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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5751 

To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require registrants to 

pay an annual fee of $50, to impose a penalty of $500 for failure 

to file timely reports required by that Act, to provide for the use of 

the funds from such fees and penalties for reviewing and auditing filings 

by registrants, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 15, 2010 

Ms. KILROY 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 

registrants to pay an annual fee of $50, to impose a 

penalty of $500 for failure to file timely reports required 

by that Act, to provide for the use of the funds from 

such fees and penalties for reviewing and auditing filings 

by registrants, 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 ‘‘Fee on Lobbyists Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL FEE FOR REGISTRANTS UNDER LOBBYING 

2 DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1995. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Lobbying Disclo4 sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603) is amended by adding 

5 at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(d) REGISTRATION FEES.—Each registrant shall 

7 pay, for each registration filed under this section, a fee 

8 of $25 to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and 

9 $25 to the Secretary of the Senate— 

10 ‘‘(1) when the registrant files the registration 

11 under subsection (a); and 

12 ‘‘(2) when filing the report under section 5(a) 

13 for the first quarterly period beginning on January 

14 1 of each year.’’. 

15 (b) APPLICABILITY.— 

16 (1) NEW REGISTRANTS.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(d)(1) of the 

18 Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, as added by 

19 subsection (a) of this section, shall apply with 

20 respect to registrations filed under section 4(a) 

21 of that Act after the end of the 60-day period 

22 beginning on the date of the enactment of this 

23 Act. 

24 (B) FIRST ANNUAL FEE.—In the case of a 

25 registrant to whom subparagraph (A) applies, 

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1 bying Disclosure Act of 1995, as added by sub2 section (a) of this section, need not be paid in 

3 the case of a quarterly report filed less than 

4 180 days after the registration is filed under 

5 section 4(a) of that Act. 

6 (2) OTHER REGISTRANTS.—Except as provided 

7 in paragraph (1)(B), section 4(d)(2) of the Lobbying 

8 Disclosure Act of 1995, as added by subsection (a) 

9 of this section, shall take effect upon the expiration 

10 of the 60-day period beginning on the date of the 

11 enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect 

12 to registrations filed before, on, or after that effec13 tive date. 

14 SEC. 3. PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO MAKE TIMELY FIL15 INGS; RESPONSIBILITIES OF SECRETARY OF 

16 THE SENATE AND CLERK OF THE HOUSE. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Lobbying Disclo18 sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and 

21 (11) as paragraphs (11) and (12); and 

22 (B) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 

23 following: 


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1 ‘‘(10) reconcile the databases maintained by the 

2 Secretary and the Clerk so that information in the 

3 databases is compatible and easily comparable;’’; 

4 (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub5 section (e); and 

6 (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(b) FINES FOR LATE FILINGS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If any person fails to file a 

10 report required under section 5 by the date by which 

11 such report is due under such section, the Secretary 

12 of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Rep13 resentatives shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) impose a fine of $500 on such person; 

15 or 

16 ‘‘(B) in the case of a second or subsequent 

17 failure to so file, impose a fine of $1,000 on 

18 such person. 

19 ‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PENALTIES.—A 

20 fine imposed under paragraph (1) is in addition to 

21 any fine imposed under section 7 by reason of a fail22 ure to file a report described in paragraph (1). 

23 ‘‘(c) USE OF FEES AND FINES.—All fines paid pur24 suant to subsection (b) and all fees paid under section 4(d) 

25 shall, subject to appropriations Acts, be available to the 


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1 Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of 

2 Representatives for reviewing and auditing registrations 

3 filed under section 4 and reports filed under section 5. 

4 ‘‘(d) LIST OF DELINQUENT FILERS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Sen6 ate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives 

7 shall maintain and make publicly available a list of 

8 all persons required to file reports under section 5 

9 who fail to do so by the dates required by such sec10 tion. 

11 ‘‘(2) REMOVAL OF PERSON FROM LIST.—If a 

12 person whose name is included on the list main13 tained under paragraph (1) because of a failure to 

14 file a report under section 5 thereafter files the re15 port and pays the fine under subsection (b) because 

16 of such failure, the Secretary of the Senate and the 

17 Clerk of the House of Representatives shall remove 

18 that person from the list.’’. 

19 (b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsections (b) and (d) of sec20 tion 6 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, as added 

21 by subsection (a) of this section, shall apply with respect 

22 to reports that are required to be filed under section 5 

23 of that Act after the end of the 60-day period beginning 

24 on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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