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Union Calendar No. 98 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2317 

[Report No. 110–162] 

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 

MAY 21, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. SPACE and Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut 

MAY 21, 2007 

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 15, 2007] 

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. 

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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 Transparency 

5 Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. QUARTERLY REPORTS BY REGISTERED LOBBYISTS 

7 ON CONTRIBUTIONS BUNDLED FOR CERTAIN 

8 RECIPIENTS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Lobbying Disclo10 sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following new subsection: 

12 ‘‘(d) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON CONTRIBUTIONS BUN13 DLED FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS.— 

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

15 the end of the quarterly period beginning on the first 

16 day of January, April, July, and October of each 

17 year, each registered lobbyist who bundles 2 or more 

18 contributions made to a covered recipient in an ag19 gregate amount exceeding $5,000 for such covered re20 cipient during such quarterly period shall file a re21 port with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 

22 of the House of Representatives containing— 

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

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

25 employer; and 

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

2 whom the contribution is made, and to the extent 

3 known the aggregate amount of such contribu4 tions (or a good faith estimate thereof) within 

5 the quarter for the covered recipient. 

6 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.—In 

7 filing a report under paragraph (1), a registered lob8 byist shall exclude from the report any information 

9 described in paragraph (1)(C) which is included in 

10 any other report filed by the registered lobbyist with 

11 the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House 

12 of Representatives under this Act. 

13 ‘‘(3) REQUIRING SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION

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

15 after the end of a period for which a registered lob16 byist is required to file a report under paragraph (1) 

17 which includes any information described in such sec18 tion with respect to a covered recipient, the registered 

19 lobbyist shall transmit by certified mail to the covered 

20 recipient involved a statement containing— 

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

22 in the report with respect to the covered recipi23 ent; and 

24 ‘‘(B) the source of each contribution in25 cluded in the aggregate amount referred to in 

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

2 bundled for the covered recipient during the pe3 riod covered by the report and the amount of the 

4 contribution attributable to each such source. 

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

6 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘registered 

7 lobbyist’ means a person who is registered or is re8 quired to register under paragraph (1) or (2) of sec9 tion 4(a), or an individual who is required to be list10 ed under section 4(b)(6) or subsection (b). 

11 ‘‘(5) DEFINITION OF BUNDLED CONTRIBUTION.— 

12 For purposes of this subsection, a registered lobbyist 

13 ‘bundles’ a contribution if— 

14 ‘‘(A) the contribution is received by a reg15 istered lobbyist for, and forwarded by a reg16 istered lobbyist to, the covered recipient to whom 

17 the contribution is made; or 

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

19 credited or attributed to the registered lobbyist 

20 through records, designations, recognitions or 

21 other means of tracking by the covered recipient 

22 to whom the contribution is made. 

23 ‘‘(6) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

24 ‘‘(A) the term ‘contribution’ has the mean25 ing given such term in the Federal Election 

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1 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), ex2 cept that such term does not include a contribu3 tion in an amount which is less than $200; 

4 ‘‘(B) the terms ‘candidate’, ‘political com5 mittee’, and ‘political party committee’ have the 

6 meaning given such terms in the Federal Elec7 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et 

8 seq.); 

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

10 Federal candidate, an individual holding Fed11 eral office, a leadership PAC, or a political 

12 party committee; and 

13 ‘‘(D) the term ‘leadership PAC’ means, with 

14 respect to an individual holding Federal office, 

15 an unauthorized political committee which is as16 sociated with such individual, except that such 

17 term shall not apply in the case of a political 

18 committee of a political party.’’. 

19 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub20 section (a) shall apply with respect to the second quarterly 

21 period described in section 5(d)(1) of the Lobbying Disclo22 sure Act of 1995 (as added by subsection (a)) which begins 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act and each suc24 ceeding quarterly period. 

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Union Calendar No. 98 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2317 

[Report No. 110

–162] 

A BILL 

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 reMAY 21, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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