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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1480 

To provide limits on bundling, to reform the lobbyist registration process, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 2, 2015 

Mr. BENNET introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

A BILL 

To provide limits on bundling, to reform the lobbyist 

registration process, 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 and Cam5 paign Finance Reform Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON BUNDLED CONTRIBUTIONS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315(a) of the Federal 

8 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116) is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following new para10 graph: 


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1 ‘‘(10) For purposes of paragraph (1), any bun2 dled contribution (as defined in section 304(i)(8)) 

3 forwarded by a person described in section 304(i)(7) 

4 to a committee described in section 304(i)(6) shall 

5 be treated both as a contribution made by the per6 son forwarding such contribution and as a contribu7 tion made by the contributor.’’. 

8 (b) DEFINITION OF BUNDLED CONTRIBUTION.— 

9 Clause (ii) of section 304(i)(A) of such Act is amended 

10 by inserting ‘‘(whether in writing or otherwise)’’ after 

11 ‘‘other means’’. 

12 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by 

14 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the en15 actment of this Act. 

16 (2) DEFINITION OF BUNDLED CONTRIBU17 TION.—The amendment made by subsection (b) 

18 shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 3. LOBBYIST REGISTRATION REFORMS. 

21 Section 3(10) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 

22 (2 U.S.C. 1602(10)) is amended by striking ‘‘contact, 

23 other than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘3-month pe24 riod.’’ and inserting ‘‘contact over a 2-year period.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. BAN ON SOLICITING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS 

2 FROM REGISTERED LOBBYISTS. 

3 Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

4 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

5 the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 325. SOLICITATIONS OF REGISTERED LOBBYISTS. 

7 ‘‘(a) SENATE.—A candidate for the office of Senator, 

8 an individual holding the office of Senator, an agent of 

9 such a candidate or an individual holding such office, or 

10 an entity directly or indirectly established, financed, main11 tained, or controlled by or acting on behalf of 1 or more 

12 such candidates or individuals holding such office may not 

13 solicit from any registered lobbyist funds in connection 

14 with any election for the office of Senator during any pe15 riod in which the Senate is in session. 

16 ‘‘(b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—A candidate 

17 for Representative to, or Representative in, or Delegate 

18 or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, an individual 

19 holding such an office, an agent of a candidate or an indi20 vidual holding such an office, or an entity directly or indi21 rectly established, financed, maintained, or controlled by 

22 or acting on behalf of 1 or more such candidates or indi23 viduals holding such an office may not solicit from any 

24 registered lobbyist funds in connection with any election 

25 for Representative to, or Representative in, or Delegate 


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1 or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress during any pe2 riod in which the House of Representatives is in session. 

3 ‘‘(c) REGISTERED LOBBYIST.—For purposes of this 

4 section, the term ‘registered lobbyist’ means any person 

5 who is described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of sec6 tion 304(i)(7). 

7 ‘‘(d) DETERMINATION OF WHEN BODY IS IN SES8 SION.—For purposes of this section, the Senate or House 

9 of Representatives shall be considered to be in session dur10 ing any period unless such body has adjourned for, or is 

11 in recess for, a period of 10 calendar days or longer.’’. 

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