 to 9. 

Vote by Members: Diaz-Balart—Nay; Hastings (WA)—Nay; Sessions—Nay; Putnam—Nay; Capito—Nay; Cole—Nay; Bishop—Nay; 

Gingrey—Nay; Slaughter—Yea; McGovern—Yea; Dreier—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 184 

Date: April 26, 2006. 

Measure: H.R, 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency 

Act of 2006. 

Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter. 


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Summary of motion: To make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for the amendment offered by Mr. Baird, which prohibits securities trading based on nonpublic information relating to 

pending or prospective legislative action, requires additional reporting by Members and employees of Congress of securities transactions, and requires registration and reporting by political intelligence firms. 

Results: Defeated 2 to 9. 

Vote by Members: Diaz-Balart—Nay; Hastings (WA)—Nay; Sessions—Nay; Putnam—Nay; Capito—Nay; Cole—Nay; Bishop—Nay; 

Gingrey—Nay; Slaughter—Yea; McGovern—Yea; Dreier—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 185 

Date: April 26, 2006. 

Measure: H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency 

Act of 2006. 

Motion by: Mr. McGovern. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for the amendment offered by Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, which would: (1) require all political appointees and senior 

officials in Federal agencies and the White House to report the contacts they have with private parties seeking to influence official 

government action; (2) deem lawyers, lobbyists and executives appointed to high-level government positions to have a prohibited 

conflict of interest if they take official actions affecting their former 

clients or employers within two years of entering government; (3) 

restrict activities of procurement officials as they pass between the 

government and private sectors; (4) provide whistleblower protections for national security personnel; (5) eliminate the use of unregulated ‘‘pseudo-classifications’’ such as ‘‘sensitive but unclassified’’ or ‘‘for official use only,’’ and (6) require the Federal government to disclose its role in funding or disseminating advertising 

and communications and prohibits the expenditure of funds unauthorized propaganda. 

Results: Defeated 2 to 9. 

Vote by Members: Diaz-Balart—Nay; Hastings (WA)—Nay; Sessions—Nay; Putnam—Nay; Capito—Nay; Cole—Nay; Bishop—Nay; 

Gingrey—Nay; Slaughter—Yea; McGovern—Yea; Dreier—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 186 

Date: April 26, 2006. 

Measure: H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency 

Act of 2006. 

Motion by: Mr. McGovern. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for the amendment offered by Mr. Van Hollen, 

which requires that a registered lobbyist must disclose the ‘‘solicitation and transmission’’ of a campaign contribution on behalf of a 

candidate. Also requires disclosure by a registered lobbyist if he or 

she is a treasurer of a campaign or a chairman of a political committee. 

Results: Defeated 2 to 9. 

Vote by Members: Diaz-Balart—Nay; Hastings (WA)—Nay; Sessions—Nay; Putnam—Nay; Capito—Nay; Cole—Nay; Bishop—Nay; 

Gingrey—Nay; Slaughter—Yea; McGovern—Yea; Dreier—Nay. 


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Rules Committee record vote No. 187 

Date: April 26, 2006. 

Measure: H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency 

Act of 2006. 

Motion by: Mrs. Slaughter. 

Summary of motion: To strike the language in the rule that 

waives all points of order against the amendments made in order 

under the rule. 

Results: Defeated 2 to 9. 

Vote by Members: Diaz-Balart—Nay; Hastings (WA)—Nay; Sessions—Nay; Putnam—Nay; Capito—Nay; Cole—Nay; Bishop—Nay; 

Gingrey—Nay; Slaughter—Yea; McGovern—Yea; Dreier—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 188 

Date: April 26, 2006. 

Measure: H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency 

Act of 2006. 

Motion by: Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart. 

Summary of motion: To report the rule. 

Results: Defeated 9 to 2. 

Vote by Members: Diaz-Balart—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Sessions—Yea; Putnam—Yea; Capito—Yea; Cole—Yea; Bishop—Yea; 

Gingrey—Yea; Slaughter—Nay; McGovern—Nay; Dreier—Yea. 

PART A—SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT MODIFYING THE RULES

COMMITTEE PRINT OF APRIL 21, 2006 TO BE CONSIDERED ADOPTED

Strikes Section 107 of the bill, regarding a GAO study of employment contracts of lobbyists. 

PART B—SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. Gohmert (TX): Strikes the current section 106 and inserts an 

ascending civil penalty structure for each subsequent offense. For 

example, for a second offense the offender could be subject to a fine 

of not more than $250,000.00. It also adds ‘‘corruptly and with intent to evade the law’’ to the intent element of the civil penalty. 

(10 minutes) 

2. Castle (DE)/Gerlach (PA): Requires that lobbyists be held liable for offering gifts that violate the gift ban. A lobbyist who knowingly offers a gift to a U.S. Representative, Delegate, Resident 

Commissioner, or their employee that is in violation of the gift ban, 

would be subject to a civil fine of up to $50,000. (10 minutes) 

3. Lungren (CA)/Miller (CA)/Hastings (WA)/Berman (CA)/Cole 

(OK): Modifies section 301 to place a moratorium on privately-funded official travel unless the Committee on Standards of Official conduct issues a certification that the gift of travel complies with all 

House rules and standards of conduct. The Committee is not permitted to issue that certification until it reports its recommendations on changes to rule XXV to the Committee on Rules, which 

must occur not later than June 15, 2006. The Committee is permitted to issue the certification before June 15 if 2/3 of the committee vote to do so. The Standards Committee must review public 

reports on privately funded travel and consider those items in the 

base bill. Section 302 is modified to direct the Committee on Standards to report to the Committee on Rules on recommended changes 


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to rule XXV with respect to gifts, and consider factors similar to 

those in the base bill. (10 minutes) 

4. Sodrel (IN)/McGovern (MA)/Davis (KY): Amends Sec. 502 to 

add a voluntary ethics training program for Members within 100 

days of being sworn in to Congress. The status of the Members 

completing and not completing the course within the time frame 

will be posted on the website for the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and in the Congressional Record. (10 minutes) 

5. Jackson-Lee (TX): Modifies the extent to which pensions can 

be withheld from the spouse and family. (10 minutes) 

6. Gingrey (GA): Extends the prohibition on converting campaign 

dollars for personal use currently applicable to campaign committees to Leadership PACs. Leadership PAC is defined in this amendment as a political committee which is directly or indirectly established, maintained, or controlled by a candidate for Federal office 

or an individual holding Federal office. (10 minutes) 

7. Wolf (VA): Prohibits former ambassadors and CIA station 

chiefs from acting as an agent of the foreign nation where they 

were stationed for five years after their service as ambassador or 

station chief is completed. (10 minutes) 

8. Castle (DE): Requires that all registered lobbyists complete a 

mandatory 8-hours of ethics training each Congress. Ethics training would include the code of conduct and disclosure requirements 

applicable to Members, officers, and employees of the House, including rules relating to acceptance of gifts (including travel and 

meals), and financial disclosure requirements under the Ethics in 

Government Act of 1978. Any registered lobbyist failing to complete 

ethics training each Congress would be subject to penalties. (10 

minutes) 

9. Flake (AZ): Clarifies the application of criminal bribery and illegal gratuities statutes with regard to earmarks. Specifically, it 

prohibits a person from directly or indirectly, corruptly giving, offering, or promising anything of value to any public official with 

the intent to influence any official act relating to an earmark. Also 

prohibits a public official from corruptly demanding, seeking, receiving, accepting, or agreeing to receive or accept anything of 

value in return for influence in the performance of an official act 

relating to an earmark. (10 minutes) 

PART A—TEXT OF AMENDMENT MODIFYING THE RULES COMMITTEE

PRINT OF APRIL 21, 2006 TO BE CONSIDERED ADOPTED

Strike section 107. 

PART B—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GOHMERT

OF TEXAS, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO BE DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Strike section 106 and insert the following: 

SEC. 106. INCREASED PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH LOBBYING DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. 

Section 7 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1606) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘Whoever’’ and inserting 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever’’; 


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(2) by inserting ‘‘, corruptly, and with the intent to evade the 

law’’ after ‘‘knowingly’’; 

(3) by striking ‘‘knowing’’; 

(4) by striking ‘‘of not more than’’ and all that follows 

through the end and inserting ‘‘as provided in subsection (b).’’; 

and 

(5) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(b) PENALTY.—The civil fine under subsection (a) shall be the 

following, depending on the extent and gravity of the violation: ‘‘(1) For the first offense, not more than $100,000. 

‘‘(2) For the second offense, not more than $250,000. 

‘‘(3) For the third offense, not more than $500,000. 

‘‘(4) For the fourth or any subsequent offense, not more than 

$1,000,000.’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CASTLE OF

DELAWARE, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO BE DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Insert the following after section 106 and redesignate the succeeding section accordingly: 

SEC. 107. PENALTIES FOR OFFERING GIFTS. 

Section 7 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1606), as amended by section 106, 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) PENALTIES FOR OFFERING GIFTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person who is—

‘‘(A) a lobbyist registered under this Act, 

‘‘(B) a lobbyist who is an employee of an organization 

registered under this Act, or 

‘‘(C) the client of any such lobbyist or organization, 

and who offers to a covered legislative branch official of the 

House of Representatives any gift, knowing that such gift violates the rules of the House of Representatives, shall, upon 

proof thereof by a preponderance of the evidence, be subject to 

a civil fine of not more than $50,000. 

‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered legislative branch official of the House of Representatives’ means—

‘‘(A) a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress; and 

‘‘(B) an employee of, or any other individual functioning 

in the capacity of an employee of—

‘‘(i) an individual described in subparagraph (A); 

‘‘(ii) a committee of the House of Representatives; 

‘‘(iii) the leadership staff of the House of Representatives; 

‘‘(iv) a joint committee of Congress; or 

‘‘(v) a working group or caucus organized to provide 

legislative services to individuals described in subparagraph (A).’’. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LUNGREN

OF CALIFORNIA, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO BE DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Section 301 is amended to read as follows: 


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SEC. 301 PRE-CERTIFICATION OF PRIVATELY FUNDED TRAVEL. 

(a) ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVATELY FUNDED TRAVEL.—Notwithstanding clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives, no Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may accept a gift of travel related to his official duties (including any transportation, lodging, and meals during such travel) from any private source unless the private source first obtains a certification in writing 

from the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct that the 

gift of travel complies with all House rules and standards of 

conduct. 

(b) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—(1) The Committee on 

Standards of Official Conduct may not issue any such certification until it reports its recommendations on changes to rule 

XXV to the Committee on Rules unless two-thirds of the Members of the Committee, present and voting in the affirmative, 

vote to issue such certification. The Committee on Standards 

of Official Conduct shall report its recommendations to the 

Committee on Rules not later than June 15, 2006. 

(2) In developing such recommendations, the Committee on 

Standards of Official Conduct shall— (A) survey public reports of registered lobbyist and registered 

foreign agent-related private travel, as well as public reports 

of late or inaccurate disclosure of private travel, and 

(B) consider— (i) The ability of the current provisions of rule XXV regarding travel to protect the House, its Members, officers, 

and employees, from the appearance of impropriety. 

(ii) With respect to the allowance for privately-funded 

travel contained in clause 5(b) of rule XXV—

(I) the degree to which the privately-funded travel 

meets the representational needs of the House, its 

Members, officers, and employees; 

(II) whether certain entities should or should not be 

permitted to fund the travel of the Members, officers, 

and employees of the House, what sources of funding 

may be permissible, and what other individuals may 

participate in that travel; and 

(III) the adequacy of the current system of approval 

and disclosure of such travel. 

Section 302 is amended to read as follows: 

SEC. 302 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS 

OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT ON GIFTS. 

The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall report 

its recommendations on changes to rule XXV of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives regarding the exceptions to the 

limitation on the acceptance of gifts contained in clause 5(a) of 

that rule to the Committee on Rules. In developing its recommendations, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall consider the following: 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SODREL OF

INDIANA, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO BE DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Amend section 502(b) to read as follows: 


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(b) ETHICS TRAINING FOR MEMBERS, DELEGATES, AND THE RESI- DENT COMMISSIONER.—Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives is amended by inserting at the end: ‘‘(s)(1) The committee shall establish a program of regular ethics 

training for Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner 

similar to the program established in paragraph (r). ‘‘(2) The committee shall publish a list of Members who have and 

have not completed such ethics training within the first one hundred calendar days after being sworn-in during each Congress. The 

committee shall update this list with the names of Members who 

complete the training after the deadline with the date on which the 

training was completed. ‘‘(3) Publication of the list of Members who have and have not 

completed the ethics training shall be made available on the official 

website of the committee and published in the Congressional 

Record.’’. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS, OR HER DESIGNEE, TO BE DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

In subsection (o)(4)(B)(i) of section 8332 of title 5, United States 

Code, as added by section 601(a) of the bill, strike ‘‘, but only to 

the extent’’ and all that follows through ‘‘circumstances’’. In subsection (l)(4)(B)(i) of section 8411 of title 5, United States 

Code, as added by section 601(b) of the bill, strike ‘‘, but only to 

the extent’’ and all that follows through ‘‘circumstances’’. 

6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GINGREY

OF GEORGIA, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO BE DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Add at the end the following: 

TITLE VII—LEADERSHIP PACS 

SEC. 701. RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSITION OF FUNDS BY LEADERSHIP 

PACS. 

(a) RESTRICTIONS.—Section 313 of the Federal Election Campaign 

Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 439a) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and 

(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS BY LEADERSHIP PACS.—

‘‘(1) USES PERMITTED.—The funds of a leadership PAC may 

be used by the leadership PAC—

‘‘(A) for otherwise authorized expenditures in connection 

with campaigns for election for Federal office; 

‘‘(B) for charitable contributions described in section 

170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or ‘‘(C) for transfers to a national, State, or local committee 

of a political party (subject to the applicable limitations of 

this Act). ‘‘(2) LEADERSHIP PAC DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term 

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or indirectly established, maintained, or controlled by a candidate for election for Federal office or an individual holding 

Federal office but is not an authorized committee of the candidate or individual, except that such term does not include 

any political committee of a political party.’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING CONVERSION OF FUNDS

TO PERSONAL USE.—Section 313(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 439a(c)), 

as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by inserting after 

‘‘subsection (a)’’ the following: ‘‘or funds of a leadership PAC described in subsection (b)’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply with respect to elections occurring after December 2006. 

7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WOLF OF

VIRGINIA, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO BE DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill, add the following new title: 

TITLE VII—RESTRICTIONS RELATING 

TO AMBASSADORS AND INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS 

SEC. 701. RESTRICTION ON AMBASSADOR OR INTELLIGENCE CHIEF 

FROM ACTING AS AGENT OF A FOREIGN PRINCIPAL. 

Section 207(f) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and 

(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL RESTRICTION FOR AMBASSADORS AND INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS.—

‘‘(A) RESTRICTION.—In addition to any other restriction, 

a person who is—

‘‘(i) a United States Ambassador to a foreign country, or 

‘‘(ii) the head of intelligence activities for an element 

of the intelligence community (as defined in section 

3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

401a(4)) with respect to a foreign country, 

shall not, within 5 years after leaving such position, act 

as an agent of a foreign principal (as defined in section 1 

of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611)), with respect to that foreign country. 

‘‘(B) INJUNCTIVE REMEDY; JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT

COURT.—Whenever in the judgment of the Attorney General any person is engaged in or about to engage in any 

acts which constitute or will constitute a violation of subparagraph (A), or otherwise is in violation of that subparagraph, the Attorney General may make application to the 

appropriate United States district court for an order enjoining such acts, or for an order requiring compliance 

with that subparagraph. The district court shall have jurisdiction and authority to issue a temporary or permanent 


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injunction, restraining order, or any other order that it 

considers proper.’’. 

8. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CASTLE OF

DELAWARE, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO BE DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Add at the end of the bill the following: 

TITLE VII—ETHICS TRAINING FOR 

LOBBYISTS 

SEC. 701. ETHICS TRAINING FOR LOBBYISTS. 

(a) TRAINING COURSE.—During each Congress, the Committee on 

Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives shall 

provide an 8-hour ethics training course to persons registered as 

lobbyists under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. 

(b) CONTENTS OF COURSE.—Training under subsection (a) shall 

cover information on the code of conduct and disclosure requirements applicable to Members, officers, and employees of the House 

of Representatives, including rules relating to acceptance of gifts 

(including travel and meals), and financial disclosure requirements 

under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. 

(c) PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLETE TRAINING.—Any person 

who is registered or required to register as a lobbyist under the 

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 and who fails to complete the 

training course under subsection (a) at least once during each Congress shall be subject to the penalties under section 7 of that Act 

to the same extent as a failure to comply with any provision of that 

Act. 

9. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO BE DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Add at the end of the bill the following: 

TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 

PROVISIONS 

SEC. 701. BRIBERY. 

Section 201(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 

inserting ‘‘including an earmark as defined in section 501(d) of the 

Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006,’’ after ‘‘controversy,’’. 

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