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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2316 

To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclosure and 

enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2007 

Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. HALL of 

New York, Mr. KAGEN, and Mr. SHERMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 

to the Committees on Rules and House Administration, for a period to 

be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclosure and enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, 

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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

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Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

TITLE I—CLOSING THE REVOLVING DOOR 

Sec. 101. Lobbying ban for former Members and employees of Congress and 

executive branch official. 

Sec. 102. Disclosure by Members and staff of employment negotiations. 

Sec. 103. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions or 

practices. 

Sec. 104. Effective date. 

TITLE II—FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING 

Sec. 201. Quarterly filing of lobbying disclosure reports. 

Sec. 202. Electronic filing of lobbying disclosure reports. 

Sec. 203. Additional lobbying disclosure requirements. 

Sec. 204. Quarterly reports on other contributions. 

Sec. 205. Prohibition on provision of gifts or travel by registered lobbyists to 

Members of Congress and to congressional employees. 

Sec. 206. Disclosure of lobbying activities by certain coalitions and association. 

Sec. 207. Disclosure by registered lobbyists of past executive branch and congressional employment. 

Sec. 208. Public database of lobbying disclosure information; maintenance of 

information. 

Sec. 209. Inapplicability to certain political committees. 

Sec. 210. Effective date. 

TITLE III—ENFORCEMENT OF LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS 

Sec. 301. Increased civil and criminal penalties for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements. 

TITLE IV—INCREASED DISCLOSURE 

Sec. 401. Prohibition on official contact with spouse of Member who is a registered lobbyist. 

Sec. 402. Posting of travel and financial disclosure reports on public website of 

Clerk of the House of Representatives. 

1 TITLE I—CLOSING THE 

2 REVOLVING DOOR 

3 SEC. 101. LOBBYING BAN FOR FORMER MEMBERS AND EM4 PLOYEES OF CONGRESS AND EXECUTIVE 

5 BRANCH OFFICIALS. 

6 Section 207 of title 18, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (c)— 

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1 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘ONE-YEAR’’ and inserting ‘‘TWO-YEAR’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘2 years’’ each place it appears; 

5 and 

6 (C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘1- 

7 year period’’ and inserting ‘‘2-year period’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (d)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘1 

12 year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’. 

13 (3) in subsection (e)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘1 

15 year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘1 

17 year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; 

18 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; 

20 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; 

22 (E) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘1 

23 year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years’’; and 

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1 (F) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘1-year 

2 period’’ and inserting ‘‘2-year period’’ each 

3 place it appears; and 

4 (4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘2 years’’. 

6 SEC. 102. DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS AND STAFF OF EM7 PLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONS. 

8 The Rules of the House of Representatives are 

9 amended by redesignating rules XXVII and XXVIII as 

10 rules XXVIII and XXIX, respectively, and by inserting 

11 after rule XXVI the following new rule: 

12 ‘‘RULE XXVII 

13 ‘‘DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS AND STAFF OF

14 EMPLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONS

15 ‘‘1. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 

16 shall not directly negotiate or have any agreement of fu17 ture employment or compensation until after his or her 

18 successor has been elected, unless such Member, Delegate, 

19 or Resident Commissioner, within 3 business days after 

20 the commencement of such negotiation or agreement of 

21 future employment or compensation, files with the Clerk 

22 a statement, which must be signed by the Member, Dele23 gate, or Resident Commissioner, for public disclosure re24 garding such negotiations or agreement, including the 

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1 gotiations or agreement, and the date such negotiations 

2 or agreement commenced. 

3 ‘‘2. An officer or an employee of the House earning 

4 in excess of 75 percent of the salary paid to a Member 

5 shall notify the Committee on Standards of Official Con6 duct that he or she is negotiating or has any agreement 

7 of future employment or compensation. 

8 ‘‘3. The disclosure and notification under this clause 

9 shall be made within 3 business days after the commence10 ment of such negotiation or agreement of future employ11 ment or compensation. 

12 ‘‘4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, 

13 and an officer or employee to whom this clause applies, 

14 shall recuse himself or herself from any matter in which 

15 there is a conflict of interest or an appearance of a conflict 

16 for that Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, offi17 cer, or employee under this rule and shall notify the Com18 mittee on Standards of Official Conduct of such recusal.’’. 

19 SEC. 103. WRONGFULLY INFLUENCING A PRIVATE ENTITY’S 

20 EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS OR PRACTICES. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 18, United 

22 States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the 

23 following: 

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1 ‘‘§ 227. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s em2 ployment decisions by a Member of Con3 gress 

4 ‘‘Whoever, being a Senator or Representative in, or 

5 a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress or 

6 an employee of either House of Congress, with the intent 

7 to influence on the basis of partisan political affiliation 

8 an employment decision or employment practice of any 

9 private entity— 

10 ‘‘(1) takes or withholds, or offers or threatens 

11 to take or withhold, an official act; or 

12 ‘‘(2) influences, or offers or threatens to influ13 ence, the official act of another, 

14 shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more 

15 than 15 years, or both, and may be disqualified from hold16 ing any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United 

17 States.’’. 

18 (b) NO INFERENCE.—Nothing in section 227 of title 

19 18, United States Code, as added by this section, shall 

20 be construed to create any inference with respect to wheth21 er the activity described in section 227 of title 18, United 

22 States Code, was a criminal or civil offense before the en23 actment of this Act, including under section 201(b), 

24 201(c), or any of sections 203 through 209, of title 18, 

25 United States Code. 

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1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec2 tions for chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘227. Wrongfully influencing a private entity’s employment decisions by a Member of Congress.’’. 

4 SEC. 104. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

5 (a) SECTION 101.—The amendments made by section 

6 101 shall apply to any individual who leaves office or em7 ployment (to which the restrictions in section 207 of title 

8 18, United States apply) more than 120 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act. 

10 (b) SECTION 102.—The amendment made by section 

11 102 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 

12 Act, and shall apply to negotiations commenced, and 

13 agreements entered into, on or after that date. 

14 (c) SECTION 103.—The amendments made by section 

15 103 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 

16 Act. 

17 TITLE II—FULL PUBLIC 

18 DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING 

19 SEC. 201. QUARTERLY FILING OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE 

20 REPORTS. 

21 (a) QUARTERLY FILING REQUIRED.—Section 5 of 

22 the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is 

23 amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘SEMIANNUAL’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘QUARTERLY’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘the semiannual period’’ 

4 and all that follows through ‘‘July of each 

5 year’’ and insert ‘‘the quarterly period begin6 ning on the first day of January, April, July, 

7 and October of each year’’; and 

8 (C) by striking ‘‘such semiannual period’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘such quarterly period’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

12 by striking ‘‘semiannual report’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘quarterly report’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘semi15 annual filing period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 

16 period’’; 

17 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘semi18 annual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly pe19 riod’’; and 

20 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘semi21 annual filing period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 

22 period’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

24 (1) DEFINITION.—Section 3(10) of the Lob25 bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602) is 

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1 amended by striking ‘‘six month period’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘3-month period’’. 

3 (2) REGISTRATION.—Section 4 of the Lobbying 

4 Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603) is amend5 ed— 

6 (A) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking 

7 ‘‘semiannual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 

8 period’’; and 

9 (B) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking 

10 ‘‘semiannual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly 

11 period’’. 

12 (3) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 6 of the Lobbying 

13 Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605) is amended 

14 in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘semiannual period’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘quarterly period’’. 

16 (4) ESTIMATES.—Section 15 of the Lobbying 

17 Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1610) is amend18 ed— 

19 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘semi20 annual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly pe21 riod’’; and 

22 (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘semi23 annual period’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly pe24 riod’’. 

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1 (5) DOLLAR AMOUNTS.—Section 4 of the Lob2 bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603) is fur3 ther amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(i), by striking 

5 ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’; 

6 (B) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii), by striking 

7 ‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’; 

8 (C) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking 

9 ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’; and 

10 (D) in subsection (b)(4), by striking 

11 ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’. 

12 SEC. 202. ELECTRONIC FILING OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE 

13 REPORTS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclo15 sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is amended by adding 

16 at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(d) ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIRED.—A report re18 quired to be filed under this section shall be filed in elec19 tronic form, in addition to any other form that may be 

20 required by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of 

21 the House of Representatives.’’. 

22 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirement in section 

23 5(d) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, as added 

24 by subsection (a) of this section, that reports be filed elec25 tronically shall take effect on the day after the end of the 

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1 first calendar quarter that begins after the date of the en2 actment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL LOBBYING DISCLOSURE REQUIRE4 MENTS. 

5 Section 5(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 

6 (2 U.S.C. 1604(b)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

8 the semicolon; 

9 (2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period and 

10 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(8) a certification that the lobbying firm, or 

13 registrant, and each employee listed as a lobbyist 

14 under section 4(b)(6) or paragraph (2)(C) of this 

15 subsection for that lobbying firm or registrant, has 

16 not provided, requested, or directed a gift, including 

17 travel, to a Member of Congress or an officer or em18 ployee of either House of Congress in violation rule 

19 XXXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate or rule 

20 XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives.’’. 

21 SEC. 204. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON OTHER CONTRIBU22 TIONS. 

23 Section 5 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1604) is further 

24 amended by adding at the end the following: 

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1 ‘‘(e) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON OTHER CONTRIBU2 TIONS.— 

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

4 after the end of the quarterly period beginning on 

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

6 each year, or on the first business day after the first 

7 day of such month if that day is not a business day, 

8 each person who is registered or is required to reg9 ister under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 4(a), and 

10 each employee who is or is required to be listed as 

11 a lobbyist under section 4(b)(6) or subsection (b) of 

12 this section, shall file a report with the Secretary of 

13 the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Represent14 atives containing— 

15 ‘‘(A) the name of the person; 

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

17 the employer; 

18 ‘‘(C) the names of all political committees 

19 established or administered by the person; 

20 ‘‘(D) the name of each Federal candidate 

21 or officeholder, leadership PAC, or political 

22 party committee, to whom aggregate contribu23 tions equal to or exceeding $200 were made by 

24 the person or a political committee established 

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1 endar year, and the date and amount of each 

2 contribution made within the quarterly period; 

3 ‘‘(E) the date, recipient, and amount of 

4 funds contributed, disbursed, or arranged (or a 

5 good faith estimate thereof) by the person or a 

6 political committee established or administered 

7 by the person during the quarterly period— 

8 ‘‘(i) to pay the cost of an event to 

9 honor or recognize a covered legislative 

10 branch official or covered executive branch 

11 official; 

12 ‘‘(ii) to, or on behalf of, an entity that 

13 is named for a covered legislative branch 

14 official, or to a person or entity in recogni15 tion of such official; 

16 ‘‘(iii) to an entity established, fi17 nanced, maintained, or controlled by a cov18 ered legislative branch official or covered 

19 executive branch official, or an entity des20 ignated by such official; or 

21 ‘‘(iv) to pay the costs of a meeting, re22 treat, conference, or other similar event 

23 held by, or for the benefit of, 1 or more 

24 covered legislative branch officials or cov25 ered executive branch officials; and 

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1 ‘‘(F) any information reported to the Fed2 eral Election Commission under the second sen3 tence of section 315(a)(8) of the Federal Elec4 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (relating to reports 

5 by intermediaries and conduits of the original 

6 source and the intended recipient of contribu7 tions under such Act) during the quarterly pe8 riod by the person or a political committee es9 tablished or administered by the person. 

10 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

11 ‘leadership PAC’ means, with respect to an indi12 vidual holding Federal office, an unauthorized polit13 ical committee that is associated with an individual 

14 holding Federal office, except that such term shall 

15 not apply in the case of a political committee of a 

16 political party.’’. 

17 SEC. 205. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF GIFTS OR TRAV18 EL BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS TO MEMBERS 

19 OF CONGRESS AND TO CONGRESSIONAL EM20 PLOYEES. 

21 (a) PROHIBITION.—The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 

22 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

23 the end the following: 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 25. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF GIFTS OR TRAV2 EL BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS TO MEMBERS 

3 OF CONGRESS AND TO CONGRESSIONAL EM4 PLOYEES. 

5 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Any person described in sub6 section (b) may not make a gift or provide travel to a 

7 Member, officer, or employee of Congress, if the person 

8 has knowledge that the gift or travel may not be accepted 

9 under the rules of the House of Representatives or the 

10 Senate. 

11 ‘‘(b) PERSONS SUBJECT TO PROHIBITION.—The per12 sons subject to the prohibition under subsection (a) are 

13 any lobbyist that is registered or is required to register 

14 under section 4(a)(1), any organization that employs 1 or 

15 more lobbyists and is registered or is required to register 

16 under section 4(a)(2), and any employee listed or required 

17 to be listed as a lobbyist by a registrant under section 

18 4(b)(6).’’. 

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

20 this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

21 of this Act. 

22 SEC. 206. DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BY CER23 TAIN COALITIONS AND ASSOCIATION. 

24 Paragraph (2) of section 3 of the Lobbying Disclo25 sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602) is amended to read as 

26 follows: 

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1 ‘‘(2) CLIENT.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘client’ 

3 means any person or entity that employs or re4 tains another person for financial or other com5 pensation to conduct lobbying activities on be6 half of that person or entity. A person or entity 

7 whose employees act as lobbyists on its own be8 half is both a client and an employer of such 

9 employees. 

10 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF COALITIONS AND AS11 SOCIATIONS.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro13 vided in clauses (ii) and (iii), in the case 

14 of a coalition or association that employs 

15 or retains other persons to conduct lob16 bying activities, each of the individual 

17 members of the coalition or association 

18 (and not the coalition or association) is the 

19 client. For purposes of section 4(a)(3), the 

20 preceding sentence shall not apply, and the 

21 coalition or association shall be treated as 

22 the client. 

23 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN TAX24 EXEMPT ASSOCIATIONS.—In the case of an 

25 association that is described in paragraph 

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1 (3) of section 501(c) of the Internal Rev2 enue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 

3 under section 501(a) of such Code, the as4 sociation (and not its members) shall be 

5 treated as the client. 

6 ‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MEM7 BERS.—Information on a member of a coa8 lition or association need not be included 

9 in any registration under section 4 if the 

10 amount reasonably expected to be contrib11 uted by such member toward the activities 

12 of the coalition or association of influ13 encing legislation is less than $500 during 

14 the quarterly period during which the reg15 istration would be made.’’. 

16 SEC. 207. DISCLOSURE BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS OF 

17 PAST EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND CONGRES18 SIONAL EMPLOYMENT. 

19 Section 4(b)(6) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 

20 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(b)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘or 

21 a covered legislative branch official’’ and all that follows 

22 through ‘‘as a lobbyist on behalf of the client,’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘or a covered legislative branch official,’’. 

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1 SEC. 208. PUBLIC DATABASE OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE IN2 FORMATION; MAINTENANCE OF INFORMA3 TION. 

4 (a) DATABASE REQUIRED.—Section 6 of the Lob5 bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605) is further 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

8 end; 

9 (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 

10 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraphs: 

13 ‘‘(9) maintain, and make available to the public 

14 over the Internet, without a fee or other access 

15 charge, in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable 

16 manner, an electronic database that— 

17 ‘‘(A) includes the information contained in 

18 registrations and reports filed under this Act; 

19 ‘‘(B) directly links the information it con20 tains to the information disclosed in reports 

21 filed with the Federal Election Commission 

22 under section 304 of the Federal Election Cam23 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434); and 

24 ‘‘(C) is searchable and sortable to the max25 imum extent practicable, including searchable 

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1 and sortable by each of the categories of infor2 mation described in section 4(b) or 5(b); and 

3 ‘‘(10) retain the information contained in a reg4 istration or report filed under this Act for a period 

5 of at least 6 years after the registration or report 

6 (as the case may be) is filed.’’. 

7 (b) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(4) of the Lobbying 

9 Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605) is amended 

10 by inserting before the semicolon at the end the fol11 lowing: ‘‘and, in the case of a report filed in elec12 tronic form pursuant to section 5(d), make such re13 port available for public inspection over the Internet 

14 not more than 48 hours after the report is so filed’’. 

15 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

16 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the day after 

17 the end of the first calendar quarter that begins 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

19 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

21 necessary to carry out paragraph (9) of section 6 of the 

22 Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605), as 

23 added by subsection (a) of this section. 

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1 SEC. 209. INAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN POLITICAL COM2 MITTEES. 

3 The amendments made by this title shall not apply 

4 to the activities of any political committee described in sec5 tion 301(4) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 

6 (2 U.S.C. 431(4)). 

7 SEC. 210. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

8 Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made 

9 by this title shall apply with respect to any quarterly filing 

10 period under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 that 

11 begins on or after January 1, 2008. 

12 TITLE III—ENFORCEMENT OF 

13 LOBBYING RESTRICTIONS 

14 SEC. 301. INCREASED CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR 

15 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH LOBBYING DIS16 CLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. 

17 Section 7 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 

18 U.S.C. 1606) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘Whoever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 

20 CIVIL PENALTY.—Whoever’’; 

21 (2) by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$100,000’’; and 

23 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever knowingly and 

25 corruptly fails to comply with any provision of this Act 

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1 shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years or fined 

2 under title 18, United States Code, or both.’’. 

3 TITLE IV—INCREASED 

4 DISCLOSURE 

5 SEC. 401. PROHIBITION ON OFFICIAL CONTACT WITH 

6 SPOUSE OF MEMBER WHO IS A REGISTERED 

7 LOBBYIST. 

8 Rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representa9 tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 

10 clause: 

11 ‘‘7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis12 sioner shall prohibit all staff employed by that Mem13 ber, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (including 

14 staff in personal, committee, and leadership offices) 

15 from having any official contact with that individ16 ual’s spouse if that spouse is a lobbyist under the 

17 Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 or is employed or 

18 retained by such a lobbyist for the purpose of influ19 encing legislation.’’. 

20 SEC. 402. POSTING OF TRAVEL AND FINANCIAL DISCLO21 SURE REPORTS ON PUBLIC WEBSITE OF 

22 CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA23 TIVES. 

24 (a) REQUIRING POSTING ON INTERNET.—The Clerk 

25 of the House of Representatives shall post on the public 

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1 Internet site of the Office of the Clerk each of the fol2 lowing: 

3 (1) The advance authorizations, certifications, 

4 and disclosures filed with respect to transportation, 

5 lodging, and related expenses for travel under clause 

6 5(b) of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Rep7 resentatives by Members (including Delegates and 

8 Resident Commissioners to the Congress), officers, 

9 and employees of the House. 

10 (2) The reports filed under section 103(h)(1) of 

11 the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 by Members 

12 of the House of Representatives (including Delegates 

13 and Resident Commissioners to the Congress). 

14 (b) APPLICABILITY AND TIMING.— 

15 (1) APPLICABILITY.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

16 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to informa17 tion received by the Clerk of the House of Rep18 resentatives on or after the date of the enactment of 

19 this Act. 

20 (2) TIMING.—The Clerk of the House of Rep21 resentatives shall— 

22 (A) not later than August 1, 2008, post 

23 the information required by subsection (a) that 

24 the Clerk receives by June 1, 2008; and 

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1 (B) not later than the end of each 45-day 

2 period occurring after information is required to 

3 be posted under subparagraph (A), post the in4 formation required by subsection (a) that the 

5 Clerk has received since the last posting under 

6 this subsection. 

7 (c) RETENTION.—The Clerk shall maintain the infor8 mation posted on the public Internet site of the Office of 

9 the Clerk under this section for a period of at least 6 years 

10 after receiving the information. 

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