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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4988 

To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to strengthen the 

ethics process, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2006 

Mr. HEFLEY (for himself, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. 

LATOURETTE, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. WELDON of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. BEAUPREZ, and Mr. UDALL of Colorado) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in 

addition to the Committees on Standards of Official Conduct and the Judiciary, 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 amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

strengthen the ethics 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘House Ethics Reform Act of 2006’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 


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TITLE I—TRAINING 

Sec. 101. Mandatory annual ethics training; 

Sec. 102. Ethics officers. 

TITLE II—ETHICS INVESTIGATION 

Sec. 201. Ethics investigatory powers and procedures. 

Sec. 202. Letters of admonition. 

Sec. 203. Due process rights of respondents. 

Sec. 204. Simplification of settlement during ethics process. 

TITLE III—ETHICS COMMITTEE REFORM 

Sec. 301. Amendment to Code of Official Conduct to add the Code of Ethics 

for Government Service. 

Sec. 302. Renaming the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct the Ethics Committee. 

Sec. 303. Terms of service of chairman and ranking minority member of Ethics 

Committee. 

Sec. 304. Removal of chairman and ranking minority member of Ethics Committee. 

Sec. 305. Prohibited consultations. 

Sec. 306. Removal of Ethics Committee staff. 

TITLE IV—TRAVEL 

Sec. 401. Required certification that congressional travel meets certain conditions. 

Sec. 402. Disclosure by lobbyists of activities related to congressional travel. 

Sec. 403. Enhanced travel records for privately-funded official travel. 

Sec. 404. Member and employee travel on corporate jets. 

TITLE V—LOBBYISTS 

Sec. 501. Immediate electronic disclosure of lobbyist and foreign agent registrations. 

TITLE VI—GIFT RULE 

Sec. 601. Disclosure of gifts. 

TITLE VI—FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE 

Sec. 701. Posting of lobbying registration and disclosure statements on House 

of Representatives Internet site. 

1 TITLE I—TRAINING 

2 SEC. 101. MANDATORY ANNUAL ETHICS TRAINING; 

3 Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep4 resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 

5 new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘Ethics training 

2 ‘‘(r) Within 120 days after an individual takes office 

3 each Congress in the case of a Member, Delegate, or Resi4 dent Commissioner or 120 days after the individual is ap5 pointed in the case of an officer, the Ethics Committee 

6 shall— 

7 ‘‘(1) provide comprehensive ethics training for 

8 each Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, and 

9 officer of the House; and 

10 ‘‘(2) provide regular comprehensive ethics train11 ing for each ethics officer. 

12 The committee shall maintain an up-to-date list on its 

13 website on the Internet of the names of all Members, Dele14 gates, and the Resident Commissioner who have received 

15 such training.’’. 

16 SEC. 102. ETHICS OFFICERS. 

17 Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep18 resentatives (as amended by section 101) is further 

19 amended by adding at the end the following new para20 graph: 

21 ‘‘Ethics officers 

22 ‘‘(s)(1) Each Member, Delegate, Resident Commis23 sioner, officer, standing committee, and permanent select 

24 committee of the House shall— 

25 ‘‘(A) designate an employee to serve as the eth26 ics officer for that office; 


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1 ‘‘(B) notify the Ethics Committee of the name 

2 and e-mail address of the ethics officer; and 

3 ‘‘(C) notify the Ethics Committee whenever a 

4 new ethics officer is designated. 

5 ‘‘(2) Each ethics officer shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) certify to the Ethics Committee that ethics 

7 notices have been distributed to and received by each 

8 employee of the Member, Delegate, Resident Com9 missioner, officer, standing committee, and perma10 nent select committee of the House by whom such 

11 ethics officer is employed; and 

12 ‘‘(B) provide each employee and the Member, 

13 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer by 

14 whom such ethics officer is employed all pertinent 

15 information provided by the Ethics Committee at 

16 each regular ethics training session. 

17 Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to impose 

18 any liability on any ethics officer for any ethic violations 

19 of any such employee.’’. 

20 TITLE II—ETHICS 

21 INVESTIGATION 

22 SEC. 201. ETHICS INVESTIGATORY POWERS AND PROCE23 DURES. 

24 Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep25 resentatives (as amended by section 102) is further 


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1 amended by adding at the end the following new para2 graph: 

3 ‘‘Investigatory powers and procedures 

4 ‘‘(s) The committee shall adopt rules to— 

5 ‘‘(1) authorize the chairman and ranking mi6 nority member of the committee the power to au7 thorize and issue subpoenas after they jointly deter8 mine, pursuant to paragraph (k)(1), that informa9 tion submitted to the committee meets the require10 ments of the rules of the committee for what con11 stitutes a complaint and before the establishment of 

12 an investigative subcommittee or when the com13 mittee undertakes an investigation on its own initia14 tive; 

15 ‘‘(2)(A) provide the committee with the author16 ity to issue a Letter of Admonition to any Member, 

17 Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or em18 ployee of the House upon dismissal of a complaint, 

19 pursuant to paragraph (k)(1) or when the committee 

20 undertakes an investigation on its own initiative, 

21 after informal fact-finding or at the conclusion of an 

22 investigation as an additional alternative to a Letter 

23 of Reproval; 

24 ‘‘(B) require that each such Letter of Admoni25 tion includes the following statement: ‘Resolution of 


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1 a complaint or investigation by a Letter of Admoni2 tion is appropriate where, according to the informa3 tion before the committee, the respondent’s conduct 

4 either violates or raises concerns under the Rules of 

5 the House of Representatives and standards of con6 duct, but the circumstances, including the complete7 ness of the information before the committee and 

8 the nature of the violation, indicate that a formal in9 vestigation or sanction is not warranted.’; and 

10 ‘‘(C) provide that whenever the committee de11 termines, by a majority vote, that there is evidence 

12 that a violation within the jurisdiction of the com13 mittee has occurred, but that the alleged violation is 

14 inadvertent, technical, or otherwise of a de minimis 

15 nature, the committee may issue a public or private 

16 Letter of Admonition, which shall not be considered 

17 a sanction and which shall not be subject to appeal 

18 to the House.’’. 

19 SEC. 202. LETTERS OF ADMONITION. 

20 Clause 3(a) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 

21 Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol22 lowing new subparagraph: 

23 ‘‘(6) At any time after receipt of information 

24 offered as a complaint pursuant to this clause or in 

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1 mittee on its own initiative, the committee may, if 

2 it deems appropriate, issue a Letter of Admonition 

3 to the applicable Member, Delegate, Resident Com4 missioner, officer, or employee of the House.’’. 

5 SEC. 203. DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OF RESPONDENTS. 

6 Clause 3(p) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 

7 Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 

8 of subparagraph (7), by striking the period and inserting 

9 ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subparagraph (8), and by adding 

10 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

11 ‘‘(9)(A) whenever the committee or an inves12 tigative subcommittee proposes to issue a letter (in13 cluding a letter of admonition) or other document 

14 that includes comments critical of the conduct of a 

15 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, 

16 or employee of the House, it shall provide prior no17 tice and equal opportunity to respond; 

18 ‘‘(B) a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis19 sioner, officer, or employee of the House has the 

20 right to notification of the decision of the committee 

21 to dismiss a complaint, send a letter pursuant to 

22 paragraph (k)(1)(A), create an investigative sub23 committee, or any other committee action, including 

24 a report or letter that alleges that such individual 


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1 has or may have violated the Code of Official Con2 duct; and 

3 ‘‘(C) a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis4 sioner, officer, or employee of the House shall have 

5 7 calendar days to respond in writing to any letter 

6 or notice provided pursuant to this subparagraph, 

7 and that any such response shall be appended to the 

8 report or letter.’’. 

9 SEC. 204. SIMPLIFICATION OF SETTLEMENT DURING ETH10 ICS PROCESS. 

11 Clause 3(p) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 

12 Representatives (as amended by section 303) is further 

13 amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph 

14 (8), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’ at the 

15 end of subparagraph (9), and by adding at the end the 

16 following new subparagraph: 

17 ‘‘(10) a respondent may negotiate a settlement 

18 at any time after an investigation pursuant to a 

19 complaint or undertaken at its own initiative is un20 dertaken by the committee.’’. 


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1 TITLE III—ETHICS COMMITTEE 

2 REFORM 

3 SEC. 301. AMENDMENT TO CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT TO 

4 ADD THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR GOVERN5 MENT SERVICE. 

6 Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representa7 tives is amended by redesignating clause 14 as clause 15 

8 and by inserting after clause 13 the following new clause: 

9 ‘‘14. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 

10 officer, or employee of the House should: 

11 ‘‘(A) Put loyalty to the highest moral principles 

12 and to country above loyalty to Government, per13 sons, party, or department. 

14 ‘‘(B) Uphold the Constitution, laws, and legal 

15 regulations of the United States and of all govern16 ments therein and never be a party to their evasion. 

17 ‘‘(C) Give a full day’s labor for a full day’s pay; 

18 giving to the performance of his duties his earnest 

19 effort and best thought. 

20 ‘‘(D) Seek to find and employ more efficient 

21 and economical ways of getting tasks accomplished. 

22 ‘‘(E) Never discriminate unfairly by the dis23 pensing of special favors or privileges to anyone, 

24 whether for remuneration or not; and never accept, 

25 for himself or his family, favors or benefits under 


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1 circumstances which might be construed by reason2 able persons as influencing the performance of his 

3 governmental duties. 

4 ‘‘(F) Make no private promises of any kind 

5 binding upon the duties of office, since a Govern6 ment employee has no private word which can be 

7 binding on public duty. 

8 ‘‘(G) Engage in no business with the Govern9 ment, either directly or indirectly, which is incon10 sistent with the conscientious performance of his 

11 governmental duties. 

12 ‘‘(H) Never use any information coming to him 

13 confidentially in the performance of governmental 

14 duties as a means for making private profit. 

15 ‘‘(I) Expose corruption wherever discovered. 

16 ‘‘(J) Uphold these principles, ever conscious 

17 that public office is a public trust.’’. 

18 SEC. 302. RENAMING THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF 

19 OFFICIAL CONDUCT THE ETHICS COM20 MITTEE. 

21 The Rules of the House of Representatives are 

22 amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Standards of Official 

23 Conduct’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Ethics 

24 Committee’’. 


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1 SEC. 303. TERMS OF SERVICE OF CHAIRMAN AND RANKING 

2 MINORITY MEMBER OF ETHICS COMMITTEE. 

3 Clause 5(a)(3)(C) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

4 of Representatives is amended by striking ‘‘fourth’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘sixth’’ and by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘seven’’. 

7 SEC. 304. REMOVAL OF CHAIRMAN AND RANKING MINOR8 ITY MEMBER OF ETHICS COMMITTEE. 

9 Clause 5(a)(3) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

10 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 

11 following new subdivision: 

12 ‘‘(D) The chairman or the ranking minority member 

13 of the Ethics Committee may be removed before the end 

14 of a Congress only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds 

15 of the total membership of the House.’’. 

16 SEC. 305. PROHIBITED CONSULTATIONS. 

17 Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep18 resentatives (as amended by section 301) is further 

19 amended by adding at the end the following new para20 graph: 

21 ‘‘Prohibited consultations 

22 ‘‘(t) Neither the chairman nor the ranking minority 

23 member of the committee may consult or otherwise discuss 

24 with the Speaker or the majority or minority leader, or 

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1 committee (or any subcommittee thereof), including sched2 uling matters.’’. 

3 SEC. 306. REMOVAL OF ETHICS COMMITTEE STAFF. 

4 Clause 3(g)(3)(A) of rule XI of the Rules of the 

5 House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following new sentence: ‘‘Any existing staff member 

7 may only not be rehired at the beginning of a Congress 

8 or may only be removed by the affirmative vote of a major9 ity of the total membership of the committee.’’. 

10 TITLE IV—TRAVEL 

11 SEC. 401. REQUIRED CERTIFICATION THAT CONGRES12 SIONAL TRAVEL MEETS CERTAIN CONDI13 TIONS. 

14 Clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of 

15 Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs 

16 (e) and (f) as paragraphs (g) and (h), respectively, and 

17 by inserting after paragraph (d) the following new para18 graphs: 

19 ‘‘(e) Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis20 sioner, officer, or employee of the House may accept a gift 

21 of transportation or lodging permissible under this clause 

22 from any person, such Member, Delegate, Resident Com23 missioner, officer, or employee of the House, as applicable, 

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1 mittee (and provide a copy of such certification to the 

2 Clerk) that— 

3 ‘‘(1) the trip was not planned, organized, ar4 ranged, or financed by a registered lobbyist or for5 eign agent and was not organized at the request of 

6 a registered lobbyist or foreign agent; 

7 ‘‘(2) the person did not accept, from any 

8 source, funds specifically earmarked for the purpose 

9 of financing the travel expenses; and 

10 ‘‘(3) the trip is permissible under these rules. 

11 The Clerk shall make public on its website on the Internet 

12 information received under this paragraph within 10 days. 

13 ‘‘(f) Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis14 sioner, officer, or employee of the House, or a spouse or 

15 dependent thereof, may take a privately-funded trip, that 

16 Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or em17 ployee shall provide the complete itinerary and total esti18 mated cost of that trip and the Ethics Committee shall 

19 have determined that the proposed funding and itinerary 

20 complies with all rules of the House, including the certifi21 cation required by paragraph (d).’’. 

22 SEC. 402. DISCLOSURE BY LOBBYISTS OF ACTIVITIES RE23 LATED TO CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL. 

24 (a) PAYMENTS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT FUND

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1 to register under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 

2 provides funding to an organization that funds official 

3 travel of a Member of Congress, the lobbyist shall, not 

4 more than 48 hours after providing those funds, disclose 

5 to the Clerk of the House of Representatives— 

6 (1) the organization; 

7 (2) the Member; 

8 (3) the amount of the funds; and 

9 (4) the date and nature of the travel. 

10 (b) MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATION THAT FUNDS

11 CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL.—Whenever a lobbyist required 

12 to register under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 be13 comes a member of an organization that funds official 

14 travel of a Member of Congress, the lobbyist shall, not 

15 more than 48 hours after becoming a member of the orga16 nization or after the organization funds the travel, as the 

17 case may be, disclose to the Clerk of the House of Rep18 resentatives— 

19 (1) the organization; 

20 (2) the Member; 

21 (3) the amount of the funds; and 

22 (4) the date and nature of the travel. 

23 (c) IN-PERSON LOBBYING CONTACT DURING CON24 GRESSIONAL TRAVEL.—Whenever a lobbyist required to 

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1 an in-person lobbying contact with a covered legislative 

2 branch official while the official is on official travel, the 

3 lobbyist shall, not more than 48 hours after the lobbying 

4 contact, disclose to the Clerk of the House of Representa5 tives— 

6 (1) the official; 

7 (2) the date and nature of the lobbying contact; 

8 and 

9 (3) the client on whose behalf the lobbying con10 tact was made. 

11 SEC. 403. ENHANCED TRAVEL RECORDS FOR PRIVATELY12 FUNDED OFFICIAL TRAVEL. 

13 (a) ENHANCED TRAVEL RECORDS.—Clause 

14 5(b)(1)(A)(ii) of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of 

15 Representatives is amended by— 

16 (1) inserting ‘‘a detailed description of each of’’ 

17 before ‘‘the expenses’’; 

18 (2) striking ‘‘30 days’’ and inserting ‘‘10 days’’; 

19 and 

20 (3) inserting ‘‘, including a description of all 

21 meetings, tours, events, and outings during such 

22 travel’’ before the period at the end thereof. 

23 (b) ELECTRONIC FORM.—Clause 5(b)(1)(A) of rule 

24 XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 

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1 ‘‘The disclosures required by this subdivision shall be 

2 made to the Clerk in electronic form and posted on its 

3 website on the Internet.’’. 

4 SEC. 404. MEMBER AND EMPLOYEE TRAVEL ON COR5 PORATE JETS. 

6 Clause 5(b) of rule XXV of the Rules of the House 

7 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following new subparagraph: 

9 ‘‘(6) Not later than 10 days after completion of travel 

10 on a flight on an aircraft that is not licensed by the Fed11 eral Aviation Administration to operate for compensation 

12 or hire, excluding a flight on an aircraft owned, operate, 

13 or leased by a governmental entity, taken in connection 

14 with the duties of the Member, Delegate, Resident Com15 missioner, officer, or employee approved by the Ethics 

16 Committee, that individual shall file with the Clerk a de17 scription of meetings and events attended during such 

18 travel and the names of all passengers who accompanied 

19 that individual during the travel, except when disclosure 

20 of such information is deemed by the Member, Delegate, 

21 Resident Commissioner, or supervisor under whose direct 

22 supervision the employee is employed to jeopardize the 

23 safety of an individual or adversely affect national secu24 rity. Such information shall be posted by the Clerk on a 

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1 dent Commissioner’s official website not later than 10 

2 days after the completion of the travel, except when disclo3 sure of such information is deemed by the Member, Dele4 gate, or Resident Commissioner to jeopardize the safety 

5 of an individual or adversely affect national security.’’. 

6 TITLE V—LOBBYISTS 

7 SEC. 501. IMMEDIATE ELECTRONIC DISCLOSURE OF LOB8 BYIST AND FOREIGN AGENT REGISTRATIONS. 

9 (a) PROMPT REGISTRATION REQUIRED.—Any person 

10 required to register under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 

11 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or the Foreign Agents Reg12 istration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.), 

13 shall, in addition to any other requirements imposed by 

14 either such Act or other law, register with the Clerk of 

15 the House of Representatives within 10 days. Each such 

16 registration shall be filed electronically, in a form accept17 able to the Clerk of the House. 

18 (b) ELECTRONIC DATABASE AVAILABLE TO PUB19 LIC.—The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall 

20 maintain, and make available to the public, an electronic 

21 database of all registrations filed under subsection (a). 

22 Such electronic database shall be established within 180 

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1 TITLE VI—GIFT RULE 

2 SEC. 601. DISCLOSURE OF GIFTS. 

3 (a) DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS.—Clause 5(a) of rule 

4 XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following new subpara6 graph: 

7 ‘‘(7) Whenever a Member, Delegate, Resident Com8 missioner, officer, or employee receives a gift having a 

9 value of at least $20 and that is not from a family member 

10 or described in subparagraph (3), that individual shall 

11 publicly disclose on the Member’s, Delegate’s, or Resident 

12 Commissioner’s official website a description of the gift, 

13 its estimated value, and the identity of the person pro14 viding such gift within 10 days and provide such informa15 tion to the Clerk. The Clerk shall make public this infor16 mation on its website on the Internet as soon as possible 

17 after it is received, but not later than 60 days after such 

18 receipt.’’. 

19 (b) DISCLOSURE BY LOBBYISTS AND AGENTS OF

20 FOREIGN PRINCIPALS.— 

21 (1) DISCLOSURE.—Whenever a person required 

22 to register under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 

23 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or the Foreign Agents 

24 Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 

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1 gift that must be disclosed under clause 5(a)(7) of 

2 rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representa3 tives, that person shall, in addition to any other re4 quirements imposed by either such Act or other law, 

5 disclose to the Clerk of the House of Representa6 tives, within 10 days after the gift is given— 

7 (A) the nature and amount of the gift; and 

8 (B) the identity of the recipient of the gift. 

9 The Clerk shall make public this information as soon as 

10 possible after it is received, but not later than 60 days 

11 after such receipt. 

12 (2) PENALTIES.—The penalties under the Lob13 bying Disclosure Act of 1995 shall apply to persons 

14 required to register under that Act who violate para15 graph (1), and the penalties under the Foreign 

16 Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, shall 

17 apply persons required to register under that Act 

18 who violate paragraph (1). 

19 TITLE VI—FINANCIAL 

20 DISCLOSURE 

21 SEC. 701. POSTING OF LOBBYING REGISTRATION AND DIS22 CLOSURE STATEMENTS ON HOUSE OF REP23 RESENTATIVES INTERNET SITE. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after re25 ceipt, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall post 


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1 on the official public Internet site of the House of Rep2 resentatives each registration and report filed with and re3 tained by the Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act 

4 of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), in a manner similar to 

5 the manner by which the Secretary of the Senate posts 

6 on the official Internet site of the Senate the registrations 

7 and reports filed with and retained by the Secretary under 

8 such Act. 

9 (b) PROVIDING NOTICE ON FORMS.—The Clerk shall 

10 include on each registration and report form prepared and 

11 provided by the Clerk for purposes of the Lobbying Disclo12 sure Act of 1995 a statement that the completed form will 

13 be posted on the official public Internet site of the House 

14 of Representatives in accordance with subsection (a). 

15 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

16 respect to all registrations and reports filed with the Clerk 

17 of the House of Representatives on or after the date of 

18 the enactment of this Act. 

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