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Union Calendar No. 368

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3435

[Report No. 104–699]

To make technical amendments to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 10, 1996

Mr. CANADY of Florida (for himself and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

JULY 24, 1996

Additional sponsors: Mr. ZIMMER and Mr. UPTON

JULY 24, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 10, 1996]

A BILL

To make technical amendments to the Lobbying Disclosure

Act of 1995.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCE.

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

3 ‘‘Lobbying Disclosure Technical Amendments Act of 1996’’.

4 (b) REFERENCE.—Whenever in this Act an amend5 ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to,

6 or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall

7 be considered to be made to a section or other provision

8 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.

9 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF COVERED EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF10 FICIAL.

11 Section 3(3)(F) (2 U.S.C. 1602(3)(F)) is amended by

12 striking ‘‘7511(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘7511(b)(2)(B)’’.

13 SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF EXCEPTION TO LOBBYING CON14 TACT.

15 (a) CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 3(8)(B)(ix)

16 (2 U.S.C. 1602(8)(B)(ix)) is amended by inserting before

17 the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including any communica18 tion compelled by a Federal contract, grant, loan, permit,

19 or license’’.

20 (b) DEFINITION OF ‘‘PUBLIC OFFICIAL’’.—Section

21 3(15)(F) (2 U.S.C. 1602(15)(F)) is amended by inserting

22 ‘‘, or a group of governments acting together as an inter23 national organization’’ before the period.
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1 SEC. 4. INTERESTS.

2 (a) SECTION 4.—Section 4(b)(4)(C) (2 U.S.C.

3 1603(b)(4)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘direct interest’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘significant direct interest’’.

5 (b) SECTION 5.—Section 5(b)(2)(D) (2 U.S.C.

6 1604(b)(2)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘of the interest, if

7 any,’’ and inserting ‘‘of any significant direct interest’’.

8 (c) SECTION 14.—Section 14 (2 U.S.C. 1609) is

9 amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘a direct in11 terest’’ and inserting ‘‘a significant direct interest’’;

12 and

13 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘a direct in14 terest’’ and inserting ‘‘a significant direct interest’’.

15 SEC. 5. ESTIMATES BASED ON TAX REPORTING SYSTEM.

16 (a) SECTION 15(a).—Section 15(a) (2 U.S.C. 1610

17 (a)) is amended—

18 (1) by striking ‘‘A registrant’’ and inserting ‘‘A

19 person, other than a lobbying firm,’’; and

20 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol21 lows:

22 ‘‘(2) for all other purposes consider as lobbying

23 contacts and lobbying activities only—

24 ‘‘(A) lobbying contacts with covered legisla25 tive branch officials (as defined in section 3(4))
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1 and lobbying activities in support of such con2 tacts; and

3 ‘‘(B) lobbying of Federal executive branch

4 officials to the extent that such activities are in5 fluencing legislation as defined in section

6 4911(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.

7 (b) SECTION 15(b).—Section 15(b) (2 U.S.C. 1610(b))

8 is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘A registrant that is subject to’’

10 and inserting ‘‘A person, other than a lobbying firm,

11 who is required to account and does account for lob12 bying expenditures pursuant to’’; and

13 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol14 lows:

15 ‘‘(2) for all other purposes consider as lobbying

16 contacts and lobbying activities only—

17 ‘‘(A) lobbying contacts with covered legisla18 tive branch officials (as defined in section 3(4))

19 and lobbying activities in support of such con20 tacts; and

21 ‘‘(B) lobbying of Federal executive branch

22 officials to the extent that amounts paid or costs

23 incurred in connection with such activities are

24 not deductible pursuant to section 162(e) of the

25 Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.
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1 (c) SECTION 5(c).—Section 5(c) (2 U.S.C. 1604(c)) is

2 amended by striking paragraph (3).

3 SEC. 6. DISCLOSURE OF INDIVIDUAL REGISTERED LOBBY4 ISTS.

5 Section 5(b) (2 U.S.C. 1604(b)) is amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the

7 end of subparagraph (B), by striking subparagraph

8 (C), and by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub9 paragraph (C), and

10 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)

11 as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively, and by

12 adding after paragraph (1) the following:

13 ‘‘(2) a list of employees of the registrant who

14 acted as lobbyists on behalf of the client during the

15 semi-annual reporting period;’’.

16 SEC. 7. EXEMPTION BASED ON REGISTRATION UNDER LOB17 BYING ACT.

18 Section 3(h) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of

19 1938 (22 U.S.C. 613(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘is re20 quired to register and does register’’ and inserting ‘‘has en21 gaged in lobbying activities and has registered’’.

Union Calendar No. 368

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3435

[Report No. 104–699]

A BILL

To make technical amendments to the Lobbying

Disclosure Act of 1995.

JULY 24, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and