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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2317 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2007 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. EMANUEL, 

Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. BISHOP of New York, and Mr. WAXMAN) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lobbying Trans5 parency Act of 2007’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. QUARTERLY REPORTS BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS 

2 ON CONTRIBUTIONS BUNDLED FOR CERTAIN 

3 RECIPIENTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclo5 sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is amended by adding 

6 at the end the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(d) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON CONTRIBUTIONS

8 BUNDLED FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS.— 

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

10 after the end of the quarterly period beginning on 

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

12 each year, each registered lobbyist who bundles 2 or 

13 more contributions made to a covered recipient in an 

14 aggregate amount exceeding $5,000 for such covered 

15 recipient during such quarterly period shall file a re16 port with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 

17 of the House of Representatives containing— 

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

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

20 employer; and 

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

22 whom the contribution is made, and to the ex23 tent known the aggregate amount of such con24 tributions (or a good faith estimate thereof) 

25 within the quarter for the covered recipient. 

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

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

3 lobbyist shall exclude from the report any informa4 tion described in paragraph (1)(C) which is included 

5 in any other report filed by the registered lobbyist 

6 with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of 

7 the House of Representatives under this Act. 

8 ‘‘(3) REQUIRING SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION

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

10 after the end of a period for which a registered lob11 byist is required to file a report under paragraph (1) 

12 which includes any information described in such 

13 section with respect to a covered recipient, the reg14 istered lobbyist shall transmit by certified mail to 

15 the covered recipient involved a statement con16 taining— 

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

18 in the report with respect to the covered recipi19 ent; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the source of each contribution in21 cluded in the aggregate amount referred to in 

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

23 bundled for the covered recipient during the pe24 riod covered by the report and the amount of 

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1 the contribution attributable to each such 

2 source. 

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

4 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘registered 

5 lobbyist’ means a person who is registered or is re6 quired to register under paragraph (1) or (2) of sec7 tion 4(a), or an individual who is required to be list8 ed under section 4(b)(6) or subsection (b). 

9 ‘‘(5) DEFINITION OF BUNDLED CONTRIBU10 TION.—For purposes of this subsection, a registered 

11 lobbyist ‘bundles’ a contribution if— 

12 ‘‘(A) the contribution is received by a reg13 istered lobbyist for, and forwarded by a reg14 istered lobbyist to, the covered recipient to 

15 whom the contribution is made; or 

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

17 credited or attributed to the registered lobbyist 

18 through records, designations, recognitions or 

19 other means of tracking by the covered recipi20 ent to whom the contribution is made. 

21 ‘‘(6) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this sub22 section— 

23 ‘‘(A) the term ‘contribution’ has the mean24 ing given such term in the Federal Election 

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

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1 except that such term does not include a con2 tribution in an amount which is less than $200; 

3 ‘‘(B) the terms ‘candidate’, ‘political com4 mittee’, and ‘political party committee’ have the 

5 meaning given such terms in the Federal Elec6 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et 

7 seq.); 

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

9 Federal candidate, an individual holding Fed10 eral office, a leadership PAC, or a political 

11 party committee; and 

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

13 with respect to an individual holding Federal 

14 office, an unauthorized political committee 

15 which is associated with an individual holding 

16 Federal office, except that such term shall not 

17 apply in the case of a political committee of a 

18 political party.’’. 

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

20 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the second quar21 terly period described in section 5(d)(1) of the Lobbying 

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

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

24 each succeeding quarterly period. 

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