110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2317

AN ACT

To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require 

registered lobbyists to file quarterly reports on contributions bundled for certain recipients, and for other purposes.

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. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lobbying Trans3 parency Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. QUARTERLY REPORTS BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS 

5 ON CONTRIBUTIONS BUNDLED FOR CERTAIN 

6 RECIPIENTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclo8 sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(d) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON CONTRIBUTIONS

11 BUNDLED FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 

13 after the end of the quarterly period beginning on 

14 the first day of January, April, July, and October of 

15 each year, each registered lobbyist who bundles 2 or 

16 more contributions made to a covered recipient in an 

17 aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 for such covered 

18 recipient during such quarterly period shall file a re19 port with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 

20 of the House of Representatives containing—

21 ‘‘(A) the name of the registered lobbyist; 

22 ‘‘(B) in the case of an employee, his or her 

23 employer; and 

24 ‘‘(C) the name of the covered recipient to 

25 whom the contribution is made, and to the ex26 tent known the aggregate amount of such con-
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1 tributions (or a good faith estimate thereof) 

2 within the quarter for the covered recipient. 

3 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.—

4 In filing a report under paragraph (1), a registered 

5 lobbyist shall exclude from the report any informa6 tion described in paragraph (1)(C) which is included 

7 in any other report filed by the registered lobbyist 

8 with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of 

9 the House of Representatives under this Act. 

10 ‘‘(3) REQUIRING SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION

11 PRIOR TO FILING REPORTS.—Not later than 25 days 

12 after the end of a period for which a registered lob13 byist is required to file a report under paragraph (1) 

14 which includes any information described in such 

15 section with respect to a covered recipient, the reg16 istered lobbyist shall transmit by certified mail to 

17 the covered recipient involved a statement con18 taining—

19 ‘‘(A) the information that will be included 

20 in the report with respect to the covered recipi21 ent; 

22 ‘‘(B) the source of each contribution in23 cluded in the aggregate amount referred to in 

24 paragraph (1)(C) which the registered lobbyist 

25 bundled for the covered recipient during the pe-
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1 riod covered by the report and the amount of 

2 the contribution attributable to each such 

3 source; and 

4 ‘‘(C) a notification that the covered recipi5 ent has the right to respond to the statement 

6 to challenge and correct any information in7 cluded before the registered lobbyist files the re8 port under paragraph (1). 

9 ‘‘(4) DEFINITION OF REGISTERED LOBBYIST.—

10 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘registered 

11 lobbyist’ means a person who is registered or is re12 quired to register under paragraph (1) or (2) of sec13 tion 4(a), or an individual who is required to be list14 ed under section 4(b)(6) or subsection (b). 

15 ‘‘(5) DEFINITION OF BUNDLED CONTRIBU16 TION.—For purposes of this subsection, a registered 

17 lobbyist ‘bundles’ a contribution if—

18 ‘‘(A) the contribution is received by a reg19 istered lobbyist for, and forwarded by a reg20 istered lobbyist to, the covered recipient to 

21 whom the contribution is made; or 

22 ‘‘(B) the contribution will be or has been 

23 credited or attributed to the registered lobbyist 

24 through records, designations, recognitions or 
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1 other means of tracking by the covered recipi2 ent to whom the contribution is made. 

3 ‘‘(6) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this sub4 section—

5 ‘‘(A) the term ‘contribution’ has the mean6 ing given such term in the Federal Election 

7 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), 

8 except that such term does not include a con9 tribution in an amount which is less than $200; 

10 ‘‘(B) the terms ‘candidate’, ‘political com11 mittee’, and ‘political party committee’ have the 

12 meaning given such terms in the Federal Elec13 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et 

14 seq.); 

15 ‘‘(C) the term ‘covered recipient’ means a 

16 Federal candidate, an individual holding Fed17 eral office, a leadership PAC, a multicandidate 

18 political committee described in section 

19 315(a)(4) of the Federal Election Campaign 

20 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(4)), or a polit21 ical party committee; and 

22 ‘‘(D) the term ‘leadership PAC’ means, 

23 with respect to an individual holding Federal 

24 office, an unauthorized political committee 

25 which is associated with such individual, except 
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1 that such term shall not apply in the case of a 

2 political committee of a political party.’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

4 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the second quar5 terly period described in section 5(d)(1) of the Lobbying 

6 Disclosure Act of 1995 (as added by subsection (a)) which 

7 begins after the date of the enactment of this Act and 

8 each succeeding quarterly period. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 24, 2007. 

Attest:

Clerk. 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2317

AN ACT

To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to 

ents, and for other purposes.ports on contributions bundled for certain recipirequire registered lobbyists to file quarterly re-