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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2233 

To reform and improve the regulation of lobbying and congressional ethics. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2006 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

A BILL 

To reform and improve the regulation of lobbying and 

congressional ethics. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lobbyist Reform Act 

5 of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TWO-YEAR TOTAL BAN ON LOBBYING BY MEMBERS 

7 OF CONGRESS AND EMPLOYEES OF CON8 GRESS. 

9 Subsection (e) of section 207 of title 18, United 

10 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(e) RESTRICTIONS ON MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND

2 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE LEGISLATIVE

3 BRANCH.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

5 ‘‘(A) PROHIBITION.—Any person who is a 

6 Member of Congress, an elected officer of either 

7 House of Congress, or an employee of a House 

8 of Congress and who, within 2 years after that 

9 person leaves office, knowingly makes, with the 

10 intent to influence, any communication to or 

11 appearance before any of the persons described 

12 in subparagraph (B), on behalf of any other 

13 person (except the United States) in connection 

14 with any matter on which such former Member 

15 of Congress or elected officer seeks action by a 

16 Member, officer, or employee of either House of 

17 Congress, in his or her official capacity, shall be 

18 punished as provided in section 216 of this title. 

19 ‘‘(B) CONTACT PERSONS COVERED.—The 

20 persons referred to in subparagraph (A) with 

21 respect to appearances or communications are 

22 any Member, officer, or employee of either 

23 House of Congress, and any employee of any 

24 other legislative office of Congress. 
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1 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub2 section— 

3 ‘‘(A) a person is an employee of a House 

4 of Congress if that person is an employee of the 

5 Senate or an employee of the House of Rep6 resentatives; 

7 ‘‘(B) the term ‘employee of the House of 

8 Representatives’ means an employee of a Mem9 ber of the House of Representatives, an em10 ployee of a committee of the House of Rep11 resentatives, an employee of a joint committee 

12 of Congress whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk 

13 of the House of Representatives, and an em14 ployee on the leadership staff of the House of 

15 Representatives; 

16 ‘‘(C) the term ‘employee of the Senate’ 

17 means an employee of a Senator, an employee 

18 of a committee of the Senate, an employee of a 

19 joint committee of Congress whose pay is dis20 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate, and an 

21 employee on the leadership staff of the Senate; 

22 ‘‘(D) the term ‘Member of Congress’ 

23 means a Senator or a Member of the House of 

24 Representatives; and 
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1 ‘‘(E) the term ‘Member of the House of 

2 Representatives’ means a Representative in, or 

3 a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Con4 gress.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. BAN ON GIFTS FROM LOBBYISTS. 

6 Paragraph 1(a)(2) of rule XXXV of the Standing 

7 Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following: ‘‘This clause shall not apply to a gift from a 

9 lobbyist.’’. 

10 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON PRIVATELY FUNDED TRAVEL. 

11 Paragraph 2(a)(1) of rule XXXV of the Standing 

12 Rules of the Senate is amended by striking ‘‘an indi13 vidual’’ and inserting ‘‘an organization recognized under 

14 section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

15 that is not affiliated with any group that lobbies before 

16 Congress’’. 

17 SEC. 5. REGISTERED LOBBYISTS PROHIBITED FROM SERV18 ING ON AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMIT19 TEES. 

20 Subsection (d) of section 302 of the Federal Election 

21 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)) is amended by 

22 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(6) No political committee may be designated as an 

24 authorized committee if a person registered as a lobbyist 
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1 under section 4 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 

2 is formally affiliated with such committee.’’. 

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