104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3435

AN ACT

To make technical amendments to the Lobbying

Disclosure Act of 1995.
104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3435

AN ACT

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

4 1996’’.

5 (b) REFERENCE.—Whenever in this Act an amend6 ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment

7 to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference

8 shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi9 sion of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.

10 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF COVERED EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF11 FICIAL.

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

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

14 SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF EXCEPTION TO LOBBYING CON15 TACT.

16 (a) CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS.—Section

17 3(8)(B)(ix) (2 U.S.C. 1602(8)(B)(ix)) is amended by in18 serting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including any

19 communication compelled by a Federal contract, grant,

20 loan, permit, or license’’.

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

22 3(15)(F) (2 U.S.C. 1602(15)(F)) is amended by inserting

23 ‘‘, or a group of governments acting together as an inter24 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’’

4 and 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,

7 if 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

11 interest’’ and inserting ‘‘a significant direct inter12 est’’; and

13 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘a direct

14 interest’’ and inserting ‘‘a significant direct inter15 est’’.

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

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

18 (a)) is amended—

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

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

21 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol22 lows:

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

24 contacts and lobbying activities only—

25 ‘‘(A) lobbying contacts with covered legisla26 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

7 1986.’’.

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

9 1610(b)) is amended—

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

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

12 who is required to account and does account for lob13 bying expenditures pursuant to’’; and

14 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol15 lows:

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

17 contacts and lobbying activities only—

18 ‘‘(A) lobbying contacts with covered legisla19 tive branch officials (as defined in section 3(4))

20 and lobbying activities in support of such con21 tacts; and

22 ‘‘(B) lobbying of Federal executive branch

23 officials to the extent that amounts paid or

24 costs incurred in connection with such activities
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1 are not deductible pursuant to section 162(e) of

2 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.

3 (c) SECTION 5(c).—Section 5(c) (2 U.S.C. 1604(c))

4 is amended by striking paragraph (3).

5 SEC. 6. DISCLOSURE OF INDIVIDUAL REGISTERED LOBBY6 ISTS.

7 Section 5(b) (2 U.S.C. 1604(b))—

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

9 end of subparagraph (B), by striking subparagraph

10 (C), and by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub11 paragraph (C), and

12 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and

13 (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively, and

14 by adding after paragraph (1) the following:

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

16 acted as lobbyists on behalf of the client during the

17 semi-annual reporting period;’’.

18 SEC. 7. EXEMPTION BASED ON REGISTRATION UNDER LOB19 BYING ACT.

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

21 of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 613(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘is

22 required to register and does register’’ and inserting ‘‘has

23 engaged in lobbying activities and has registered’’.
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1 SEC. 8. FURNISHING INFORMATION.

2 (a) INFORMATION TO AGENCY OR OFFICIAL OF GOV3 ERNMENT.—Section 4(e) of the Foreign Agents Registra4 tion Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 614(e)) is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘political propaganda’’ and in6 serting ’’informational materials’’; and

7 (2) by striking ‘‘the propaganda’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘the informational materials’’.

9 (b) REPORTS.—Section 11 of the Foreign Agents

10 Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 621) is amended by

11 striking ‘‘political propaganda’’ and inserting ‘‘informa12 tional materials’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 1996.

Attest:

Clerk.