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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7133 

To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain lobbyists 

to report certain contacts with agencies within 48 hours, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2022 

Mr. O’HALLERAN 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 

certain lobbyists to report certain contacts with agencies 

within 48 hours, 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 ‘‘Closing Loopholes, 

5 Ending Anonymous Revolving Doors Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘CLEAR Doors Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

2 (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 5 of Lob3 bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub6 section (f); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol8 lowing new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(e) 48-HOUR REPORTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No later than 48 hours 

11 after a lobbyist engages in special lobbying activities, 

12 the registrant involved shall file a report with the 

13 Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House 

14 of Representatives on such activities. 

15 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report filed 

16 under paragraph (1) shall contain the following 

17 items: 

18 ‘‘(A) The name of the registrant. 

19 ‘‘(B) The name of the client. 

20 ‘‘(C) The name of the covered executive 

21 branch official of the agency. 

22 ‘‘(D) A description of the issue discussed 

23 before such agency official. 

24 ‘‘(E) The date on which such lobbying ac25 tivities occurred. 


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1 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR NEW REGISTRANTS.— 

2 If a lobbyist engages in special lobbying activities 

3 prior to the registration of the lobbyist (or, if appli4 cable, the organization employing such lobbyist) with 

5 the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the 

6 House of Representatives under section 4(a), the 

7 lobbyist or organization shall register with the Sec8 retary and the Clerk under such section not later 

9 than 48 hours after the lobbyist or organization en10 gages in such activities. 

11 ‘‘(4) SPECIAL LOBBYING ACTIVITIES DE12 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘special lob13 bying activities’ means any lobbying activity con14 sisting of a lobbying contact made by an employee 

15 of a client with a covered executive branch official of 

16 an agency of which such lobbyist was formerly em17 ployed during the 4–year period that ends on the 

18 date of such contact.’’. 

19 (b) LOBBYIST DEFINITION.—Section 3(10) of the 

20 Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602(10)) is 

21 amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(10) LOBBYIST.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

24 subparagraph (B), term ‘lobbyist’ means any 

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1 ent for financial or other compensation for serv2 ices that include more than one lobbying con3 tact. 

4 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.— 

5 ‘‘(i) 20 PERCENT RULE.—Except as 

6 provided in clause (ii), subparagraph (A) 

7 does not apply to an individual with re8 spect to a client if the individual’s lobbying 

9 activities constitute less than 20 percent of 

10 the time engaged in the services provided 

11 by such individual to that client over a 3– 

12 month period. 

13 ‘‘(ii) SPECIAL LOBBYING ACTIVITIES

14 EXCEPTION.—Clause (i) does not apply to 

15 special lobbying activities under section 

16 5(e).’’. 

17 (c) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

18 (1) LOBBYIST REGISTRATION.—Section 4(a)(1) 

19 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 

20 1603(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘No later than’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in section 5(e)(3), 

22 no later than’’. 

23 (2) CROSS-REFERENCE.—Section 6(a)(4) of the 

24 Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 


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1 1605(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 5(e)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘section 5(f)’’. 

3 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 this section shall apply to lobbying activities occurring on 

5 or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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