I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3435
To make technical amendments to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 1996
Mr. CANADY of Florida (for himself and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary
A BILL
To make technical amendments to the Lobbying Disclosure
Act of 1995.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Lobbying Disclosure Technical Amendments Act of
1996’’.
(b) REFERENCE.—Whenever in this Act an amend-
ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-
sion of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF COVERED EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF-
FICIAL.
Section 3(3)(F) (2 U.S.C. 1602(3)(F)) is amended
by striking ‘‘7511(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘7511(b)(2)(B)’’.
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF EXCEPTION TO LOBBYING CON-
TACT.
Section 3(8)(B)(ix) (2 U.S.C. 1602(8)(B)(ix)) is
amended by inserting before the semicolon the following:
‘‘, including any communication compelled by a Federal
contract, grant, loan, permit, or license.’’.
SEC. 4. INTERESTS.
(a) SECTION
4.—Section 4(b)(4)(C) (2 U.S.C.
1603(b)(4)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘direct interest’’
and inserting ‘‘significant direct interest’’.
(b) SECTION
5.—Section 5(b)(2)(D) (2 U.S.C.
1604(b)(2)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘of the interest,
if any,’’ and inserting ‘‘of any significant direct interest’’.
(c) SECTION 14.—Section 14 (2 U.S.C. 1609) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘a direct
interest’’ and inserting ‘‘a significant direct inter-
est’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘a direct
interest’’ and inserting ‘‘a significant direct inter-
est’’.
SEC. 5. ESTIMATES BASED ON TAX REPORTING SYSTEM.
(a) SECTION 15(a).—Section 15(a) (2 U.S.C. 1610
(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘A registrant’’ and inserting ‘‘A
person, other than a lobbying firm,’’; and
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(2) for all other purposes consider as lobbying
contacts and lobbying activities only—
‘‘(A) lobbying contacts with covered legisla-
tive branch officials (as defined in section 3(4))
and lobbying activities in support of such con-
tacts; and
‘‘(B) lobbying of Federal executive branch
officials to the extent that such activities are in-
fluencing legislation as defined in section
4911(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.’’.
(b) SECTION
15(b).—Section 15(b) (2 U.S.C.
1610(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘A registrant that is subject to’’
and inserting ‘‘A person, other than a lobbying firm,
who is required to account and does account for lob-
bying expenditures pursuant to’’; and
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(2) for all other purposes consider as lobbying
contacts and lobbying activities only—
‘‘(A) lobbying contacts with covered legisla-
tive branch officials (as defined in section 3(4))
and lobbying activities in support of such con-
tacts; and
‘‘(B) lobbying of Federal executive branch
officials to the extent that amounts paid or
costs incurred in connection with such activities
are not deductible pursuant to section 162(e) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.
(c) SECTION 5(c).—Section 5(c) (2 U.S.C. 1604(c))
is amended by striking paragraph (3).
(d) SECTION
15(d).—Section 15(d) (2 U.S.C.
1610(d)) is repealed.
SEC. 6. DISCLOSURE OF INDIVIDUAL REGISTERED LOBBY-
ISTS.
Section 5(b) (2 U.S.C. 1604(b))—
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the
end of subparagraph (B), by striking subparagraph