ated with such registrant), and for each employee 
listed as a lobbyist by a registrant under paragraph 
(2)(C), the name of each Federal candidate or of-
ficeholder, and of each leadership PAC, political 
party committee, or other political committee to 
whom a contribution was made which is required to 
be reported to the Federal Election Commission by 
the recipient, and the date and amount of such con-
tribution; and 
‘‘(7) the date, recipient, and amount of any gift 
that under the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives counts towards the cumulative annual limit de-
scribed in such rules and is given by a registrant or 
employee listed as a lobbyist to a covered legislative 
branch official.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3 of the 
Act (2 U.S.C. 1602) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(17) GIFT.—The term ‘gift’ means a gratuity, 
favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, for-
bearance, or other item having monetary value. The 
term includes gifts of services, training, and meals 
whether provided in kind, by purchase of a ticket, 
payment in advance, or reimbursement after the ex-
pense has been incurred. 
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‘‘(18) LEADERSHIP PAC.—The term ‘leader-
ship PAC’ means, with respect to an individual hold-
ing Federal office, an unauthorized political com-
mittee (as defined in the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971) which is associated with such indi-
vidual.’’. 
SEC. 106. INCREASED PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY 
WITH 
LOBBYING 
DISCLOSURE 
REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
Section 7 of the Act (2 U.S.C. 1606) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’. 
TITLE II—SLOWING THE 
REVOLVING DOOR 
SEC. 201. NOTIFICATION OF POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRIC-
TIONS. 
Section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(8) NOTIFICATION OF POST-EMPLOYMENT RE-
STRICTIONS.—After a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives or an elected officer of the House of 
Representatives leaves office, or after the termi-
nation of employment with the House of Representa-
tives of an employee of the House of Representatives 
covered under paragraph (2), (3), or (4), the Clerk 
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of the House of Representatives, after consultation 
with the Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct, shall inform the Member, officer, or employee 
of the beginning and ending date of the prohibitions 
that apply to the Member, officer, or employee under 
this subsection, and also inform each office of the 
House of Representatives with respect to which such 
prohibitions apply of those dates.’’. 
SEC. 202. DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYMENT NEGO-
TIATIONS. 
The Code of Official Conduct set forth in rule XXIII 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 
by redesignating clause 14 as clause 15 and by inserting 
after clause 13 the following new clause: 
‘‘14. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner shall file with the Committee on Standards of Offi-
cial Conduct a statement that he or she is negotiating 
compensation for prospective employment or has any ar-
rangement concerning prospective employment if a conflict 
of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest may 
exist. Such statement shall be made within 5 days (other 
than Saturdays, Sundays, or public holidays) after com-
mencing the negotiation for compensation or entering into 
the arrangement. 
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‘‘(b) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
should refrain from voting on any legislative measure 
pending before the House or any committee thereof if the 
negotiation described in subparagraph (a) may create a 
conflict of interest.’’. 
SEC. 203. WRONGFULLY INFLUENCING, ON A PARTISAN 
BASIS, AN ENTITY’S EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS 
OR PRACTICES. 
The Code of Official Conduct set forth in rule XXIII 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives (as amended 
by section 202) is further amended by redesignating 
clause 15 as clause 16 and by inserting after clause 14 
the following new clause: 
‘‘15. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House may not, with the intent 
to influence on the basis of political party affiliation an 
employment decision or employment practice of any pri-
vate or public entity (except for the Congress)— 
‘‘(a) take or withhold, or offer or threaten to 
take or withhold, an official act; or 
‘‘(b) influence, or offer or threaten to influence, 
the official act of another.’’. 
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TITLE III—SUSPENSION OF PRI-
VATELY-FUNDED 
TRAVEL; 
CURBING LOBBYIST GIFTS 
SEC. 301. SUSPENSION OF PRIVATELY-FUNDED TRAVEL. 
Notwithstanding clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, no Member, Delegate, 
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House 
may accept a gift of travel (including any transportation, 
lodging, and meals during such travel) from any private 
source. 
SEC. 302. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON 
STANDARDS 
OF 
OFFICIAL 
CONDUCT 
ON 
GIFTS AND TRAVEL. 
Not later than December 15, 2006, the Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct shall report its rec-
ommendations on changes to rule XXV of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives to the Committee on Rules. 
In developing such recommendations, the Committee on 
Standards of Official Conduct shall consider the following: 
(1) The ability of the current provisions of rule 
XXV to protect the House, its Members, officers, 
and employees, from the appearance of impropriety. 
(2) With respect to the allowance for privately- 
funded travel contained in clause 5(b) of rule 
XXV— 
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(A) the degree to which privately-funded 
travel meets the representational needs of the 
House, its Members, officers, and employees; 
(B) whether certain entities should or 
should not be permitted to fund the travel of 
the Members, officers, and employees of the 
House, what sources of funding may be permis-
sible, and what other individuals may partici-
pate in that travel; and 
(C) the adequacy of the current system of 
approval and disclosure of such travel. 
(3) With respect to the exceptions to the limita-
tion on the acceptance of gifts contained in clause 
5(a)— 
(A) the degree to which those exceptions 
meet the representational and personal needs of 
the House, its Members, officers, and employ-
ees; 
(B) the clarity of the limitation and its ex-
ceptions; and 
(C) the suitability of the current dollar 
limitations contained in clause 5(a)(1)(B) of 
such rule, including whether such limitations 
should be lowered. 
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SEC. 303. PROHIBITING REGISTERED LOBBYISTS ON COR-
PORATE FLIGHTS. 
The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 is amended by 
inserting after section 5 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 5A. PROHIBITING REGISTERED LOBBYISTS ON COR-
PORATE FLIGHTS. 
‘‘If a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress or an officer or employee 
of the House of Representatives is a passenger or crew 
member on a flight of an aircraft not licensed by the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration to operate for compensation 
or hire that is owned or operated by a person who is the 
client of a lobbyist or a lobbying firm, then such lobbyist 
may not be a passenger or crew member on that flight.’’. 
SEC. 304. VALUATION OF TICKETS TO SPORTING AND EN-
TERTAINMENT EVENTS. 
Clause 5(a)(2)(A) of rule XXV of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by— 
(1) inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(A)’’; and 
(2) adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) A gift of a ticket to a sporting or entertainment 
event shall be valued at the face value of the ticket, pro-
vided that in the case of a ticket without a face value, 
the ticket shall be valued at the highest cost of a ticket 
with a face value for the event.’’. 
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TITLE IV—OVERSIGHT OF 
LOBBYING AND ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 401. AUDITS OF LOBBYING REPORTS BY HOUSE IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) ACCESS TO LOBBYING REPORTS.—The Office of 
Inspector General of the House of Representatives shall 
have access to all lobbyists’ disclosure information received 
by the Clerk of the House of Representatives under the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 and shall conduct ran-
dom audits of lobbyists’ disclosure information as nec-
essary to ensure compliance with that Act. 
(b) REFERRAL AUTHORITY.—The Office of the In-
spector General of the House of Representatives may refer 
potential violations by lobbyists of the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995 to the Department of Justice for discipli-
nary action. 
SEC. 402. HOUSE INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW AND AN-
NUAL REPORTS. 
(a) ONGOING REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Inspector 
General of the House of Representatives shall review on 
an ongoing basis the activities carried out by the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives under section 6 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605). The 
review shall emphasize— 
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(1) the effectiveness of those activities in secur-
ing the compliance by lobbyists with the require-
ments of that Act; and 
(2) whether the Clerk has the resources and au-
thorities needed for effective oversight and enforce-
ment of that Act. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than December 31 
of each year, the Inspector General of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall submit to the House of Representatives 
a report on the review required by subsection (a). The re-
port shall include the Inspector General’s assessment of 
the matters required to be emphasized by that subsection 
and any recommendations of the Inspector General to— 
(1) improve the compliance by lobbyists with 
the requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995; and 
(2) provide the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives with the resources and authorities need-
ed for effective oversight and enforcement of that 
Act. 
TITLE V—INSTITUTIONAL 
REFORMS 
SEC. 501. EARMARKING REFORM. 
(a) In the House of Representatives, it shall not be 
in order to consider— 
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(1) a general appropriation bill reported by the 
Committee on Appropriations unless the report in-
cludes a list of earmarks in the bill or in the report 
(and the name of any Member who submitted a re-
quest to the Committee on Appropriations for an 
earmark included in such list); or 
(2) a conference report to accompany a general 
appropriation bill unless the joint explanatory state-
ment prepared by the managers on the part of the 
House and the managers on the part of the Senate 
includes a list of earmarks in the conference report 
or joint statement (and the name of any Member 
who submitted a request to the Committee on Ap-
propriations for an earmark included in such list) 
that were— 
(A) not committed to the conference com-
mittee by either House; 
(B) not in the report specified in para-
graph (1); and 
(C) not in a report of a committee of the 
Senate on a companion measure. 
(b) In the House of Representatives, it shall not be 
in order to consider a rule or order that waives the appli-
cation of subsection (a)(2). 
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(c)(1) A point of order raised under subsection (a) 
may be based only on the failure of a report of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations or joint statement, as the case 
may be, to include the list required by subsection (a). 
(2) As disposition of a point of order under this sec-
tion, the Chair shall put the question of consideration with 
respect to the proposition that is the subject of the point 
of order. 
(3) The question of consideration under this sub-
section shall be debatable for 10 minutes by the Member 
initiating the point of order and for 10 minutes by an op-
ponent, but shall otherwise be decided without intervening 
motion except one that the House adjourn. 
(d)(1) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘ear-
mark’’ means a provision in a bill, joint resolution, or con-
ference report, or language in an accompanying committee 
report or joint statement of managers, providing a specific 
amount of discretionary budget authority to a non-Federal 
entity, if such entity is identified by name. 
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), government-spon-
sored enterprises, Federal facilities, and Federal lands 
shall be considered Federal entities. 
(3) For purposes of subsection (a), to the extent that 
the non-Federal entity is a unit of State or local govern-
ment, an Indian tribe, or a foreign government, the provi-
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sion or language shall not be considered an earmark unless 
the provision or language also specifies the specific pur-
pose for which the designated budget authority is to be 
expended. 
SEC. 502. FREQUENT AND COMPREHENSIVE ETHICS TRAIN-
ING. 
(a) ETHICS TRAINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Stand-
ards of Official Conduct shall provide ethics training 
once per Congress to each employee of the House of 
Representatives, including training on the Code of 
Official Conduct, related rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and applicable provisions of law. 
(2) NEW EMPLOYEES.—A new employee of the 
House of Representatives shall receive training 
under this section not later than 30 days after be-
ginning service to the House. 
(3) MEMBERS.—While the House of Represent-
atives recognizes that adding qualifications to service 
as a Member may be unconstitutional, it encourages 
Members to participate in ethics training. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Within 30 days of completing 
required ethics training, each employee of the House of 
Representatives shall file a certification with the Com-
mittee on Standards of Official Conduct that the employee 
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