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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2339 

To create a Lobbying Disclosure Act Task Force, and to make certain 

modifications to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 23, 2011 

Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself and Mr. POLIS) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To create a Lobbying Disclosure Act Task Force, and to 

make certain modifications to the Lobbying Disclosure 

Act of 1995. 

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 ‘‘Lobbyist Disclosure 

5 Enhancement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO ENFORCEMENT. 

7 (a) LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT TASK FORCE.— 

8 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General 

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1 ment Task Force (in this subsection referred to as 

2 the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

3 (2) FUNCTIONS.—The Task Force— 

4 (A) shall have primary responsibility for 

5 investigating and prosecuting each case referred 

6 to the Attorney General under section 6(a)(8) 

7 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 

8 U.S.C. 1605(a)(8)); 

9 (B) shall collect and disseminate informa10 tion with respect to the enforcement of the Lob11 bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et 

12 seq.); 

13 (C) shall audit, at a minimum on an an14 nual basis, and as frequently as deemed nec15 essary by the Task Force, the extent of compli16 ance or noncompliance with the requirements of 

17 the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 by lobby18 ists, lobbying firms, and registrants under that 

19 Act through a random sampling of lobbying 

20 registrations and reports filed under that Act 

21 during each calendar year; and 

22 (D) shall establish, publicize, and operate a 

23 toll-free telephone number to serve as a hotline 

24 for members of the public to report noncompli25 ance with lobbyist disclosure requirements 


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1 under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, 

2 and shall develop a mechanism to allow mem3 bers of the public to report such noncompliance 

4 online. 

5 (b) REFERRAL OF CASES TO THE ATTORNEY GEN6 ERAL.—Section 6(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 

7 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘United 

9 States Attorney for the District of Columbia’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’; and 

11 (2) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘United 

12 States Attorney for the District of Columbia’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’. 

14 (c) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVED ENFORCE15 MENT.—The Attorney General may make recommenda16 tions to Congress with respect to— 

17 (1) the enforcement of and compliance with the 

18 Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; and 

19 (2) the need for resources available for the en20 hanced enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act 

21 of 1995. 

22 (d) INFORMATION IN ENFORCEMENT REPORTS.— 

23 Section 6(b)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 

24 (2 U.S.C. 1605(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘by case’’ 

25 and all that follows through ‘‘public record’’ and inserting 


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1 ‘‘by case and name of the individual lobbyists or lobbying 

2 firms involved, any sentences imposed’’. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF LOBBYIST. 

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

5 (2 U.S.C. 1602(10)) is amended by striking ‘‘, other than 

6 an individual’’ and all that follows through ‘‘period’’. 

7 SEC. 4. EXPEDITED ONLINE REGISTRATION OF LOBBYISTS; 

8 EXPANSION OF REGISTRANTS. 

9 Section 4(a)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 

10 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603(a)(1)) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘5 

12 days’’; 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘, or on the first business day 

14 after such 45th day if such 45th day is not a busi15 ness day,’’ and inserting ‘‘, or on the first business 

16 day occurring after such 5th day if such 5th day 

17 does not occur on a business day,’’; and 

18 (3) by inserting ‘‘online’’ after ‘‘shall register’’. 

19 SEC. 5. DISCLOSURE OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY 

20 LOBBYISTS. 

21 Section 5(b)(2)(A) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 

22 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)(i)’’; 

24 (2) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 

25 (3) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(ii) for each issue listed under clause (i), 

2 a list identifying— 

3 ‘‘(I) each covered executive branch of4 ficial with whom the lobbyist engaged in 

5 lobbying activities; 

6 ‘‘(II) each covered legislative branch 

7 official with whom the lobbyist engaged in 

8 lobbying activities and— 

9 ‘‘(aa) if the official is an em10 ployee of a Member of Congress, the 

11 name of that Member of Congress; or 

12 ‘‘(bb) if the official is an em13 ployee described in clause (ii), (iii), 

14 (iv), or (v) of section 3(4), the name 

15 of the Member or Members of Con16 gress who hired the official or for 

17 whom the official performs duties as 

18 such official; and 

19 ‘‘(III) the date of each lobbying con20 tact;’’. 

21 SEC. 6. DISCLOSURE OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 

22 Section 5(d)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 

23 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(d)(1)) is amended— 

24 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

25 by striking ‘‘30 days after’’ and all that follows 


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1 through ‘‘30th day is not’’ and inserting ‘‘20 days 

2 after the end of the quarterly period beginning on 

3 the first day of January, April, July, and October of 

4 each year, or on the first business day after such 

5 20th day if such 20th day is not’’; and 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘semiannual period’’ each place 

7 it appears and inserting ‘‘quarterly period’’. 

8 SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

9 (a) SECTION 2.—Section 2 and the amendments 

10 made by that section take effect upon the expiration of 

11 the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment 

12 of this Act. 

13 (b) AMENDMENTS.—The amendments made by sec14 tions 3, 4, 5, and 6 take effect on the first day of the 

15 first quarterly period described in section 5(a) of the Lob16 bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(a)) that be17 gins after the end of the 90-day period beginning on the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act. 

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